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Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation for Contaminated Land Remediation

Project description

EU and China collaboration to innovate polluted site remediation

The EiCLaR project is composed of 18 partners from Europe and China and coordinated by the Ecole Centrale of Lyon. EiCLaR will develop scientific and technical innovations for in situ bioremediation technologies that will be directly developed into industrial processes for the rapid, efficient, cost-effective treatment of a range of environmental pollutants (chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, hydrocarbons). These technologies (electro-nanobioremediation, monitored bioaugmentation, bioelectrochemical remediation, and enhanced phytoremediation) will expand their range of applications to industrial sites that contain complex, high concentration pollutant mixtures. EiCLaR’s environmental, sustainable and low impact methods will provide researchers, site managers, developers, procurers, service and technology providers with the tools to manage contaminated soil and groundwater, and improve the environmental quality throughout the EU and China.

Objective

EiCLaR, as a EU/China consortium, will develop scientific and technical innovations for in situ bioremediation technologies that will be directly developed into industrial processes for the rapid efficient cost-effective treatment of a range of environmental pollutants such as chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, pesticides, etc. These technologies (Electro-nanobioremediation, innovative Bioaugmentation, Bioelectrochemical remediation, Enhanced phytoremediation) will enable bioremediation approaches to expand their range of applications to industrial sites and waters that contain complex, high concentration pollutant mixtures. This project will move our proof-of-concept level advances to industrial commercial processes through laboratories studies to refine the processes and to explore the scientific base and scale-up techniques and field demonstrations. Our recent advances in nanobioremediation will be enhanced by studies of the critical microbial component and the use of electrochemical processes to increase the degradation rate and biocatalyst lifetime. The innovative bioaugmentation is based on a recently discovered bacteria capable of degrading some chlorinated solvents efficiently under aerobic conditions. The Bioelectrochemical system will speed up the anaerobic degradation of pollutants when aeration is not feasible. The enhanced phytoremediation will benefit from the synergistic effect of fungi and electrokinetic nutrient dispersion. These environmental sustainable and low impact depollution methods will provide service companies with the tools to manage contaminated soil and water and improve environmental quality at over a million sites throughout Europe and China. These companies will be able to grow by increased personnel and revenue while improving biodiversity and reducing environmental risks.

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(opens in new window) H2020-NMBP-TR-IND-2018-2020

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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
Net EU contribution

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€ 224 382,68
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RUE MICHEL ANGE 3
75794 PARIS
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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
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€ 262 169,91

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