Joint Research Projects
Within the framework of the ERWAS funding measure, the BMBF is supporting twelve joint research projects with more than sixty partners from science and practice. Approaches to solutions for a more efficient and economical use of energy are to be developed, and ways smoothed to making better use of existing resources for generating energy in the water management sector. In order to ensure the transfer of the project results into practice and to align the research and development work to the needs of users, stakeholders from science, business as well as from the municipalities and states work together in all joint research projects.
arrivee
Wastewater treatment plants as control component in intelligent distribution systems with renewable energy generation
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Theo Schmitt
University of Kaiserslautern
Institute of Urban Water Management
BioBZ
The bio-electrochemical fuel cell as a component of an energy-producing sewage treatment plant
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Michael Sievers
Clausthal Institute of Environmental Technology (CUTEC-Institute)
BioMethanol
Sustainable synthesis of the energy-carrier methanol from waste water
Project coordination:
Dr. Sven Kerzenmacher
University of Freiburg
Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK)
E-Klär
Towards the energy-optimized wastewater treatment plant of the future - Development and model-based integration of innovative treatment technologies for transformation processes
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Johannes Pinnekamp
RWTH Aachen University
Institute of Environmental Engineering
ENERWA
Energy optimization of entire water supply chains from reservoirs-rivers
Project coordination:
Dr. Wolf Merkel
IWW Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wasserforschung gemeinnützige GmbH
EnWasser
Demand Side Management in Water Supply Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
Project coordination:
Patrick Hochloff
Fraunhofer-Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES)
ESiTI
Wastewater treatment plant of the future: Energy storage in interaction with technical infrastructure between the poles of energy generation and consumption
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Peter Cornel
University of Darmstadt
Department of Wastewater Technology - Institute IWAR
EWave
Energy Management System Water Supply
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Chair Economics, Discrete Optimization, Mathematics
EWID
Energy Winning in Water Distribution Systems by Intelligent Pressure Management
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. F. Wolfgang Günthert
Universität der Bundeswehr München
Institute of Hydro Sciences, Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management
H2Opt
Interactive decision support for operation and energy management of water systems based on multi-objective optimization methods
Project coordination:
Prof. Dr. Martin Böhle
University of Kaiserslautern
Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery
KEStro
Wastewater treatment plants as energy storage systems for power grids
Project coordination:
Dr. Klaus-Michael Mangold
DECHEMA Forschungsinstitut
KRN-Mephrec
Sewage sludge utilization in Nuremberg. Pilot project to test the metallurgical recycling capacity - transforming sewage sludge into energy, fertilizer and iron in a single process step.
Project coordination:
Burkard Hagspiel
Klärschlammverwertung Region Nürnberg GmbH
ERWASNET
In addition to the joint research projects the network and transfer project ERWASNET is being carried out.
Project coordination:
Anett Baum
DWA - German Association for Wastewater, Water and Waste
Partner:
Tuttahs & Meyer Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
ERWASNET supports the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe in realizing the funding measure. Main tasks of the networking and transfer project are to support internal communication and networking of project participants, identification and development of cross-cutting issues and to support the joint research projects in realizing their dissemination obligation. Furthermore, ERWASNET is to develop tools for knowledge transfer in order to support the implementation of research results into practical use.