H2020-EU.2.1.5.3.
Sustainable, resource-efficient and low-carbon technologies in energy-intensive process industries
H2020-LCCI-2020-EASME ID: 958266
AccelWater Project
The Accelwater project, carried out with the support of Horizon 2020 funding, has a duration of 48 months and aims at optimizing water consumption in the food and beverage industries. Starting from the link between water, processing waste and by-products, and energy consumption, innovative techniques will be used for the purification of water and its reuse, monitoring and control technologies based on artificial intelligence, and methods for the management and exploitation of processing waste and by-products will be investigated, in order to improve the environmental and socio-economic sustainability of production processes.
The activities of the project involve the different partners and aim to:
- Develop closed-loop systems for the reuse of water and energy and for the management and exploitation of processing waste and by-products to recover high value-added compounds, analyzing the requirements of companies directly involved in the project.
- Develop and integrate ICT systems combined with an artificial intelligence-enabled platform for monitoring and optimizing food and beverage production processes related to water consumption and environmental sustainability.
- Redesign the typical transformation processes of the food industry through the implementation of innovative strategies and technological solutions for saving water and energy and valorizing processing waste and by-products. These processes will be designed for project partner companies operating in the processing and/or production of meat, fish, beer, tomato, and dairy products.
- Draw up a detailed business plan including an effective strategy for the exploitation of the identified solutions to promote new products and processes.
ProdAl, in collaboration with the industrial partner Calispa S.p.A., will conduct, and coordinate the activities related to the design, monitoring, control, and integration of innovative technological solutions in the tomato processing industry in order to reduce water and energy consumption and valorize tomato waste and by-products through an integrated and sustainable strategy.
It will also carry out a series of communication activities aimed at disseminating the achieved results to other canning companies, activities that will involve the project partner ANICAV.
Dissemination activities carried out directly by ProdAl
Publications in scientific journals
Eslami E., Carpentieri S., Pataro G., Ferrari G.
A Comprehensive Overview of Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization by Conventional Methods versus Emerging Technologies
- Eslami E., Abdurrahman E., Ferrari G., Pataro G.
Enhancing resource efficiency and sustainability in tomato processing: A comprehensive review - Eslami E., Donsì F., Ferrari G., Pataro G.
Enhancing Cutin Extraction Efficiency from Industrially Derived
Tomato Processing Residues by High-Pressure Homogenization
- Eslami E., Abdurrahman E., Pataro G., Ferrari G. Increasing sustainability in the tomato processing industry: environmental impact analysis and future development scenarios
Participation to events and fairs by ProdAl
Jun 23-26 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece
Speaker: Elham Eslami
Presentation title: A case study of Italian tomato processing industry: a comprehensive evaluation from production, water, and energy consumption to waste valorization, and LCA point of view
May 30 June 03, 2022, University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), Compiègne, France
Invited speaker: Giovanna Ferrari
Presentation title: Plant tissue electroporation
Speaker: Emadaldin Abdurrahman
Presentation title: Development of a water-waste-energy Nexus Model integrating solutions of AccelWater project
June 15-18 2022, Municipal Theatre, Corfù, Grecia
Speaker: Elham Eslami
Presentation title: A case study of Italian tomato processing industry: a comprehensive evaluation from production, water, and energy consumption to waste valorization, and LCA point of view
October 9-13 2022, The Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Speaker: Giovanna Ferrari
Presentation title: PEF for the extraction and recovery of health-related compounds from vegetable byproducts and wastes
Speaker: Gianpiero Pataro
Presentation title: Pulse electric fields-assisted steam peeling of different fruits and vegetables
November 7-9 2022, Dublin, Ireland
Speaker: Gianpiero Pataro
Presentation title: On improving the sustainability tomato processing industry by minimization of water and energy consumption
4-8 September 2023, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) Vienna, Austria
Invited speaker: Giovanna Ferrari
Presentation title: PEF Treatment of Plant Materials
November 6-8 2023, Valencia, Spagna
Speaker: Gianpiero Pataro
Presentation title: Process simulation approach for improving Water-Energy Nexus (WEN) in Tomato Processing Facility
Speaker: Elham Eslami
Presentation title: Optimization of Cutin Extraction from Tomato Processing Waste by High-Pressure Homogenization
The Accelwater project is carried out by 15 partners including research centers, universities, and companies. In particular:
- Agricultural & Environmental Solutions (AGENSO) – Greece
- National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) – Greece
- Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) – Greece
- Athinaiiki Zythopiia Anonymos Etairia – Greece
- Rezos Brands Anonymi Emporiki Eteria Idon Diatrofis – Greece
- Dignity Private Company (DNY P.C.) – Greece
- ProdAl S.c.ar.l. – Italy
- Calispa S.p.A. – Italy
- Associazione Nazionale Industriali Conserve Alimentari Vegetali (ANICAV) – Italy
- Fundacio Universitaria Balmes – Spain
- Associaciò Catalana d’Innovaciò del Sector Carni Porci (INNOVACC) – Spain
- Matadero Frigorifico del Cardoner Sa (Mafrica) – Spain
- Axia Innovation UG – Germany
- University of Iceland – Iceland
- Matis OHF – Iceland
Partners
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