Waste engineering (INGRES)
Waste engineering (INGRES)
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Aims
Aims
The research activities of the Waste Engineering group are focused on the following areas: ecodesign, environmental management in the enterprise, modelling of municipal waste management, application of Geographic Information Systems to waste management, application of Life Cycle Analysis techniques to products/processes/waste management, technologies for the biological treatment of waste and the recovery and minimisation of waste.
Members
Members
UJI research staff: Antonio Gallardo Izquierdo, Loles Bovea Edo, Francisco J. Colomer Mendoza, Mar Carlos Alberola, Valeria Ibáñez Forés, Victoria Pérez Belis and Marta Braulio Gonzalo. Laboratory technician: Sara Romero.
Lines of Research
Lines of Research
- Eco-design
- Environmental management in companies
- Modelling of urban waste management
- Application of geographic information systems (GIS) to waste management
- Application of life cycle analysis (LCA) techniques to waste products, processes and management
- Biological waste treatment technologies
- Assessment and minimisation of waste
- Sustainability assessment of systems. Sustainability Indicators.
Techniques & services
Techniques & services
- Implementation of Life Cycle Assessment of waste products, processes and management.
- Advice on obtaining eco-labels and environmental declarations.
- Support for environmental management in companies: BAT, ISO 14000 - EMAS, etc.
- Environmental impact studies for projects submitted to “Environmental Impact Assessment” according to regulations.
- Waste characterisation (physical composition, moisture, ash, heavy metals, calorific value, elemental analysis, sulphur, biodegradability, etc.).
- Location studies of waste management facilities.
- Generation, planning and waste management studies
- Design of municipal solid waste collection infrastructure.
- Composting, biomethanisation and waste recovery studies.
Research equipment
Research equipment
- Equipment for analysing air, water and solid waste:Atomic absorption
- Microwave digestion system
- Climate test chamber
- Spectrometer and photometers
- Biological reactors
- Total organic carbon (TOC) in waters and solids
- Calorimeter
- Sulphur and carbon analyser
- Total nitrogen/ protein analyser
- Combustion gas analyser
- Mills: cutting, universal, centrifugal ball and ball
- Sieving machine
- Centrifuge
- Ultrasound
- Autoclave
- Hot plate press
- Tubular, Nabertherm and carbolite kilns
- Nabertherm and carbolite ovens
- BOD-meters (Biological Oxygen Demand)
- COD-meters (Chemical Oxygen Demand)
- Flocculator
- ISCO sampler
- Immission equipment
- Dustfall collector
- TAG
- Equipment for analysing other environmental parameters: Sound level meter, Light meter, Thermometer, Anemometer and Hygrometer
- Equipment for life cycle analysis:Sima Pro 5.0 (PréConsultants).
- Wisard 3.3 (Waste Integrated Systems for Recovery and Disposal) (Ecobilan Group).
- Inventory databases: Idemat 96, IVAM LCA Data 2.0 and BUWAL 250
- Geographic information systems (GIS) equipment:
- GIS sofware: ArcView 9.0.
- LIGRE – Waste Management Facility Siting (developed by the group)
- GPS (Geographical Positioning System).
- Soil and landfill sampling equipment
Contact INGRES
Contact INGRES
A. Gallardo Izquierdo, TC-2307-DD, e-mail: gallardo@uji.es, www.ingres.uji.es. Tel. +34-964728187.
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