Projects
MicroGate Project (2015-2017 - completed)
Partners: Politecnico di Milano - DICA, Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani, Università degli studi di Milano Bicocca, Funding: Fondazione Cariplo
Using microalgae to remove N and P from agro-digestate/agro-wastewaters: Reducing the N and P content of liquid digestate while producing N/P rich- algal biomass to be valorized for energy recovery (biogas)
IMAP Project (2016-2019 - completed)
Partners: Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Politecnico di Milano - DICA, Funding: Fondazione Cariplo
Using microalgae in wastewater treatment plants in Northern Italy:
As side-stream process to: •Improve the energetic balance of WWTP •Enhance the amount of N and P recovered as biosolids
As Tertiary treatment to: •Enhance metal/micropollutants/patogens removal •Further reduce residual N and P
“Il Polo delle microalghe” (2016-2021, completed)
https://www.polomicroalghe.it/
Main partners: Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani, Politecnico di Milano-DICA, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, CREA Funding: Fondazione Cariplo
Using microalgae to sustain the agro-food sector in the Cremona area:
Reducing the pollution load of agrowastewater with microalgae while producing valuable products
Supporting the development of algal-based technologies and processes
VADEMECUM Project (2017-2019 - completed)
Partners: Politecnico di Milano-DICA, Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani – Funding: MIUR Ministry of University and Research
Valorization of agro-industrial wastes through microalgal-based biorefinery: improving the sustainability of food production in agriculture and aquaculture, reducing the agro-wastes N/P loads to land in compliance with EU Directive 91/676 / EEC (Nitrates Directive) and minimizing GHG emissions.
TRETILE Project (2018-2021 - completed)
Microbe-based value chain: TREatment and valorisation of texTILE wastewater”
Partners: Politecnico di Milano - DICA, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Università di Bolzano, Funding: Fondazione Cariplo
Treatment/valorization of industrial wastewaters: Improving the sustainability of the textile industry (ink-jet Printing) by:
Optimizing wastewater treatment
Recovering valuable products
Wast4Bioplast (2019-2021 - completed)
“Turning wastewater into valuable bioplastics"
poster wast4bioplast imap stampa.pdf
Partners: Politecnico di Milano - DCMIC-DICA, Università di Verona
Funding: Fondazione Cariplo
Treatment/valorization of wastewaters: Recovering resources from wastewater (bioplastics, biofillers, nutrients)