Bando: LIFE+2011
Ruolo: Partner
Responsabile per UniBS: Prof. ssa Elza Bontempi – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed Insutriale
Contatto: elza.bontempi@unibs.it
Data inizio 01/01/2013 – Data fine 31/12/2015
Abstract
The COSMOS-RICE project originates from a new method to inert fly ash from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators, with a low temperature process that has been developed by the University of Brescia in a previous LIFE funded project called COSMOS (LIFE/08 ENV/IT/000434). It involved deriving silica gel from rice husk ash and using the gel within a chemical process to make fly ash from municipal solid waste inert. The COSMOS-RICE project aimed to:
- Demonstrate that using rice husk ash as a precursor for silica leads to lower environmental impacts and economic costs, and that the silica gel can be used to treat fly ash;
- Evaluate the performance of the new materials obtained by the treatment and also the markets for end products;
- Reduce the consumption of natural resources, in favour of recycled materials; and
- Generate new knowledge, by combining the know-how and competence of different researchers and staff from industry.
Partecipanti
- Centro Servizi Multisettoriale e Tecnologico – CSMT (Coordinatore), Italia
- UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA, Italia
- CONTENTO TRADE SRL, Italia
- REGIONE LOMBARDIA, Italia
Costo totale progetto: € 1.337.504,00
Contributo UE: € 659.224,00
Finanziamento UE per UniBS: € 326.290,00