Cetaqua is a public-private collaboration model created to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of the water cycle, considering the local needs. This model has been consolidated as a reference in the application of knowledge to water and the environment, creating products and services that benefit society.
Within the framework of ECOVAL, the Cetaqua team will work mainly on optimising the production of volatile fatty acids from urban bio-waste sludge on a pilot scale.
Specifically, they lead the following actions:
- Development and validation of a methodology for determining the production potential of VFAs from organic substrates.
- Construction of the pilot urban sludge fermentation plant.
- Commissioning and operation of the prototype for VFA production.
- Re-adaptation of the pilot urban sludge fermentation plant.
- Commissioning and operation of the prototype for VFA production.
- Optimisation of the production of VFAs through assisted design.
- Redesign and adaptation of the pilot.
- Commissioning and operation of the pilot in Palencia.
- Optimisation of the production of VFAs from urban bio-waste.
- Cost-profit assessment of the products obtained and the study of their potential market.
- Development of the business model for the entire value chain.
