C10, E36
ENEA Technology
REFORMING OF OLIVE MILL WASTEWATER
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
5
Innovations and Benefits
The organic content of olive mill wastewater (OMW), which is responsible for its pollution potential, is converted into syngas by reforming. In this way, the cost of the OMW treatment, today mainly based on land disposal, can be significantly reduced.
Use
Olive mill wastewater is treated via thermo-chemical processes (reforming, pyrolysis, etc.) in order to produce syngas (a gas mixture consisting of CO2, hydrogen and methane) and abate its pollution content (i.e. polyphenols).
Applications and ongoing Activities
The reforming of olive mill wastewater has been tested at ENEA Frascati laboratories. The design and the business plan have been carried out in order to make the plant suitable for a small-medium-size olive mill. In the framework of the Microgen30 project (Industria 2015 called), a pilot plant capable of producing 1 m3/h of pure hydrogen has been built and successfully tested.
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