NEWAPP

NEWAPP is a research project focusing on hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of wet biomass residues.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme managed by RES – Research Executive Agency, 2013-2016.

THE PROJECT

THE PROJECT

NEWAPP aimed to increase the amount of bio-waste diverted from landfill and incineration into high value products that can be used as fuel, activated carbons for water treatment, soil remediation, carbon sequestration schemes and other applications and to develop an alternative cost/resource-efficient and environmentally sound way of dealing with wet biomass waste through HTC (hydrothermal carbonisation) technology.

ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES

The project activities where grouped in five stages:

Characterization of wet biomass waste streams and definition of end-user requirements
Obtention of HTC carbon at pilot scale from selected waste streams and post-treatment development for improved solid fuel
Post-processing of HTC carbon for high-technological applications: biodiesel and electrodes
Technology assessment and business plan development
Demonstration of project results

PARTNERS INVOLVED

PARTNERS INVOLVED

NEWAPP's project partners were:

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management (ACR+)
European Biomass Industrial Association (EUBIA)
Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management (BVSE)
Ingelia SL
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Technology Transfer Centre Bremerhaven (TTZ)
TERRA PRETA GmbH (TP)