EUROPEAN COMMISION

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Project Number: ECO/13/630452-ECUVal Project Acronym: ECUVal

Project Full Name: ElectroChemical technique (EC) combined with UV irradiation for the

treatment and reuse of dyeing textile wastewaters: Industrial marketing

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Towards a more sustainable textile industry: ECUVal technology demonstration

Table of content

Agenda ..................................................................................................................................... 1

Attendants ................................................................................................................................ 2

1-Welcome to the attendees .................................................................................................... 3

2-Presentation of ECUVal technology ...................................................................................... 4

3-Demonstration of ECUVal pilot plant in GRAU S.A. facilities ................................................ 5

ANNEX 1 .................................................................................................................................. 8

ANNEX 2 ................................................................................................................................ 10

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Agenda

TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE TEXTILE INDUSTRY: ECUVAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION

Place: GRAU S.A. (Carrer del Riu Ripoll s/n, 08211 Castellar del Vallès, Barcelona)

Date: 5th July 2017

Objective: Presentation of more sustainable solution for the textile sector: ECUVal technology

demonstration validated in a real environment

Programme: 10:00h Welcome to the attendees Àlex Grau, GRAU S.A. manager

10:10h Presentation of ECUVal technology Carmen Gutiérrez, research director of INTEXTER-UPC

• Elimination of colour in wastewater

• Application of ECUVal technology for water and salts reuse

10:50h Demonstration of ECUVal pilot plant in GRAU S.A. facilities Guillem Valmaña, ICOMATEX S.A. manager

José Antonio Tornero, researcher and promoter of INTEXTER-UPC

11:30 h Networking coffee

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Attendants

The first demonstration was focused on explaining the ECUVal project to the most important

textile and textile-chemical associations. Representatives of leather wastewater treatment

were also invited.

• Lluís Alier, TEXFOR-Confederación de la Industria Textil.

• Elisabet Valls, IDR-Igualada (wastewater treatment plant of leather cluster).

• Ferrán Guanyabens, IDR-Igualada (wastewater treatment plant of leather cluster).

• Carlos Aguilar, Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles (AEQCT).

• Josep Simón, Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles (AEQCT).

• Andrés Borao, Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles (AEQCT).

• Clàudia Aguilar, Asociación Española de Químicos y Coloristas Textiles (AEQCT).

In annex 1 can be consulted the attendance confirmation sheet.

The second demonstration, scheduled for December 2017, will focus on informing to

companies potential end-users of the ECUVal system.

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1- Welcome to the attendees

Àlex Grau (manager of GRAUSA) and Carmen Gutiérrez (project coordinator) opened the

demonstration event.

At the beginning of the event, all the attendees visited the ECUVal prototype and a sample of

the initial wastewater (before the treatment) was taken. Then, the system was turned on.

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2- Presentation of ECUVal technology

First of all, Carmen Gutiérrez explained the main objectives of the ECUVal project and how

the results obtained at laboratory scale have enabled to design and build the ECUVal

prototype. Then, an explanation related to the basic concepts of the electrochemical methods

applied as a base of the ECUVal system to treat textile wastewater was presented.

The ECUVal was presented and its two possible applications (ECUVal system to either

decolourised or water and salt reuse) were discussed. Also, the results of different tests carried

out with the ECUVal system were shown. The presentation can be consulted in Annex 2.

Finally, Alex Grau, explained the main advantages of the ECUVal treatment from the point of

view of the end-user.

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At the end of the presentation, a discussion was held between attendees and partners of the

project. All attendees expressed their interest in the ECUVal treatment. The textile associations

asked for more detailed information to be published in their journal and webpage. The

representatives of IDR-Igualada were interested in further collaboration for the application of

the ECUVal treatment to leather wastewater.

3- Demonstration of ECUVal pilot plant in GRAU S.A. facilities

To finish the event, the attendees visited the ECUVal system and they could see how the

system was able to decolourise the sample initially collected.

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Other results obtained with the ECUVal system at different intensities were also presented:

Results of the reuse step were also shown to the attendees:

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EUROPEAN COMMISION

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Project Number: ECO/13/630452-ECUVal Project Acronym: ECUVal

Project Full Name: ElectroChemical technique (EC) combined with UV irradiation for the

treatment and reuse of dyeing textile wastewaters: Industrial marketing

ANNEX 1

Attendance confirmation sheet

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EUROPEAN COMMISION

Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)

Project Number: ECO/13/630452-ECUVal Project Acronym: ECUVal

Project Full Name: ElectroChemical technique (EC) combined with UV irradiation for the

treatment and reuse of dyeing textile wastewaters: Industrial marketing

ANNEX 2

Presentation of ECUVal project

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