Abstract
Kill-Spill delivers innovative (bio)technologies, which can be integrated to the real sequences of state-of-the-art actions used currently to cleanup oil spills. The catalogue of Kill-Spill products & technologies is based on a review of technology & knowledge gaps in approaches of oil spill disasters and brings appropriate tools for 1st response, follow-up, and longer-term actions, specifically tailored to the versatility of oil spills. Kill-Spill develops chemicals & biochemicals to be used for 1st response actions to disperse/emulsify oil and materials enabling the containment and sorption of oil, preparing the field for the follow-up actions. Kill-Spill develops (Bio)technologies aiming at intensified biodegradation processes by bioaugmentation/biostimulation as follow-up and longer term actions in aerobic/slight anoxic compartments. Kill-Spill develops (bio)technologies adapted for the remediation of anoxic/anaerobic fresh & chronically polluted sediments.
Kill-Spill compiles knowledge on dispersion/sorption and biodegradation processes to produce multifunctional products, which are suited for follow-up and longer term actions. The multifunctional products address the necessity for integrated bioremediation (bioavailability, metabolic requirements, etc.) and are efficient along the whole redox gradient from surface water to sediments.
The products/technologies are field-tested in open sea oil spills and large mesocosms to unravel the champions products & technologies. The (bio)tools are benchmarked with existing solutions using cutting-edge analytics, biosensors, and omics and checked for eco-efficiency to merit green label. Kill-Spill consortium is multidisciplinary and gathers 35 partners from 11 EU and EU-associated countries and USA; 20 research & academic institutions, 13 SMEs, 1 large company, and 1 association of oil spill companies work together with the support of a high level advisory board to cover the whole chain of oil spill (bio)remediation.
Durata del progetto/Project duration
2013 - 2017
Unibo Team Leader
Fabio Fava
Coordinator
Nicolas Kalogerakis - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE-TUC (Greece)
Partnership
- TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE (GREECE)
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA (ITALY)FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ (SWITZERLAND)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (UK)THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND (DENMARK)
- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA (ITALY)
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONE SCIENTIFICAS (SPAIN)
- UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (UK)
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (ITALY)
- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (ITALY)
- UNIVERSITEIT GENT (BELGIUM)
- VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET (DENMARK)
- BANGOR UNIVERSITY (UK)
- HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUENCHEN DEUTSCHES
- FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT GMBH (GERMANY)
- MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
- UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (BELGIUM)
- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY (EIRE)
- BIOBASED EUROPE LIMITED (UK)
- BIOREM ENGINEERING BVBA (BELGIUM)
- GORTON CONSULTANCY LTD (UK)
- CREATIVE RESEARCH SOLUTIONS BVBA (BELGIUM)
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING S.A. (GREECE)
- MADEP SA (SWITZERLAND)
- HEIQ MATERIALS AG (SWITZERLAND)
- MARITIM MILJO BEREDSKAP AS (NORWAY)
- INSTITUT ZA FIZIKALNO BIOLOGIJO D.O.O. (SLOVENIA)
- ECOTECHSYSTEMS SRL (ITALY)
- UK SPILL LIMITED (UK)
- VERMICON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (GERMANY)
- ACTYGEA SRL (ITALY)
- OMYA DEVELOPMENT AG (SWITZERLAND)
- THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (USA)
Finanziamento/Contribution/Budget
Euro 8.996.599
Sito web
http://www.killspill.eu