Tag: Circularity
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Biodiesel wastewater treatment: Capturing carbon and valuable chemicals
A new experimental design tests catalyst stability in an electrochemical method for treating environmental waste streams while capturing valuable co-products
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Sustainable cement: An electrochemical process to help neutralize cement industry CO2 emissions
The reaction produces carbon-negative calcium carbonate to replace limestone as the primary feedstock and green hydrogen as the fuel for cement kilns
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Unlocking ocean power: $3.6M for community-centric wave energy converters
Wave energy could power millions of homes, but to make a splash in the industry, the tech must balance engineering, socio-economic and environmental trade-offs.
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Costly gas separation may not be needed to recycle CO2 from air and industrial plants
New study offers a pathway for fossil fuel-burning operations to capture emissions
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Transforming how communities treat and perceive wastewater
CEE-Led Research Part of NSF Grant to Advance Equitable Water Solutions
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Urine-to-fertilizer effort part of NSF Regional Innovation Engine
U-M involved in Great Lakes consortium to support sustainable economic growth
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Peecycling
Progress continues for upcycling urine as a safe agricultural fertilizer.
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CEE Prof. Gregory Keoleian Highlights Ways to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Michigan Minds podcast episode features ways consumers can reduce carbon footprints.
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U-M CEE Collaborates with the City of Ann Arbor, AECOM on Pilot Water Plant
Water treatment plant operations to start by June
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Building the Future Series Shaping Resource Flows: Reclaiming Wastewater for Potable Water Reuse
CEE’s Building the Future Webinar series hosts a presentation and Q&A about the research being done to reclaim wastewater
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Wastewater to drinking water: EPA grants $1.2M to U-M for virus removal study
In preparation for climate adaptation in water-stressed areas, researchers will assess how well existing treatment systems prepare water for reuse.
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Wastewater treatment at one-third the size and cost
Systems featuring a ‘membrane-aerated biofilm reactor’ can also remove more nitrogen from treatment plant discharges.