Num. Contratto:
LIFE11 ENV/IT/000109

Coordinatore: CNR - CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Italia)

Responsabile ENEA: MAGNANI GIUSEPPE - SSPT-PROMAS-TEMAF (FAENZA)

Ruolo ENEA: PARTNER

Sito Web: http://www.pi.iccom.cnr.it/soreme/

Programma Quadro: Other programmes

Programma UE: LIFE + (2007-2013) - Strumento finanziario per l'ambiente

Area Tematica: Environment - air quality

Tipo Progetto: N/A - Non applicabile

Descrizione:

Each year, more than 2 000 tonnes of mercury is released into the air and thus the global environment. Some 340 tonnes/yr of this comes from Europe. Mercury is released to the environment as methyl mercury (MeHg), a bioaccumulative neurotoxin. Recent research has also linked methyl mercury with possible harmful effects on the cardiovascular, immune and reproductive systems. Elemental mercury is insoluble in water and cannot be captured effectively by wet scrubbers, so it must be captured using solid sorbents. Sulphur-impregnated activated carbon is the best mercury sorbent currently available, but is very expensive (7 to 12 Euro per kilogramme) and so most organisations use cheaper but less effective non-impregnated activated carbon (3 to 6.50 Euro/kg). A recent European Commission-funded project, "Single state production from waste tyres of the best existing sorbent for the removal of mercury from gas stream: sulphur impregnated carbon - MERCSORB" studied the production of sulphur-impregnated activated carbon from waste tyres. Objectives The SOREME project will demonstrate the use of an innovative sorbent for the removal of mercury from gas streams from different industrial production cycles. The sorbent will be produced from sulphur-impregnated activated carbon (S-AC) derived from waste tyres. The project's specific objectives are: To demonstrate the use of a high quality S-AC sorbent, produced at lower cost than non-impregnated activated carbon; To demonstrate the complete industrial functioning of a plant for continuous production of the SOREME sorbent; To reduce mercury emissions from different industrial production cycles below current levels; To use the semi-industrial pilot plant for the demonstration of the effectiveness of the SOREME sorbent for filtering out mercury emissions at a semi-industrial scale. This will allow the carrying out of numerous trials with lower mercury emissions than current industrial production; and To reduce European social and health costs by more than €485 million annually while delivering €80 million per year in end-user savings.

Attività svolta da ENEA:

L'ENEA è responsabile dell'azione B3 (demonstration of innovative projects mercury sorbent at laboratory level), Azione C3 (environmental monitoring of the innovative project mercury sorbent at industrial level).

Note:

Sostituzione da parte di Confindustria Emiliaromagna della sua controllata Confindustria Emiliaromagna Ricerca; aumento del budget ENEA da 96.576 a 116.576 euro (disp. Comm. N. 2192014/COMM).

Posizione:
1282

Codice Atto:
IO136

Atto di approvazione ENEA:
230/2013/COMM

Unità alla stipula:
UTTMATF

Costo eleggibile del Progetto: 1.551.040,00

Contributo al Progetto: 730.694,00

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Costo eleggibile per ENEA: 276.380,00

Contributo ad ENEA: 116.576,00

Anno di stipula:
2013

Durata in mesi:
24

Data di inizio:
01-01-2013

Data di scadenza:
31-12-2014