Politecnico di Milano - Microalgae

Client

Politecnico di Milano

Application

Consortium installations

Purpose of the project

Design, construction, transport, assembly and testing of a pilot plant for the cultivation of microalgae, located at the Milan-Bresso municipal wastewater treatment plant as part of the IMAP project.

Team

Project manager
Process engineer
Draftsman

Timing

2016 – 2017

Work amount

39.000,00 €

Performed services

Feasibility/final/executive design of process, electrical, civil. Realization and construction of the pilot plant.

Activities

  • Gathering information and defining the actual needs of the research organisation;
  • Definition of project bases with customer;
  • Drawing up the necessary documents for the implementation of the pilot plant;
  • Submission to the Polytechnic and implementation comments;
  • Implementation of pilot plant;
  • Transport, installation and commissioning.

Project Plus

  • Obtaining biomass to increase Biogas production;
  • CO2 interception of engines;
  • Supernatant treatment of anaerobic digestion;
  • Complete implementation of the pilot plant with PLC and web-based data transmission.