NanoMemPro IPPC Database
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The NanoMemPro IPPC database focus the operations where membranes are introduced as Best Available Techniques in the industrial areas addressed by the IPPC Directive.
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
(IPPC) Directive was adopted by the European Council on September 24, 1996. It defines the obligations with which highly polluting industrial and agricultural activities must comply .
It establishes a procedure for authorizing these activities: a permit is issued if certain environmental conditions are met.
The IPPC Directive aims to minimise pollution from various sources throughout the European Union
(it concerns both new and existing installations). To do so, all industrial installations covered by the Annex I of the IPPC Directive (see ) are required to obtain an authorisation (permit) from the authorities in the EU countries before they are allowed to operate. The permits granted must be based on the concept of Best Available Techniques (or BAT).
The IPPC Directive covers 33 industrial sectors where in almost all of them membrane processes appear as BAT, not only as and end-of-pipe solution for effluent treatment but mainly as a part of the industrial production processes.
Membrane process
integration play a crucial role, depending on the industrial sector in which they are integrated, and these roles may be:
The IPPC Database was designed by the NanoMemPro Network of Excellence to focus the operations where membranes are introduced as BAT in the industrial areas addressed by the IPPC Directive documents.
The Database built allows any user to search information upon the following criteria:
The information states which membrane processes are defined as a BAT in a given industrial sector and what is the application/purpose of that membrane process(es).
When accessing the Database, one can enter a username and password. This password insertion is used only by the database manager. To view and search the information of the database, just press the OK button, ignoring the password insertion procedure.
This IPPC Database is available in the NanoMemPro website.
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control is a directive of the European Union. It replaces the Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 on the same subject matter; both are commonly...
(IPPC) Directive was adopted by the European Council on September 24, 1996. It defines the obligations with which highly polluting industrial and agricultural activities must comply .
It establishes a procedure for authorizing these activities: a permit is issued if certain environmental conditions are met.
The IPPC Directive aims to minimise pollution from various sources throughout the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
(it concerns both new and existing installations). To do so, all industrial installations covered by the Annex I of the IPPC Directive (see ) are required to obtain an authorisation (permit) from the authorities in the EU countries before they are allowed to operate. The permits granted must be based on the concept of Best Available Techniques (or BAT).
The IPPC Directive covers 33 industrial sectors where in almost all of them membrane processes appear as BAT, not only as and end-of-pipe solution for effluent treatment but mainly as a part of the industrial production processes.
Membrane process
Membrane technology
The membrane technology covers all process engineering measures for the transport of substances between two fractions with the help of permeable membranes...
integration play a crucial role, depending on the industrial sector in which they are integrated, and these roles may be:
- Confinement of pollutants in concentrate streams (that may be further treated by destructive processes),
- Permeate recycle or re-use in the industrial process, thus reducing water input and discharge,
- Water recycling and effluent minimization, tending to zero discharge industrial processes.
The IPPC Database was designed by the NanoMemPro Network of Excellence to focus the operations where membranes are introduced as BAT in the industrial areas addressed by the IPPC Directive documents.
The Database built allows any user to search information upon the following criteria:
- Membrane process (Reverse OsmosisReverse osmosisReverse osmosis is a membrane technical filtration method that removes many types of large molecules and ions from solutions by applying pressure to the solution when it is on one side of a selective membrane. The result is that the solute is retained on the pressurized side of the membrane and...
, NanofiltrationNanofiltrationNanofiltration is a relatively recent membrane filtration process used most often with low total dissolved solids water such as surface water and fresh groundwater, with the purpose of softening and removal of disinfection by-product precursors such as natural organic matter and synthetic organic...
, etc.), - Industrial sector (Pulp and PaperPulp and paper industryThe global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American , northern European and East Asian countries...
, Textile IndustryTextile industryThe textile industry is primarily concerned with the production of yarn, and cloth and the subsequent design or manufacture of clothing and their distribution. The raw material may be natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry....
, etc.), - State of Reference document approval (BREF, DRAFT, etc.).
The information states which membrane processes are defined as a BAT in a given industrial sector and what is the application/purpose of that membrane process(es).
When accessing the Database, one can enter a username and password. This password insertion is used only by the database manager. To view and search the information of the database, just press the OK button, ignoring the password insertion procedure.
This IPPC Database is available in the NanoMemPro website.