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ValorWaste - Valorisation and Integration of Extractive Waste Towards the Sustainability of Raw Materials Industry

The extractive industry has been considered one of Europe’s most significant waste streams. Given the ambition to move towards a circular economy, extractive wastes have the potential to be altered from a substantial environmental burden to valuable resources via the recovery of valuable minerals and critical raw materials (CRM), reprocessing, and reusing in various applications. Motivated by this, ValorWaste project was conceptualized to provide a holistic view under the reprocessing of extractive waste by addressing the following challenges: 

TSHAPS - Towards Seismic Hazard Assessment in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries

Project TSHAPS addresses Priorities no. 1 and 2 of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030): to understand disaster risk, and to strengthen disaster risk governance. The risk addressed is the occurrence of earthquakes and its impacts in the African CPLP countries, more specifically Angola and Sao Tomé e Príncipe (STP). Project TSHAPS is aligned with a key topic of the AKDN-FCT Protocol, namely sustainable energy systems (dams and power stations being sensitive infrastructures) and urban development.

INN4MIN - Development of innovative and sustainable approaches applied to the recovery of gold and critical elements from ores and spent printed circuit boards

Gold, one of the most precious metals in the world, with estimated reserves of 54,000 ton, can be extracted from primary (mineral deposits) or secondary resources (recycling of printed circuit boards (PCBs)). Ore deposits are becoming poorer and more complex. PCBs exhibit ahigh gold content, but their availability cannot be consistent to justify the investment on a processing plant. 

CCL - Clean Cement Line

The Clean Cement Line aims to develop and demonstrate a new cement production technology. This project includes four R&D sub-projects that aim to eliminate the dependence on fossil fuels, increase energy efficiency, produce electricity itself, integrate the digitalization process and reduce CO2 emissions. These innovations will promote the production of a low carbon clinker and consequently the creation of a range of cement types with a low ecological footprint.

PharmaStar- Sustainable valorization of endogenous plants from the Serra da Estrela Natural Park for applications in the pharmaceutical industry

The Serra da Estrela Natural Park (PNSE) represents one of the main national reserves of phytodiversity, with its plants presenting a high potential for recovery, with a view to developing products with added value and a natural base for the pharmaceutical industry. PharmaStar intends to enhance the plants of the PNSE, through new pharmaceutical formulations for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, using innovative drug delivery systems for the treatment and prevention of diabetes, using biopolymers

MMO- Multi-source modelling of the ocean: coupling Earth observations with acoustic waves

In the last decades submesoscale ocean currents with extensions in the order of 1000 m have been a focus of investigation in physical oceanography. While oceanographic processes happening at the mesoscale (100 km), or greater scales, are considered to be uniform and horizontally homogeneous, at submesoscale ocean processes are highly heterogeneous due to the abrupt increase in vertical velocity.

SMART-diStributed AI systeM for mArine plastic debRis moniToring

It is estimated that 80% of all floating debris are marine plastics. These plastics are eventually ingested by marine species or act as a trap causing severe injuries and deaths for marine life. Marine plastic pollution is a substantial threat to wildlife and human health. The ability to detect floating plastic debris in short periods of time after they enter the ocean is a mitigating factor, which avoids the degradation of the macroplastics into smaller pieces and the consequential threat to the food chain.

SOLAR2CLEAN - Engineered solar light driven photocatalytic systems for wastewater purification

The SOLAR2CLEAN project, in partnership with ETH Zurich (Switzerland) aims at the achievement of a highly efficient engineered photocatalytic system, driven by solar light, of high applicability in real-life, targeting wastewater purification, i.e. the degradation of microplastics and other pollutants (antibiotic residues) generated by a high value Portuguese industry. It involves a dynamic research plan fostering innovation, technology integration and international collaborations.

SCOPE-Spatial Data Sciences for COVID-19 Pandemic

Spatial Data Sciences (SDS) can provide significant insights into explaining spatial patterns of infectious diseases, understanding and predicting spatio-temporal transmission dynamics, predicting and monitoring the impact of control interventions, which are driven by geographical factors, designing and evaluating optimal resources allocation strategies and cost-effectiveness analyses that incorporate a spatial component and analysing inequities in healthcare based on geography.

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