Applied Urban Circular Metabolism in Santiago de Chile

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1 EcoParque Peñalolén UAI Applied Urban Circular Metabolism in Santiago de Chile Research opportunities 2017

2 CONTENT 1. About Chile 2. About UAI 3. About EcoParque Peñalolén UAI 4. Guiding Concept: Urban Circular Metabolism 5. Initial Phase 6. Applied research at EcoParque 7. Opportunities for internship and MSc thesis in Chile

3 1 ABOUT CHILE > SOME DATA 756,096 km2 17,819,054 inhabitants Urban population: 89% Water provision: 100% Sanitation provision: 91% Electricity provision: U 99% and R 95,4%

4 BUT... POPULATION High concentration of the population: Santiago, 37% population in 2% territory High Gini Index 0,53 (Highest in OECD )

5 BUT... WATER Rural situation water provision 38% at home, 58% shared sanitation only 62% and only 5% have sewer Urban water treatment : 96%. Mostly activated sludge (60%), m3 sludge generated per year.

6 BUT... WATER 90% of the territory under some form of desertification Most of the water is used by agroindustry or mining companies Only 1,5% of treated wastewater is reused

7 BUT... RESIDUES 42% increase in residues generation in 10 years. About 90% collected and 60% goes to landfills Landfills are expected to duplicate in the coming two decades (25)

8 BUT... ENERGY Electricity coverage: 97% (total), 90% (rural) 34% hydroelectric, 20% coal, 30% gas, 13% oil

9 2 ABOUT UAI 9,000 students (70% undergraduate) 250 full time professors 4 campuses 8 Schools FES 2,500 undergraduate students 250 graduate students 80 full time professors 18 laboratories 7 Bachelor engineering programs 10 Master programs 3 Doctoral programs

10 2 ABOUT UAI ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

11 3 ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI EcoParque Peñalolén UAI is an educational, experimental and applied research facility, where the operating principles of circular metabolism are applied in order to minimize the flow of external resources and maximize the valorization of residues and water by means of various appropriate technologies. Local model of public-private-academic collaboration with an international outreach

12 3 ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI The first sustainable Chilean EcoPark is a project of the Municipality of Peñalolén in partnership with Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, with contributions from private companies Copec, Aguas Andinas and Metrogas.

13 3 ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI > WHAT WE DO 1. Education We develop a educational initiatives where citizens can learn and practice basic concepts related to urban sustainability, such as residues and wastewater reuse and urban agriculture. 2. Research We carry out applied research oriented towards optimizing and linking technological processes for organic residues and wastewater treatment and reuse, aiming for contextualized, cost effective and socially and environmentally sound way. 3. Community outreach We offer a facility where different public, private and non-governmental organizations can join to carry out educational and social activities related to achieve a circular economy in urban contexts.

14 3 ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI > LOCATION The EcoParque is located in Peñalolén Park (2 of 24 Ha in total) Peñalolén means Reunión de hermanos or Gathering of brothers Representative of the country socio-economic diversity. 12 th most populated district in the country It is located at Av. José Arrieta 7659, Peñalolén, Santiago de Chile

15 3 ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI > FINAL PROYECT 20,000 m 2

16 4 GUIDING CONCEPT Urban Circular Metabolism CITIES TODAY Took water, food, air, and other resources from nature and return them as pollutants SUSTAINABLE CITIES Minimum external supplies demand; nutrients, water and organic matter recirculation; energy, food an clean water self-supply; closing nature cycles

17 4 GUIDING CONCEPT Urban Circular Metabolism

18 4 GUIDING CONCEPT Urban Circular Metabolism We collect residues from the district i.e. oil and market residues and transform them into compost, vermicompost, biogas, biodiesel. The products attained are applied in the urban garden, greenhouse and nursery

19 5 INITIAL PHASE 1,5 YEARS OF OPERATION visits, more than 50 workshops Above 140 tons of OSW valorized per year 4 active research lines WORKING LAB ALLIANCES WITH COMPANIES OPERATIONAL AND FINANTIAL SUSTAINABILITY The inauguration of the initial phase of the project was completed in December In its first phase, the project consists of an area of 2,300 m 2

20 INITIAL PHASE Biodigestion laboratory 2 Biodiesel laboratory 3 Vermiculture beds 4 Composting beds 5 Greenhouse 6 Garden

21 Laboratory building

22 1. Biodigestion Laboratory

23 2. Biodiesel Laboratory

24 3. Vermiculture beds

25 4. Composting beds

26 5. Greenhouse

27 6. Garden

28 5 INITIAL PHASE > Results first 10 months of operation RESIDUES 132 ton market residues treated Saving in transport and final disposal: euros COMPOST AND HUMUS 20 tons compost 27 tons humus produced Savings in fertilizers: euros PLANTS About plants produced per year with different purposes used for greening the municipality The rest is used for education WORKSHOPS 15 free workshops in urban gardening, compost, vermicompost, vertical gardens.

29 5 INITIAL PHASE > Results first 10 months of operation 1320 visitors between january and october 2016 Visitors distribution during % 1% 8% 49% Penalolen citizens School children University students 33% School children UAI Other visitors

30 5 INITIAL PHASE > Results first 10 months of operation National Environmental Prize 2016 WINNERS IN CATEGORY SUSTAINABLE CULTURE

31 INPUTS 6 APPLIED RESEARCH RESEARCH LINES New sanitation Biomaterials and products Renewable urban energy Organic fertilizers Solid Residues Wastewater 3 Renewable Resources CIRCULAR METABOLISM - URBAN HARVEST - BIOMIMESIS - C2C

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33 6 APPLIED RESEARCH 1 Optimization of the co composting and vermicomposting of organic residues and digestate Objectives: 1. To improve the efficiency of composting and vermicomposting of market residues using digestate irrigation 2. To monitor the degradation process using physical chemical indicators and following up microbial communities 3. To verify the end quality of the compost and vermicompost produced in all treatments.

34 6 APPLIED RESEARCH 2 Objectives: Efficiency and end-product quality assessment during the anaerobic digestion of market waste using one and two stage reactors 1. To define optimal starting up process for a two stage pilot reactor treating organic waste coming from urban markets. 2. To study the hydrolitic and methanogenic degradation of organic residues using one and two stage reactors at different temperatures, OLR and HRTs.

35 6 APPLIED RESEARCH 3 Impact of organic biofertilizers in urban agriculture Objectives: 1. To compare different organic fertilizers including urine, compost, vermicompost, and digestate in the germination and growth of selected species under-controlled and uncontrolled conditions. 2. To determine to what extent soil quality is affected by different biofertilizers treatments. 3. To determine the extent to which organic residues can satisfy urban agriculture demand

36 6 APPLIED RESEARCH 4 Optimization of biodiesel production process from waste oils Objectives: 1. To study process efficiency and end product quality for biodiesel produced from urban waste oils using different catalysts. 2. To analyze the efficiency of methanol recovery and glycerin quality via distillation at different temperatures.

37 6 APPLIED RESEARCH 5 Applied Urban Circular Metabolism Objectives: Estudiar los flujos de carbono, nitrógeno, fosforo en la ciudad a fin de proponer y evaluar escenarios de valorización de residuos y aguas servidas que permitan la recuperación de valor y prevención de la contaminación.

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40 7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE Two (2) internship places per period (MES) Two (2) MSc thesis places per year (MUE) Topics Modelling resource flows and developing techno-logical options for (peri)urban settlements in Chile Cost-effective digestate upgrading for maximal reusability in urban contexts Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion of market waste Improving composting through biological additives Improvement of the transfer station concept, towards a fully circular unit Rural household biodigester optimization and remote monitoring

41 7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE 2016

42 7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE Internships at Traesure

43 Claudia Pabón Pereira, PhD Assistant Professor / Academic Director EcoPark Penalolen UAI claudia.pabon@uai.cl

44 EcoParque Peñalolén UAI Applied Urban Circular Metabolism in Santiago de Chile Research opportunities 2017