In the last week of May, SLU was arranging the “Thesis Day”-event for the second year in a row. This was an opportunity for bachelor’s and master’s students to present their degree projects in the form of scientific posters. Six students were also chosen to arrange oral presentations of their projects. Nils Ewald was one… Continue reading The FAT larva – a future feed for animals?
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Half-time PhD Seminar, Prithvi Simha: Alkaline urine dehydration
On 26th April, PhD Candidate Prithvi Simha presented his half-time seminar, “Urine Dehydration Technology for Decentralised Sanitation Systems” at SLU. In the seminar, Prithvi summarised and discussed two research papers & a draft book chapter on urine dehydration. Åke Nordberg, Assoc. Prof. in Bioenergy Technology was the opponent at the seminar.
Urine drying from Sanitation360:Semi-finalists at the FAMAE Water Challenge
This year, members of the Kretsloppsteknik group at SLU started Sanitation360, a startup company which aims to commercialise the urine dehydration technology being developed at SLU. As Sanitation360, we participated in the FAMAE Water Challenge (“Precious Water!”) where the goal was to design a simple and innovative product or service to preserve water, make it… Continue reading Urine drying from Sanitation360:Semi-finalists at the FAMAE Water Challenge
1-2 tons food waste treated by BSF composting in Eskilstuna
In the past 2 years, the environmental engineering group has been collaborating with the waste management company of Eskilstuna in order to treat food waste with black soldier fly larvae. This technology, developed within the group over the past 10 years, aims to recover the nutrients present in organic waste streams and reintroduce them into… Continue reading 1-2 tons food waste treated by BSF composting in Eskilstuna
Game for Resource Recovery tested in Uganda
On the 25th of April, the SPANS team held a workshop on serious gaming “Games for Resource Recovery in Sanitation” at Makerere University, Uganda. We presented the serious game that we have been developing within the SPANS project – Sanitation Planning for Alternative Nutrient-Recovery Systems (see Blogg post 201-12-05). The aim of the workshop was… Continue reading Game for Resource Recovery tested in Uganda
Agricultural field trials on dehydrated urine – “Granurin”
Between December 2018 and February 2019, we installed and used eight family-scale urine dehydrator prototypes in Uppsala. At the end of this period, we managed to produce 40 kg of dry fertiliser (which our collegues in France call “granurin”) with a nitrogen content of 10%. We thus managed to dry nearly 500 L of urine,… Continue reading Agricultural field trials on dehydrated urine – “Granurin”
Makoto joins Kretsloppsteknik
Hi, I’m Makoto from Japan. I will work on the analysis of perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals in wastewater with Sahar Dalahmeh at SLU’s Kretsloppsteknik group. Since I have been interested in sanitation research right from my Environmental Engineering bachelor studies in Japan, I am grateful for this opportunity to continue to learn and work… Continue reading Makoto joins Kretsloppsteknik
Project opportunity: applying urine-based fertiliser in aeroponics
Proposed Title: Identifying optimal application rates of urine-based fertilizer for basil grown in climate-controlled aeroponics chambers. Credits: 30 credits; Level: Advanced Subject: Technology or Environmental Science Start: Fall 2019 (flexible)
Nordic Biochar Network: Char and biochar workshop in Denmark
Char and biochar workshop 2019Applications, characterization, productionWhen? Friday, May 24th 2019Where? DTU Lyngby Campus, Søltofts Plads – Building 229 (Lounge)
Kretsloppsteknik at Uppsala city library to discuss our current water-borne sanitation system
Next week, Annika Nordin and Cecilia Lalander, Researchers at Kretsloppsteknik will be at the Uppsala City Library to discuss why our current water-borne sanitation system is not as good as many might think. They will present what we believe will be the future sanitation solutions, which in a better and more efficient way safeguard and… Continue reading Kretsloppsteknik at Uppsala city library to discuss our current water-borne sanitation system