[PPT] - 2017 CONTENT 1. About Chile 2. About UAI 3. About EcoParque PowerPoint Presentation

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EcoParque Peñalolén UAI

Appli lied Urb rban Cir Circula lar Metaboli lism in in Sa Santia iago de Ch Chile ile

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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

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756,096 km2
17,819,054 inhabitants
Urban population: 89%
Water provision: 100%
Sanitation provision: 91%
Electricity provision: U 99% and R 95,4%

ABOUT CHILE

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> SOME DATA

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POPULATION

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

BUT...

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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%), 503.000 m3 sludge

generated per year.

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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

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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)

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BUT...

ENERGY

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

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ABOUT UAI

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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

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ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ABOUT UAI

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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

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ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI

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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.

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3. Community outreach

We offer a facility where different public, private and non-governmental

rganizations

can join to carry out educational and social activities related to achieve a circular economy in urban contexts.

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

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residues and wastewater treatment and reuse, aiming for contextualized, cost effective and socially and environmentally sound way.

> WHAT WE DO

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI

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> LOCATION

It is located at Av. José Arrieta 7659, Peñalolén, Santiago de Chile

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI

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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.
12th most populated district in the country

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> FINAL PROYECT

20,000 𝑛2

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI

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CITIES TODAY

Took water, food, air, and

ther

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

GUIDING CONCEPT

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Urban Circular Metabolism

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Urban Circular Metabolism

GUIDING CONCEPT

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Urban Circular Metabolism

GUIDING CONCEPT

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We collect residues

from the district i.e.

il

and market residues and transform them into compost, vermicompost, biogas, biodiesel.

The

products attained are applied in the urban garden, greenhouse and nursery

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✓ WORKING LAB ✓ ALLIANCES WITH COMPANIES ✓ OPERATIONAL AND FINANTIAL SUSTAINABILITY 1,5 YEARS OF OPERATION

INITIAL PHASE

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2.500 visits, more

than 50 workshops

Above 140 tons of OSW valorized per year

4 active

research lines

The inauguration of the initial phase of the project was completed in December 2015. In its first phase, the project consists of an area of 2,300 m2

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INITIAL PHASE

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1 Biodigestion laboratory 2 Biodiesel laboratory 3 Vermiculture beds 4 Composting beds 5 Greenhouse 6 Garden

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Laboratory ry build ilding

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1. Biodigestion Laboratory

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2. Biodiesel Laboratory

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3. Vermiculture beds

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4. Composting beds

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5. Greenhouse

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6. Garden

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> Results first 10 months of operation

RESIDUES
132 ton market residues treated
Saving in transport and final disposal: 4.200 euros
COMPOST AND HUMUS
20 tons compost
27 tons humus produced
Savings in fertilizers: 20.000 euros
PLANTS
About 28.000 plants produced per year with different purposes
12.000 used for greening the municipality
The rest is used for education
WORKSHOPS
15 free workshops in urban gardening, compost, vermicompost, vertical

gardens.

INITIAL PHASE

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49% 33% 8% 9% 1%

Visitors distribution during 2016

Penalolen citizens School children University students School children UAI Other visitors

INITIAL PHASE

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> Results first 10 months of operation

1320 visitors between january and october 2016

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WINNERS IN CATEGORY SUSTAINABLE CULTURE

National Environmental Prize 2016

INITIAL PHASE

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> Results first 10 months of operation

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Solid Residues Wastewater Renewable Resources

Organic fertilizers Biomaterials and products New sanitation Renewable urban energy

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CIRCULAR METABOLISM - URBAN HARVEST - BIOMIMESIS - C2C

APPLIED RESEARCH

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RESEARCH LINES INPUTS

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Optimization of the co composting and vermicomposting

f 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.

APPLIED RESEARCH

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Efficiency and end-product quality assessment during the anaerobic digestion of market waste using one and two stage reactors

Objectives:

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.

APPLIED RESEARCH

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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

APPLIED RESEARCH

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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.

APPLIED RESEARCH

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Applied Urban Circular Metabolism

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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.

APPLIED RESEARCH

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RESEARCH TEAM 2015-2016

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RESEARCH TEAM 2016-2017

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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

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE

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In Internships at t Traesure

www.traesure.com

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE

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Claudia Pabón Pereira, PhD

Assistant Professor / Academic Director EcoPark Penalolen UAI

claudia.pabon@uai.cl

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EcoParque Peñalolén UAI

Appli lied Urb rban Cir Circula lar Metaboli lism in in Sa Santia iago de Ch Chile ile

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