C2I 2020: Energy & Environment shortlist
: Advanced Sampling Process Instruments (ASPI) Ltd with Glasgow Caledonian University This five-year project has led to the development of technology for automating a key process within wastewater treatment plants that use bacteria to break down contaminants. The device, which is currently undergoing trials at a number of locations, can be used to automate both settlement analysis and bacterial activity analysis, two processes that are key to optimising the energy efficiency of treatment plants but which are currently performed using time consuming manual techniques. Whilst there have been pr...