EcoParque Peñalolén UAI

Applied Urban Circular Metabolism in Santiago

de Chile

Research opportunities

2017

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

• 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 CHILE1

> SOME DATA

POPULATION

• High concentration of the population: Santiago, 37% population in 2% territory

• High Gini Index 0,53 (Highest in OECD )

BUT...

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.

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

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)

BUT...

ENERGY

• Electricity coverage: 97% (total), 90% (rural)

• 34% hydroelectric, 20% coal, 30% gas, 13% oil

ABOUT UAI2

• 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

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ABOUT UAI2

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 UAI3

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.

3. Community outreach

We offer a facility where different public, private and non-governmentalorganizations can join to carry out educational and social activitiesrelated to achieve a circular economy in urban contexts.

1. Education

We develop a educational initiatives where citizens can learn andpractice basic concepts related to urban sustainability, such as residuesand wastewater reuse and urban agriculture.

2. Research

We carry out applied research oriented towards optimizing and linkingtechnological processes for organic residues and wastewatertreatment and reuse, aiming for contextualized, cost effective andsocially and environmentally sound way.

> WHAT WE DO

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI3

> LOCATION

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

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI3

• 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

> FINAL PROYECT

20,000 𝑚2

ABOUT ECOPARQUE PEÑALOLÉN UAI3

CITIES TODAY

Took water, food, air, and otherresources from nature and return themas pollutants

SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Minimum external supplies demand; nutrients,water and organic matter recirculation; energy, foodan clean water self-supply; closing nature cycles

GUIDING CONCEPT4

Urban Circular Metabolism

Urban Circular Metabolism

GUIDING CONCEPT4

Urban Circular Metabolism

GUIDING CONCEPT4

• We collect residuesfrom the district i.e.oil and marketresidues andtransform theminto compost,vermicompost,biogas, biodiesel.

• The productsattained are appliedin the urbangarden, greenhouseand nursery

✓ WORKING LAB✓ ALLIANCES WITH COMPANIES✓ OPERATIONAL AND FINANTIAL SUSTAINABILITY

1,5 YEARS OF OPERATION

INITIAL PHASE5

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

INITIAL PHASE

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345

26

1 Biodigestion laboratory2 Biodiesel laboratory3 Vermiculture beds4 Composting beds5 Greenhouse6 Garden

Laboratory building

1. Biodigestion Laboratory

2. Biodiesel Laboratory

3. Vermiculture beds

4. Composting beds

5. Greenhouse

6. Garden

> 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 PHASE5

49%

33%

8%

9% 1%

Visitors distribution during 2016

Penalolen citizens

School children

University students

School children UAI

Other visitors

INITIAL PHASE5

> Results first 10 months of operation

1320 visitors between january and october 2016

WINNERS IN CATEGORY SUSTAINABLE CULTURE

National Environmental Prize 2016

INITIAL PHASE5

> Results first 10 months of operation

Solid Residues

Wastewater

RenewableResources

Organic fertilizers

Biomaterials and products

New sanitation

Renewable urban energy

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CIRCULAR METABOLISM - URBAN HARVEST - BIOMIMESIS - C2C

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

RESEARCH LINES

INP

UTS

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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 usingdigestate irrigation

2. To monitor the degradation process using physical chemical indicators and following upmicrobial communities

3. To verify the end quality of the compost and vermicompost produced in all treatments.

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

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

stage reactorsObjectives:

1. To define optimal starting up process for a two stage pilot reactor treating organic wastecoming from urban markets .

2. To study the hydrolitic and methanogenic degradation of organic residues using one andtwo stage reactors at different temperatures, OLR and HRTs.

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

2

Impact of organic biofertilizers in urban agriculture

Objectives:

1. To compare different organic fertilizers including urine, compost, vermicompost, anddigestate in the germination and growth of selected species under-controlled anduncontrolled conditions.

2. To determine to what extent soil quality is affected by different biofertilizerstreatments.

3. To determine the extent to which organic residues can satisfy urban agriculturedemand

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

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Optimization of biodiesel production process from waste oils

Objectives:

1. To study process efficiency and endproduct quality for biodiesel producedfrom urban waste oils using differentcatalysts.

2. To analyze the efficiency of methanolrecovery and glycerin quality viadistillation at different temperatures.

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

4

Applied Urban Circular Metabolism5

Objectives:Estudiar los flujos de carbono, nitrógeno, fosforo en la ciudad a fin de proponer y evaluarescenarios de valorización de residuos y aguas servidas que permitan la recuperación devalor y prevención de la contaminación.

APPLIED RESEARCH 6

RESEARCH TEAM 2015-2016

RESEARCH TEAM 2016-2017

• 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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2016

Internships at Traesure

www.traesure.com

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNSHIP AND MSC THESIS IN CHILE

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Claudia Pabón Pereira, PhDAssistant Professor / Academic Director EcoPark Penalolen UAI

claudia.pabon@uai.cl

EcoParque Peñalolén UAI

Applied Urban Circular Metabolism in Santiago

de Chile

Research opportunities

2017