IEA SHC Task 62 – Solar energy in industrial water and wastewater management
The IEA SHC Task 62 deals with the integration of solar thermal energy into the treatment of wastewater in an industrial context. The main objective is to increase the use of solar thermal in industry, to develop new collector technologies and to open up industrial as well as municipal water treatment as a new application area with high market potential for solar thermal. The nexus between solar thermal and water treatment enables the development of new and innovative technology combinations and the shift towards a sustainable, resource and energy efficient industry.
By combining water treatment technologies with solar thermal collectors, an innovative and economically attractive overall solution can be created for the industry.
In addition to the successful management of the IEA SHC Task 62 on an international level, the Austrian participation contributes to the following results:
- Illustrating the potential for solar powered membrane distillation in different application areas.
- Development of concepts for solar reactors utilizing heat and UV radiation,
- Development of integration concepts, as well as advancing the use of the technologies in Austria.
