Developing Scalable Wastewater Recovery System to recycle Industrial Water used in heat management process, and study its impact on Environmental Sustainability and public health safety - EPSRC DLA STUDENTSHIP

This EPSRC-funded PhD studentship focuses on developing a sustainable, integrated system for the remediation and recycling of wastewater discharged from condenser economizers. The project addresses the critical challenge of managing acidic load and chemical pollutants inherently present in industrial condensate generated during heat recovery processes within industrial heat exchangers. By integrating advanced water-recycling technologies directly into the heat-waste recovery cycle, the project aims to extract acidic pollutants at the source, removing microbial pollution, and transforming a hazardous byproduct into a high-quality, reusable resource with an inline process solution. This integrated solution will facilitate optimization of industrial energy consumption and provide a scalable, future-ready methodology for closed-loop resource recovery systems. The study will conduct a rigorous evaluation of long-term operational performance, providing essential insights into the chemical and microbial efficiency, economic viability, and environmental safety of the proposed system. The studentship is supervised by Dr. Bertrand Delpech in the Heat Pipe and Thermal Management Research Group at Brunel University London.