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The most important research projects of the C.R.S.A. (Research Centre and Environmental Services) MED INGEGNERIA
 THE COLOMBO PROJECT The main objective of the COLOMBO project (parallel Computers improve cLean up of sOils by Modelling BiOremediation) has been the development of a SW model, running on parallel computers, for the simulation of the chemical/physical and biological phenomena of polluted soil bioremediation. The COLOMBO project has been developed from 1998-2000 under the general management of C.R.S.A. and the partial financial support of the E.U. Commission R&D found (Esprit Project no. 24917) |
THE AREA PROJECT The project (1998-2002), partially founded by the Italian Ministry for the University and the Scientific Research (MIUR, ex MURST) has been developed by C.R.S.A. together with the Public Company for the Energy and the Environment of Ravenna Municipality (AREA, now HERA), the Departments of Geology, Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Environmental Science of the ALMA MATER STUDIORUM – University of Bologna and Department of Environmental Cancerogenity of the Emilia Romagna Region Environmental Agency (ARPA-RER).
The main objective of the project has been the development, realization and optimization of new, innovative technologies for the remediation of polluted soil. These technologies were focused on bioremediation and on vetrification techniques.
THE BOVISA PROJECT This project was focused on the test and experimental validation of optimized techniques for the bioremediation, via bio-pile, of soil polluted by Policyclical Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) of great molecular mass. In this project, C.R.S.A. has made researches and experiments with the aim of evaluating the optimized conditions for the remediation of the polluted soil.
The project has been developed into three phases:
• PHASE 1: laboratory phase, for the selection of the most efficient bacteria consortium and the degradation rate in slurry.
• PHASE 2: pre-pilot tests, for testing the best remediation technology and the correct plant parameters.
• PHASE 3: Pilot plant test. In this phase a bio-pile has been projected and built to test the best remediation steps
This research has been one of the first Italian studies for the bioremediation of soil polluted by heavy PAH. At the end of the project (2004) a reduction of more than 30% of pollutant concentration has been achieved.
ARGIA The methodology, named A.R.G.I.A. (Analisi del Rischio per la Gerarchizzazione dei siti Inquinati presenti nell’Anagrafe – Risk Analysis for the ranking of polluted sites of Regional interest), has been developed by C.R.S.A., in collaboration with the Emilia Romagna Environmental Agency (ARPA – RER) and the Emilia Romagna Region Environmental Department, allow the user to rank the polluted sites, versus their risk levels, in order to focus the remediation operation towards the most dangerous sites.
The new methodology is easy to use and its results are in very good agreement versus the results that one can obtain by the application of an absolute risk analysis methodology, like RBCA. ARGIA has been approved as official hazard ranking risk methodology by the Emilia Romagna Region law (July 28th 2003).