【国际水新闻】SINGAPORE OFFERS S$30 MILLION FOR RESEARCH, INCLUDING SMART WATER TECHNOLOGIES
新加坡提供3000万美元用于包括智能水技术在内的研究
SINGAPORE - National Water Agency PUB has launched three Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to invite industry technology providers and researchers to develop solutions that will improve the effectiveness of water treatment processes and operations, and ensure water sustainability.
新加坡-国家水事局已经发起了三项提案请求, 邀请工业技术提供者和研究人员制定解决方案, 以提高水处理过程和操作的有效性, 并确保水务可持续发展。
The first RFP targets specific technologies in enhancing energy efficiency of the water and used water treatment process.
第一个提案目标是针对特定的技术增强水的能源效率以及现有水处理工艺。
For water treatment, it aims to reduce the energy consumption of desalination and NEWater through biomimicry.
对于水处理, 其目的是通过仿生学降低海水淡化和 NEWater 的能耗。
This involves exploring water channels or transporters that use very low energy, such as aquaporins derived from specific species of microorganism, fish and mangrove plants, as well as synthetic channels, for incorporation into biomimetic membranes.
这包括探索使用极低能量的水通道或转运体, 例如来自特定种类的微生物、鱼类和红树植物的水通道蛋白, 以及合成通道, 以便将其纳入仿生膜。
For used water treatment, the RFP targets to achieve energy self-sufficient water reclamation plants through Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors incorporating the Anammox process, and/or other innovative nutrients removal/recovery process.
This aims to minimise the energy needed to treat used water and recover more energy from the process, such that used water treatment uses only as much energy as it generates.
对于现有的水处理技术, RFP 的目标是通过包含厌氧氨氧化过程和/或其他创新的养分去除恢复过程来实现水厂能量的自给自足。
这样做的目的是尽量减少处理使用过的水所需的能量, 并从过程中回收更多的能量, 例如, 现有的水处理工艺仅最大限度的使用产生的能量。
The second RFP aims to enhance water efficiency in industries through water recycling or reducing water consumption.
第二个提案旨在通过水资源回收或减少用水量以提高工业用水效率。
Proposals are to be submitted by the industrial or commercial host, in collaboration with an identified technology provider.
这些建议由工业或者商业权威提交，同时与认可的技术提供商合作。
The third RFP looks at enhancing operational efficiency by leveraging on smart technologies such as robotics, drones, automation, data analytics and informatics, and video analytics, to minimise manpower required in operations and maintenance.
第三个提案旨在通过利用智能技术 (如机器人、无人机、自动化、数据分析和信息学以及视频分析) 来提高运营效率, 以尽量减少操作和维护所需的人力。
The RFPs are part of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 Plan under the Competitive Research Programme (Water).
这些提案是竞争研究计划下研究, 创新和企业计划（2020）的一部分。
In 2006, water was identified as a key growth industry, and funding of S$670 million from the NRF has been committed over 15 years (2006 – 2020) to foster leading-edge technologies and create a thriving and vibrant research community in Singapore.
2006年, 水工业被确定为一个关键的增长产业, 6.7亿美元的资金已经投入了超过15年 (2006-2020), 以培养领先的技术, 并在新加坡创建一个蓬勃发展和充满活力的研究社区。
In Singapore, water demand is expected to double by 2060, with the non-domestic sector making up 70 percent of demand then.
在新加坡, 预计到 2060年, 水需求将翻倍, 而非国内部门则占需求的70%。
Harry Seah, PUB’s assistant chief executive (Future Systems and Technology), said: “Investing in R&D is important for PUB to develop innovative water solutions that can improve the efficiency of water treatment and keep our water supply sustainable. Through continuous R&D over the years, we have identified several promising technologies. We want to work with technology providers and researchers to develop these technologies further and demonstrate their commercial viability.”
PUB助理首席执行官(未来的系统和技术) Harry Seah说: "投资研发对于酒馆来说是很重要的, 它可以开发创新的水溶液, 以提高水处理的效率和保持我们水供应的可持续性。经过多年的不断研发, 我们发现了一些有前途的技术。我们希望与技术供应商和研究人员合作, 进一步开发这些技术, 并展示其商业可行性。
Companies that can bring the proposed water technology to market can submit their proposals. Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) or Research Institutes (RIs) can also collaborate with an industrial partner that could accelerate the commercialisation/translation of the project and submit a joint proposal.
可以将拟议的水技术投放市场的公司可以提出建议。高等院校 (高校) 或研究所 (RIs) 也可以与一个工业伙伴合作, 以加速项目的商业化/转化, 并提交一份联合提案。
