WP1
Project management
Coordination –CIIMAR
This WP is dedicated to the implementation of the management structure and the coordination of the SpilLess project.
WP2
Definition of operational conditions for application of native microbial consortia
Coordination – UVIGO
To establish the environmental and operational conditions in different oil spill situations and marine environments, providing tools for the successful application of microbial consortia through autonomous vehicles.
WP3
Development of native microbial consortia with a cooperative competence for petroleum compounds degradation
Coordination – CIIMAR
This WP aims to create a library of microbial consortia with high degradation capacity of petroleum compounds and native to a target geographic marine region.
WP4
Optimization of consortia production for scale-up
Coordination – Biotrend
This WP focuses on the optimization of conditions for biomass production of the hydrocarbon degrading microbial consortia selected and catalogued in WP3, envisioning the formulation of a microbial product for application in oil spill scenarios and its scaled-up production.
WP5
Development of the unmanned oil spill combat system
Coordination – INESC TEC
The main objectives of this WP are to specify, develop and implement the containers and release systems for bacteria consortia and nutrients, the release control software, and the application for mission control and data acquisition and processing.
WP6
Tests and demonstration
Coordination – ACSM
The main objectives of this work-package are to test and evaluate the bacteria and nutrient containers and release systems in both lab and field environments, and also to perform a fully working demonstration of an autonomous in-situ oil spill combat at a “quasi-real” scenario.