Project: Green Ultrafiltration Water Cleaning Technologies
| Acronym | GreenWaterTech (Reference Number: ID 325) |
| Duration | 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024 |
| Project Topic | Clean water is a key challenge in the 21th century, identified in the UN sustainable development goals (6). In close collaboration with industry and stakeholders, this project aims at developing new types of sustainable water treatment techniques that is, cheap, easy to maintain and can be applied in settings/countries where clean water is a challenge. By using non-critical and non-toxic materials to mitigate contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens, including antibiotic resistant bacteria, it helps avoid their further spread, thus targeting Theme 3 in the call. We will develop a potentially cost-effective water cleaning concept, amenable for decentralized use, that will be validated on a small pilot scale comprising a series of modules: 1) An enzymatic step including nanoporous materials bearing enzymes and chelating functions to retain hazardous metals, 2) enzyme-mimetic nanomaterials, 3) nanoporous adsorbents, and finally 4) a photocatalytic step that ensures zero-discharge of contaminants. Laboratory scale research will be implemented in reactor modules in collaboration with industrial partners. The evaluation of different combinations of modules will be an integral part of the project. Industrial partners will provide engineering solutions that allow testing of new materials/technologies. Associated partners will evaluate the technology and spread results, to various industries as well as stakeholders in the developing world. |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
· Develop new knowledge for academic partners, high quality scientific dissemination (high impact publications), attractive education courses (leading technologies), valorization and funding opportunities (patents, future joint projects). · Innovation-based industrial growth (e.g. sub-contracted SMEs and Associated Partners) · Reinforce Europe’s position in the strategic area of innovative water treatment technologies, societal awareness, field presence and potential support to developing countries (e.g. through involved companies and associated partner). · Suitable water treatment technology where it is most needed (facilitating decentralized solutions). |
| Network | AquaticPollutants |
| Call | 1st AquaticPollutants Joint Call 2020 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
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| 1 | Uppsala University | Coordinator | Sweden |
| 2 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Partner | Sweden |
| 3 | Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 4 | CNRS/IRCELYON Chimie | Partner | France |
| 5 | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon | Partner | France |
| 6 | University of J.E. Purkyne | Partner | Czech Republic |