Description du projet
Nouvelle solution de traitement des eaux usées industrielles
La rareté de l’eau est un phénomène qui touche de nombreuses régions d’Europe et qui devrait s’aggraver dans les années à venir. Les décisions et les outils de gestion des ressources en eau sont plus importants que jamais. L’application des technologies membranaires est à l’étude afin de produire une eau propre à partir des flux de déchets industriels dans les secteurs sidérurgique, textile, alimentaire et autres. Plusieurs défis doivent toutefois être relevés avant que la distillation sur membrane puisse être commercialisée. Le projet SuperClean, financé par le CEI, trouvera des solutions en développant les techniques de traitement de surface des membranes à base de plasma en vue de créer des membranes superhydrophobes. Il testera des matériaux membranaires et les mettra en œuvre dans des modules de distillation sur membrane grandeur nature. Différents types d’eaux usées seront utilisés pour évaluer les performances, la longévité et la résistance à l’encrassement des membranes superhydrophobes.
Objectif
Our world faces an urgent need for a greener industry with reduced water consumption and zero pollution, alleviating water scarcity problems. Membrane distillation (MD) is being explored for production of clean water from industrial waste streams in the steel, textile, food and other industries. Several challenges need to be overcome to achieve a full commercial market breakthrough for MD: Membrane wetting, scaling, and fouling. We plan to accept the challenges by using superhydrophobic membranes. Such membranes are also useful in oil-water separation, and a range of environmental applications. During the FET “HARMONIC” project, two RORs Max Planck-MPIP and NCSR-Demokritos developed complementary technologies for membrane superhydrophobicity, which impart extreme antiwetting, antiscaling and antifouling membranes. The technologies are based on plasma activation or plasma nanotexturing (NCSRD) followed by wet nanofilament growth (MPIP) or plasma deposition (NCSRD) for hydrophobization. Both institutions will advance their technology readiness level so the technology is validated - demonstrated in relevant environment (TRL 5-6), and will design, build, and test small scale pilot equipment for fabricating rolls of superhydrophobic membranes in a roll-to-roll format. For the upscaling of the technology NCSRD and MPIP, will cooperate with two industrial partners, namely Europlasma and SolSep respectively companies with large experience with roll-to-roll plasma or wet processes respectively. Moreover, they will team up with SolarSpring, a manufacturer of commercial MD modules for industrial wastewater treatment. A market search and a business plan will be elaborated, for creating a spin-off company commercializing the superhydrophobic membranes, and processes. The range of applications will go well beyond MD.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-processes
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesplasma physics
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdistillation
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-BasedCoordinateur
15341 Agia Paraskevi
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