Project description
Advanced plasma technology to transform air quality
Cleaner air is essential for sustainable industries and healthier communities. Yet, many air purification methods are either inefficient or unsustainable, relying on filters or consumables that create waste. The EIC-funded PARADISE project plans to create a new cold plasma technology for air purification. At its core is a patented electroceramic discharge barrier, offering a durable and scalable solution for air purification. Large electroceramic components will be manufactured using microwave sintering. These components will be integrated into two pilot demonstrators: one in agri-food and another in healthcare. With a EUR 30 billion market projected by 2033, this breakthrough will help meet regulatory needs and strengthens Europe’s leadership in clean air solutions.
Objective
PARADISE introduces an innovative cold plasma-based technology for industrial-scale air depollution, going beyond traditional and emerging methods. Its disruptiveness lies in a new core of the plasma reactor, a patented electroceramic discharge barrier. This breakthrough shifts the paradigm from incremental improvements to a new product, turning cold plasma from an academic promise into an industrial reality with a robust, scalable, and sustainable solution for air purification.
The transition from TRL4 to TRL6 and market readiness builds on advances from the EU CEM-WAVE H2020 Project, which enabled pre-industrial manufacturing of large electroceramic components via Microwave Sintering (MWS). MWS is expected to overcome the limits of conventional sintering and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). The main risk concerns achieving homogeneous porosity in components; to mitigate this, a hierarchical approach is planned: full exploitation of MWS with SPS as a fallback.
The electroceramic components will be integrated into two demonstrators: an agri-food site and an indoor healthcare pilot. The technology delivers cleaner air with lower energy demand, no consumables, and no secondary pollution transfer, offering a durable alternative to filters or adsorption systems.
By fostering high-value manufacturing jobs and positioning Europe as a leader in clean-air innovation, PARADISE strengthens EU technological sovereignty and supports sustainable growth. Commercial success is ensured as the solution addresses urgent regulatory needs and a vast industrial air purification market, projected at €30B by 2033.
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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83500 La Seyne-sur-Mer
France
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