Objective
European industry is under growing pressure to meet targets for circularity, pollution reduction, and raw material autonomy. Yet it still lacks the ability to measure what matters, when and where it matters. In critical sectors such as battery recycling, wastewater treatment, hydrogen production, and mining, operators need real-time, multi-elemental insight to recover valuable materials, maximize production, and ensure compliance. Today, their only option for precise, multi-elemental data is centralized laboratory analysis—a process that is slow, remote, and typically takes 1-5 days. Meanwhile, existing field instruments offer speed but fall short of offering a complete solution: they cannot detect key elements like Li, B, and Cl, and lack the precision needed for critical decision-making. In the absence of a robust and precise field instrument, operators across high-value industries are forced to make critical decisions based on incomplete or outdated data, resulting in suboptimal yields, inconsistent product quality, and avoidable material losses.
With AquaSpec, we are solving this absence. We are developing the world’s first portable optical emission spectrometer that delivers lab-grade performance and full elemental coverage—for metals and non-metals alike—at the point of need. Built on our patented micro-discharge optical emission spectroscopy (µDOES) technology, AquaSpec represents a step-change in analytics: it will measure even the most hard-to-detect elements—Li, B, P, S, Cl—in seconds, not days. It will unlock in-liquid elemental analysis in remote, mobile, or space-constrained environments where no comparable solution exists. By closing the gap between lab precision and field usability, AquaSpec will empower operators to make data-driven decisions in real time and directly at the point of need—improving critical raw material recovery rates, preventing compliance breaches, and reducing hazardous waste.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management waste treatment processes recycling
- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes wastewater treatment processes
- engineering and technology environmental engineering mining and mineral processing
- natural sciences physical sciences optics spectroscopy emission spectroscopy
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy hydrogen energy
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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HORIZON-EIC-ACC - HORIZON EIC Accelerator
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-02
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90620 Oulu
Finland
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