Objective NEW ED aims at closing industrial water cycles and reducing the amount of waste water streams with highly concentrated salt loads stemming from a broad range of industrial production processes by exploiting the waste components (salts) and transforming them to valuable products. This will be achieved by developing new micro- to nano-porous bipolar membranes for bipolar electrodialysis (BPMED), a new membrane module concept and by integrating this new technology into relevant production processes. The bipolar membrane process produces acids and bases from their corresponding salts by dissociating water at the interface within the bipolar membranes. However, BPMED so far has been applied only in niche markets due to limitations of the current state of membrane and process development. Major drawbacks of the classic BPMED process are low product purity, limited current density and formation of metal hydroxides at or in the bipolar membrane. The objective of this project is to overcome these limitations by developing a new bipolar membrane and membrane module with active, i.e. convective instead of diffusive water transport to the transition layer of the bipolar membranes, where water dissociation takes place. The key feature of the innovative new bipolar membranes is a nano- to micro-porous and at the same time ion conducting intermediate transition layer, through which water is convectively transported from the side into the transition layer. The porous transition layer may have either the character of a cation or an anion exchanger. Several promising intermediate layer materials together with different monopolar ion-exchange layers will be tested and characterized. Membrane manufacturing and new module concepts will be investigated to exploit the full potential of the new bipolar membrane technique. Integration of the developed membranes and modules into relevant production processes is an essential part of the project. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationelectrodialysis Keywords bipolar membranes closing water cycles concentrate treatment material recovery Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2008.3.1.1.2. - Nanotechnologies for water treatment Call for proposal FP7-ENV-NMP-2008-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN EU contribution € 381 700,00 Address TEMPLERGRABEN 55 52062 Aachen Germany See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Städteregion Aachen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Thomas Melin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUMATECH BWT GMBH Germany EU contribution € 223 774,00 Address CARL BENZ STRASSE 4 74321 BIETIGHEIM BISSINGEN See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Ludwigsburg Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bernd Bauer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution € 267 569,00 Address DRIENERLOLAAN 5 7522 NB Enschede See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Z Borneman (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV Israel EU contribution € 222 100,00 Address . 84105 Beer Sheva See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Daphna Tripto (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PRAYON S.A Participation ended Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE JOSEPH WAUTERS 144 4480 Engis See on map Region Région wallonne Prov. Liège Arr. Huy Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Didier Gillet (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG Germany EU contribution € 68 016,00 Address KAISER WILHELM ALLEE 60 51373 Leverkusen See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Andreas Bulan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
