Objective European cultural heritage is often damaged by salt related damaging processes. There appears to be an increasing risk of salt damage to our monuments, due to climate changes and possibly resulting floods. According to recent research, in some situations, desalination may be the only possible conservation technique. For buildings, desalination still constitutes a major problem as the bath-method can not be used. The use of desalination mortar/poultices seems to be the most promising conservation technique for immovable objects. However, the performance and especially the effectiveness of different desalination systems is not clear, which hinders the choice of an appropriate mortar/poultice.The research project DESALINATION will result in a clear guideline how to choose an adequate desalination system. This is of great importance to the European decision makers and will incorporated in a knowledge based decision tool.A second major result will be better knowledge of moisture and salt transport from the historic material to the desalination product. This knowledge will give raise to a recommendation for a test to assess the effectiveness of desalination products. The better understanding of the transport process may be used in product development and increases the competitiveness of European SMEs, and may have a much broader spin-off in all kind of salt related problems. Fields of science engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalination Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-3.6 - The protection of cultural heritage and associated conservation strategies Call for proposal FP6-2004-SSP-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITA IUAV Address Tolentini - s. croce 191 Venice Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK - TNO Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Schoemakerstraat 97 Delft See on map Links Website Opens in new window CERCLE DES PARTENAIRES DU PATRIMOINE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 29 rue de paris Champs sur marne See on map TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Den dolech 2 Eindhoven See on map Links Website Opens in new window FACHHOCHSCHULE KOELN Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ubierring 40 Cologne See on map Links Website Opens in new window REMMERS BOUWCHEMIE B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stephensonstraat 9 Hoogeveen See on map Links Website Opens in new window RIJKSGEBOUWENDIENST Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rijnstraat 8 The hague See on map ENTREPRISE QUELIN France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 95/97 avenue victor hugo Rueil malmaison See on map ERIC PALLOT France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 17 rue de l'université Noisy le grand See on map J. PAUL GETTY TRUST United States EU contribution € 0,00 Address Getty center drive 1200, suite 400 Los angeles See on map Links Website Opens in new window
