Description du projet
De nouveaux réactifs à base d’oxyde métallique pour un assainissement rentable des sols et des eaux souterraines
La pollution de l’eau et des sols sont les principales causes de mortalité dans le monde. Avec la raréfaction de l’eau, l’assainissement devient un besoin encore plus pressant. Les produits chimiques toxiques et les solvants organiques sont les principales sources de pollution des sols et des eaux souterraines en Europe et à l’étranger. Les technologies actuelles d’assainissement sont coûteuses et perturbatrices. Avec le soutien du programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet METAL-AID formera 14 chercheurs en début de carrière dans des projets visant à développer des technologies de décontamination des sols et des eaux souterraines directement sous terre. En se concentrant sur des réactifs, connus et nouveaux, à base d’oxydes métalliques, l’équipe développera des modèles d’évaluation de la sécurité et quantifiera l’efficacité en laboratoire et sur le terrain.
Objectif
Thousands of sites across Europe are polluted with toxic metals and organic solvents; many more exist worldwide. As EU population grows, clean water will determine the quality of life and economic stability. Most sites remain contaminated because existing technology is costly and disruptive. Society needs an innovative way to decontaminate soil and groundwater directly underground. In METAL-AID, we will develop new technologies through fundamental knowledge.
We are a consortium of experts in natural materials, contaminant reactivity, groundwater treatment and environment policy, spread over 4 consulting firms, 6 universities and a government agency. We will train 14 early stage researchers (ESRs) through integrated, intersectoral research, using advanced technology, ranging from nanometre to field scale. ESRs will gain technical, business and personal skills, as they push a promising soil and groundwater remediation technology toward commercialisation. To meet the METAL-AID goals, the ESRs will:
1) Test known layered double hydroxide (LDH) and redox active green rust (GR) reactants that show promise for remediating toxic metals and chlorinated compounds and invent new ones;
2) Derive thermodynamic and kinetic data, essential for safety assessment modelling;
3) Quantify reactant effectiveness and reacted phase stability and compare these with natural analogues;
4) Inject the new reactants at field sites operated by our beneficiaries.
METAL-AID begins at technology readiness level, TRL 1 and runs to TRL 6, implementation. The government agency will provide guidance so our new technology complies with regulations and has promised R&D funding after the ETN ends, to carry it into full commercialisation. The ESRs will be trained to tackle challenges of concern to society, to communicate across sector boundaries and with the public, in a network that will last long after the project ends. We will provide a pool of scientists for roles in EU's knowledge based economy.
Champ scientifique
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compounds
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyhydrogeology
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeology
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Régime de financement
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinateur
1165 Kobenhavn
Danemark