Descrizione del progetto
Affrontare efficacemente l’inquinamento dell’acqua
La carenza idrica è un problema globale urgente, dato che, secondo le previsioni, il 47 % della popolazione mondiale si troverà ad affrontarla entro il 2030. Il colpevole? Le acque reflue industriali contaminate, che sono piene di microinquinanti, come ad esempio gli ioni metallici, i pesticidi e i farmaci. Gli attuali metodi di trattamento delle acque eliminano efficacemente il 99,96 % dei contaminanti, ma il restante 0,04 % rappresenta una tremenda minaccia. In questo contesto, il progetto CGM, finanziato dall’UE, introdurrà supporti all’avanguardia in nanocellulosa che possono essere personalizzati allo scopo di prendere di mira e riciclare microinquinanti specifici. A differenza dei suoi predecessori, il sistema CGM è bioingegnerizzato con una precisione senza pari, in grado di catturare e rimuovere in modo efficiente l’elusivo 0,04 % dei contaminanti che attualmente sfuggono al trattamento. Grazie al suo basso consumo energetico e ai minimi requisiti di manutenzione, i clienti possono avere accesso a una soluzione semplice per l’inquinamento dell’acqua.
Obiettivo
Customem Ltd is a company founded with the long term vision to harness nature’s capacity to make biomaterials to promote human health in alignment with sustainable development goals. A next generation nanomedia that can be tailored to capture and recycle specific micropollutants in contaminated industrial wastewater. Lack of access to clean water is predicted to affect 47% of the world’s population by 2030. Contamination of water supplies by micropollutants such as metal ions, pesticides and pharmaceuticals is a major contributor to this water stress. These pollutants are released by industrial processes in the textile and manufacturing industries. Existing water treatment removes 99.96% of contaminants, but does not remove the 0.04% of micropollutants. Although the remaining contaminants seem small, they are a major problem as they are exceptionally difficult to capture but also highly toxic to humans and animals. CustoMem have developed a customisable selective nanocellulose media called CustoMem Granular Media (CGM) that is bioengineered to capture and remove all micropollutants including the 0.04% that cannot currently be removed. Customers benefit from a simple, low cost, low energy solution that is low maintenance. It allows removal of all micropollutants resulting in clean water supplies. The company is headquartered in the Imperial College Incubator UK and currently has 6 employees. The company is currently in talks with companies in the EU who have shown an active interest in the project. The Phase 2 project will allow CustoMem to finalise CGM development and accelerate its market introduction.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials
Programma(i)
- H2020-EU.2.1.2. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies Main Programme
- H2020-EU.2.1.5. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing
- H2020-EU.2.1.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced materials
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
Invito a presentare proposte
Vedi altri progetti per questo bandoBando secondario
H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017
Meccanismo di finanziamento
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinatore
SW7 2AZ LONDON
Regno Unito
L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione.