Projektbeschreibung
Ein umweltverträgliches, aussichtsreiches neues Phosphor absorbierendes Material
Phosphor ist ein entscheidender Bestandteil für die Ernährungssicherheit und Landwirtschaft, doch es handelt sich um eine endliche Ressource, die weltweit nur in ein paar Ländern gewonnen wird. Es sind allerdings große Mengen Phosphor im Abwasser und in landwirtschaftlichem abfließenden Wasser vorhanden, die eine nicht erschlossene sekundäre Phosphorquelle darstellen. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt NanoPhosTox prüft die ökologischen Auswirkungen eines vielversprechenden neuen nanostrukturierten Phosphor absorbierenden Materials. Die Forschenden untersuchen die potenziellen ökotoxikologischen Gefahren und Umweltrisiken dieses Materials unter Verwendung anerkannter biologischer Prüfsysteme sowie OECD- und ISO-Industrienormen. Durch die Sicherstellung der Umweltverträglichkeit des neuen Materials und der Vorläuferstoffe werden Fortschritte für die kommerzielle Anwendung dieses interessanten neuen Produkts unterstützt.
Ziel
Phosphorus (P) is a key nutrient with crucial importance for agriculture and global food security. Phosphate rock is an intensively exploited finite resource, concentrated only in a few countries worldwide, leading to strong import dependency and insecurity for countries with resource deficits. Thus, in 2014 the EU Commission declared P rock as one of the 20 critical resources for the EU. Recently, significant efforts and priority funding were focused on developing materials and technologies for P recovery from secondary P rich sources, such as wastewater, following the EU Circular Economy paradigm. Engineered nanostructured materials, predominantly metal oxides/hydroxides, have been frequently reported as excellent sorbents for P in wastewater. However, the uncertainty regarding possible ecotoxicological hazards arising from the use of these custom materials has produced new research gaps.
The main purpose of this Marie Curie action is to assess the environmental risk and potential toxicity of a novel, highly efficient nanostructured P sorbent material and optimize its structure to exclude any ecotoxicological risks from its application. Following the interdisciplinary approach bridging Nano-Toxicology, Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, “NanoPhosTox” will explore various test systems to evaluate the biological effects of the proposed material. Attention will be focused mostly on ecotoxicity tests based on OECD and ISO test protocols, such as Vibrio fischeri, Algae and Daphnia assays, which allow assessing toxicity effects of the material’s precursors, including nanoparticles. Thus, “NanoPhosTox” will build on the previous successful research which established the fundamentals of an innovative, robust and highly competitive technology for the simultaneous removal and recovery of P from wastewater. The ultimate goal of this action is to advance the further commercialization of the technology by verifying its environmentally friendly application.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compounds
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringnanocomposites
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-WF-01-2018
Finanzierungsplan
MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Koordinator
12618 Tallinn
Estland