Objetivo Many chemical methods for treating industrial effluent suffer notable defects. The development of new methods for waste-water treatment is an urgent common problem for Russia and western Europe. One particularly promising area involves the use of photochemical techniques, with the use of ultraviolet radiation for water sterilization already well established. Further, there is currently considerable interest in using photocatalytic oxidation, particularly using titanium dioxide, for effluent treatment, and some systems are available commercially. However, whilst the value of these methods is not in question, they suffer the disadvantage that they require ultraviolet light sources. It would be advantageous, both from economic and safety viewpoints, to develop methods which use visible light, with the ultimate aim of using sunlight in countries with suitable weather patterns.The groups involved in this project have a large amount of experience in the redox chemistry of metal complexes in both ground and excited states, and develop viable systems for photooxidation of organic pollutants, and their conversion to inactive species, using transition metal complexes and visible light.The objective of the project is to develop superior photocatalytic systems for the mineralisation of organic pollutants, particularly organochlorine compounds and surfactants, using the ultraviolet, and especially the visible, components of light from high-wattage lamps. The project will be carried out as follows: development of TiO2 powders and test for catalytic efficiency; development of new photomineralisation catalysis; development of UV irradiation procedures; and development of new catalytic, photocatalytic and radiation-catalytic systems based on metal ions such as Fc(III) for the exidative removal of sulfur compounds. Programa(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Tema(s) 37 - Chemistry Engineering for Environment Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador University of Warwick Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Gibbet Hill Road Warwick Science Park CV4 7AL Coventry Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (6) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 117829 Moscow Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Institute of Experimental Meteorology Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 249020 Obninsk - Kaluga Region Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Russian Academy of Sciences Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 117977 Moscow Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Russian Academy of Sciences Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 117977 Moscow Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Luigi Borsari 46 44100 FERRARA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Universidade de Coimbra Portugal Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 3049 Coimbra Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
