Nano-oxygenation in water treatment by ambient-pressure air-fed, ultra-low-energy nanobubble generationbroad
AQUA BUBBLES: Nanobubbles for water treatment · Horizon Europe grant · 2022-12-01–2024-11-30
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Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF · topic HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOROPEN-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
Spun out of UCD Chemical Engineering, AquaB's ambitious mission is to no less than clean up the world's water. The ‘intellectual machinery’ embedded in our nanobubble-generation and controlled release. This is based on an electric-field-inducing electrostriction, which serves to create a transient negative-pressure region, thereby 'sucking in' gas into the liquid in the form of many nano-bubbles, which are kinetically metastable, typically for many weeks and longer. The energy costs of this additive-free, non-contact method are an order of magnitude lower than 'classical' approaches, e.g., involving massive pressure drops from pumping across Venturi tubes, etc - with a far longer lifetime and smaller, more uniform size range. In this project, we will revolutionise the low-energy and low-maintenance aeration of water. The novel NB generator will be tested in three use cases - wastewater treatment, aquaculture and agriculture, and prepared for full commercialisation.
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| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQUAB NANOBUBBLE INNOVATIONS LIMITED | IE | coordinator | €2,500,000 | Yes |
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