NAWADES

Nanotechnological Application in WAter DESalination

Coordinatore	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V    more  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christoph Cognome: Schulte Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 1205 2728 Fax: +49 89 1205 7534
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	4˙538˙519 €
EC contributo	3˙274˙701 €
Programma	FP7-ENVIRONMENT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)
Code Call	FP7-ENV-2012-two-stage
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-10-01   -   2016-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christoph Cognome: Schulte Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 1205 2728 Fax: +49 89 1205 7534	DE (MUENCHEN)	coordinator	755˙793.00
2	MANN + HUMMEL GMBH  Organization address address: HINDENBURGSTRASSE 45 city: LUDWIGSBURG postcode: 71638 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Michael Cognome: Distl Email: send email Telefono: +49 7141 98 2694	DE (LUDWIGSBURG)	participant	373˙800.00
3	ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION  Organization address address: CARRER DE LA INNOVACIO 2 city: TERRASSA postcode: 8225 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Dirk Cognome: Saseta Email: send email Telefono: +34 93 788 23 00 Fax: +34 93 789 19 06	ES (TERRASSA)	participant	372˙160.00
4	SICO Technology GmbH  Organization address city: Bleiberg-Kreuth postcode: 9531 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Nadrag Email: send email Telefono: +43 424 451510	AT (Bleiberg-Kreuth)	participant	298˙952.00
5	HIDROQUIMIA TRACTAMENTS I QUIMICA INDUSTRIAL SLU  Organization address address: "CARRETERA BV 1274, KM1, EDIFICIO NORTE, PLANTA 2, PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE TERRASSA ORBITAL 40" city: TERRASSA postcode: 8225 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Gemma Cognome: Vilar Email: send email Telefono: 34937001481	ES (TERRASSA)	participant	287˙400.00
6	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Enrico Cognome: Drioli Email: send email Telefono: +39 0984 492039 Fax: +39 0984 402103	IT (ROMA)	participant	281˙600.00
7	VIRTUALPIE LTD  Organization address address: THE FLUID ENGINEERING CENTRE city: CRANFIELD postcode: MK43 0AJ contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Gerry Cognome: Mcnulty Email: send email Telefono: 447833000000 Fax: 441235000000	UK (CRANFIELD)	participant	246˙736.00
8	EXERGY LTD  Organization address address: PUMA WAY THE TECHNOCENTRE COVENTRY city: Coventry postcode: CV1 2TT contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alberto Cognome: Gomez Email: send email Telefono: +44 2476992598	UK (Coventry)	participant	204˙260.00
9	Eilenburger Elektrolyse- und Umwelttechnik GmbH  Organization address address: Friedrich-Engelhorn-Str. 7 city: Eilenburg postcode: 4838 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Hans-Jürgen Cognome: Förster Email: send email Telefono: +49 3423 7063900	DE (Eilenburg)	participant	184˙800.00
10	IVL SVENSKA MILJOEINSTITUTET AB  Organization address address: Valhallavaegen 81 city: STOCKHOLM postcode: 100 31 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mats Cognome: Ridner Email: send email Telefono: +46 8 59856320	SE (STOCKHOLM)	participant	179˙600.00
11	KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION MARKET S.L.  Organization address address: CALLE VENEZUELA 103 PLANTA 1 PUERTA city: BARCELONA postcode: 8019 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Janira Cognome: Mcleod Email: send email Telefono: +34 932667138 Fax: +34 932667143	ES (BARCELONA)	participant	89˙600.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The main objective of the NAWADES project is to study, design, produce, and test new water desalination filter technology from four points of view: 1. the structure of multi-layer membrane filter, including UV light distributed by glass fibers inside the membrane stack 2. the materials used to build the filter, including fouling and scaling monitoring 3. the coating treatments applied to the surface of the filter using plasma and nano-TiO2 fibers 4. the filtration process with integrated removal of bio-fouling. The new filter technology shall provide long-life and antifouling filters to be used in Reverse Osmosis (RO) water desalinisation processes with a higher efficiency and life-time, less energy consumption (lower pressure), and less maintenance (lower cost).'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A consortium of EU companies is building a more efficient membrane system to remove the salts from seawater and make it drinkable.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Desalination of seawater holds the potential to alleviate worldwide water stress. Reverse osmosis (RO) is the most promising desalination process, but it generates a lot of waste and uses large amounts of energy.

RO could be much more efficient if membrane fouling and scaling could be reduced. The EU-funded 'Nanotechnological application in water desalination' (http://nawades.eu (NAWADES)) project aims to design and build membranes that avoid these problems.

The project is focusing on four aspects of RO membrane design: structure, materials, coatings and treatments, and the filtration process itself. NAWADES will produce membranes that are more efficient, consume less energy and require less maintenance.

Research and development, which consisted of advancing and testing various technologies at laboratory scale, is now complete. The most promising developments are currently being up-scaled for testing at industrial level. A pilot plant will be built at the El Prat de Llobregat desalination plant in Catalonia for this purpose.

Other technologies that were being developed during NAWADES have been put on hold, but will be picked up again as part of other research projects.

When complete, the NAWADES project will provide a more efficient and cost-effective membrane for the desalination industry. This will contribute to improved water security and sustainable use of our limited water resources.