CARVOC

Innovative eco-friendly activated carbon filters for harmful vapors & gases VOC purification

Coordinatore	CONTACTICA S.L.    more  Organization address address: CALLE CANCHAL 8 LOCAL 3 city: MADRID postcode: 28021 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Manuel Cognome: Román Email: send email Telefono: +34 915056873 Fax: +34 915056873
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	1˙496˙654 €
EC contributo	1˙187˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-12-01   -   2015-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONTACTICA S.L.  Organization address address: CALLE CANCHAL 8 LOCAL 3 city: MADRID postcode: 28021 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Manuel Cognome: Román Email: send email Telefono: +34 915056873 Fax: +34 915056873	ES (MADRID)	coordinator	228˙338.00
2	TC'PLASTIC SARL  Organization address address: RUE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ZI DE city: PONTCHATEAU postcode: 44160 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Franck Cognome: Rouxel Email: send email Telefono: 33240900888 Fax: 33240900988	FR (PONTCHATEAU)	participant	293˙316.00
3	KOUKOULA LIMITED  Organization address address: CROCKFORD LANE PINEWOOD city: CHINEHAM postcode: RG24 8AL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Christopher Cognome: Abbott Email: send email Telefono: +44 1256 309 908	UK (CHINEHAM)	participant	281˙016.00
4	ENVIROHEMP S.L.	ES	participant	261˙304.00
5	ALHAMA LINARES DESARROLLO Y CULTURA SA  Organization address address: AVENIDA DE LA RIOJA 125 city: CERVERA DEL RIO ALHAMA postcode: 26520 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Juan Pedro Cognome: Benito Email: send email Telefono: +34 941 198881	ES (CERVERA DEL RIO ALHAMA)	participant	81˙856.00
6	UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE  Organization address address: CAMPUS DE SAN VICENTE RASPEIG s/n city: ALICANTE postcode: 3690 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Carolina Cognome: Fernandez Email: send email Telefono: 34965903802 Fax: 34965903803	ES (ALICANTE)	participant	18˙678.00
7	MAST CARBON INTERNATIONAL LTD  Organization address address: JAYS CLOSE VIABLES city: Basingstoke postcode: RG22 4BA contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Stephen Robert Cognome: Tennison Email: send email Telefono: +44 1256 361785	UK (Basingstoke)	participant	13˙832.00
8	ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE de RENNES  Organization address address: AVENUE DU GENERAL LECLERC - CS 50837 263 city: RENNES postcode: 35708 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Karine Cognome: Perigois Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 23238085	FR (RENNES)	participant	8˙660.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'CARVOC wants to solve the social, environmental and economic problem that represents the emission of VOC/TIC to the atmosphere through the development of innovative activated carbon filters (ACF) based on activated carbons (AC) produced from natural wastes, capable of adsorbing VOC/TIC emitted by highly pollutant industries or that may be released in industrial accidents or in terrorist attacks. The resulting ACF will be primarily integrated into industrial filtering systems and personal protection equipments but may be included in all products whose purpose is the VOC purification. One of the project's goals is to decrease global air pollution. The wastes to be used for R&D of AC are the hemp residues from farming and industrial processing. They are a particularly suitable and novel raw material since hemp represents a sustainable crop with beneficial environmental characteristics not offered by other plants and it has many advantages for the preparation of AC mainly, large amounts of hemp residues are generated and its high carbon content. Different methods for the activation of the residues will be used for preparing AC with a suitable porous texture for gas and vapor phase pollutant abatement. There will be selected the most frequent and harmful VOC for the environment and with the greatest toxicity for Humans and Ecosystems. Adsorption tests will be carried out with the selected VOC, to determine the adsorption capacity of the AC towards those compounds, both in mixture or separately and, to evaluate the performance of the materials obtained. In CARVOC the SMEs will benefit from the R&D conducted by the RTDs, because it will be obtained an ACF with improved structural and functional features to existing AC on the market since it will be produced from a new precursor, hemp fiber, and will be specifically activated for the purification of VOC. Moreover CARVOC will help to reduce the current 26% AC imports rate by producing a competitive AC made of hemp wastes.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are toxic to health. An EU-funded project is developing improved carbon filters to remove them from the workplace using waste woody material from the forestry and agriculture sectors.