Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences
Title : | Development of operational pilot plant from proof of concept bioinspired membrane filtration assembly for waste water treatment |
Area of Research : | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
Focus Area : | Environmental Engineering |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Gajendra Singh Vishwakarma, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (382421), Dr. Dhaval Patel, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (382421), Dr. Alok Pandya, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (382426) |
Contact info : | gajen20188@gmail.com;
dhaval.patel@iar.ac.in;
alok.pandya@iar.ac.in |
Total Budget (INR): | 45,12,120 |
Details
Executive Summary : | The proposal aims to create a multilayered membrane or hollow fibers decorated with protein aggregates and graphene quantum dots for affordable domestic and industrial waste water and drinking waste treatment. The project is already working efficiently in the laboratory scale, leading to the development of a pilot plant by scaling up the production of protein aggregates and graphene quantum dots, along with the surface coating or embedding them on the cellulose membrane or hollow fibers. The project also intends to provide an innovative modular-based system that can be configured according to the demands of domestic water filtration units. As the demand for fresh water rises due to population growth and increased water use in agricultural and industrial sectors, wastewater reuse has become a difficult task. Researchers are working on improving water treatment capacity through various physical, chemical, and biological methods. The main aim is to develop a scaled-up pilot plant using modified hollow-fibre membranes, screening the cellulose membrane for coating and surface modification, optimizing the scale-up production process, and constructing a pilot plant for bio-inspired multilayered assembly fabrication. |
Equipments : | Atomic Absorption Spectrometer ( Rs.2006000.00 ) , Atomic Absorption Spectrometer ( Rs.0.00 ) |
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