SBIR Phase I: A Portable Water Treatment Unit Using Microfluidic Cavitation Mechanism

SBIR 第一阶段：采用微流控空化机制的便携式水处理装置

• 批准号: 1143442
• 负责人: Yung-Chieh Tan
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Veloctron LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1143442&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Portable; Water; Treatment

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project propose to use a highly effective microfluidic based process to clean and disinfect contaminated water. Veloctron will build the portable water treatment unit and test the efficiency in killing pathogens and removing particles. The feasibility of removing contaminants using micro bubble clusters and the subsequent degradation of pathogens and chemical compounds by imploding the bubble clusters will be tested. The broader/commercial impacts of this research are to provide solutions that would enable the use of potentially contaminated water in a crisis or in areas without proper water sanitation infrastructures. The use of untreated water poses a severe health threat to populations throughout the world. According to the CDC, over 100 million Americans obtain their water supply from ground water,and over 50% of the reported waterborne outbreaks were due to untreated water. In addition, the potential contamination of clean water sources during crises such as flooding, hurricanes, earth quakes, or terrorist attack poses additional challenges because the established water treatment infrastructure may be unavailable to respond in time.

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目建议使用一种高效的微流体工艺来清洁和消毒受污染的水。 Veloctron将建造便携式水处理装置，并测试杀死病原体和去除颗粒的效率。将测试使用微气泡簇去除污染物的可行性以及随后通过内爆气泡簇降解病原体和化学化合物的可行性。这项研究的更广泛/商业影响是提供解决方案，使潜在污染的水在危机中或在没有适当的水卫生基础设施的地区使用。 使用未经处理的水对世界各地的人口构成严重的健康威胁。根据CDC的数据，超过1亿美国人从地下水获得供水，超过50%的报告水传播的疫情是由于未经处理的水。此外，在洪水、飓风、地震或恐怖袭击等危机期间，清洁水源可能受到污染，这带来了额外的挑战，因为现有的水处理基础设施可能无法及时响应。