I-Corps: Novel Catalytic Ozonation Processes for Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment

I-Corps：用于高级水和废水处理的新型催化臭氧化工艺

• 批准号: 2309263
• 负责人: Tingting Wu
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama in Huntsville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-04-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2309263&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Novel; Catalytic; Ozonation; Processes

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of plasmon-enhanced catalytic ozonation innovations to provide a cost-effective solution to the water quality challenge associated with increasing recalcitrant organic pollutants in the source water. The system adaptability of the photo-assisted catalytic ozonation process could make it a competitive treatment technology that can accommodate to both current available centralized infrastructure and emerging distributed/reuse facilities. Thus, a successful commercialization effort will help address a significant societal challenge: increasing demand for clean water under the stress of rapid population growth, shortage of fresh water sources, climate change, impaired water sources, and aging infrastructure.This I-Corps project is based on the development of an innovation of a novel catalytic ozonation process mediated by plasmonic metal catalysts for the removal of recalcitrant organic pollutants from water. Effective degradation of representative pollutants was achieved in both synthetic solutions and real environmental waters with low energy consumption and byproduct formation. The superior treatment performance together with the low material costs, mature and facile synthesis methods, and good recyclability of the catalysts, all demonstrates the great commercialization potential of plasmon-enhanced catalytic ozonation processes. It is estimated that one-third of all counties in the contiguous U.S. will face high risk of water shortage by 2050 and a market worth of $128.78 billion is forecast for water and wastewater treatment technologies by 2029. Contamination of aquatic environment with thousands of organic chemicals, which often cannot be effectively removed in conventional water and wastewater treatment, is a key water quality problem.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是发展等离子增强的催化臭氧创新，以针对与源水中的旋转固有有机污染物相关的水质挑战提供了具有成本效益的解决方案。照片辅助催化臭氧化过程的系统适应性可以使其成为一种竞争性的治疗技术，可以适应当前可用的集中基础设施和新兴的分布式/再利用设施。 Thus, a successful commercialization effort will help address a significant societal challenge: increasing demand for clean water under the stress of rapid population growth, shortage of fresh water sources, climate change, impaired water sources, and aging infrastructure.This I-Corps project is based on the development of an innovation of a novel catalytic ozonation process mediated by plasmonic metal catalysts for the removal of recalcitrant organic pollutants from water.在能源消耗低和副产物形成的合成溶液和真实环境水中都实现了代表性污染物的有效降解。优越的治疗性能以及材料成本低，成熟和易于合成方法以及催化剂的良好可回收性，都证明了等离子体增强催化臭氧化过程的巨大商业化潜力。据估计，到2050年，美国连续的三分之一的县将面临高水位的高风险，到2029年，水和废水处理技术的价值为1,287.8亿美元。并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估值得支持的。