Advanced manufacturing of self-sensing bio-based membranes for environmental detoxification and revalorization

在导致水毒性的无数有毒物质中，采矿产生的重金属即使在非常低的剂量下也会对我们的环境产生巨大影响。与此同时，地雷在我们社会的工业/技术发展中发挥着关键作用。通常，采矿酸性排水或污染的沃茨伴随着关键原材料（CRE）。今天被动分散碱性。分散碱性基质（DAS）反应器是一种技术（TRL-9），阻止这些有毒元素的景观从矿山。例如，重金属和有价金属（CRE）在操作期间集中在DAS反应器的不同水平。因此，从环境和经济的角度来看，设想一种能够通过将其修复与集中在DAS中的有价值资源的回收相结合来发展采矿水循环经济的技术是非常有吸引力的。SELFAQUASENS项目汇集了欧盟内外的主要学术和非学术参与者，开发了一种模块化自感知过滤器和膜技术，能够：（I）修复采矿水中的重金属和盐度污染，（II）将修复与CRE的恢复结合起来，以及（II）在过程中感测特定元素或元素组的浓度。SELFAQUASENS在由5所大学、2个大型研究机构、2个研究中心和2个中小企业组成的国际研究和培训网络中联合了各种跨学科和跨部门的专业知识。因此，欧洲的研究与创新系统将通过一项雄心勃勃的交流和培训计划得到加强，该计划涵盖实现行动目标所需的所有研究学科、部门和国际行为者。该项目将通过以下方式对欧盟社会、经济和环境产生短期和长期的重大影响：（I）追求无毒河流和海洋的使命，为欧盟经济创造新的CRE来源，提高欧盟公民的健康和素质。

Among the myriad of toxics that contribute to water toxicity, heavy metals derived from mining have a huge impact in our environment even at very low doses. In parallel, mines play a pivotal role in the industrial/technical development of our societies. Usually, mining acid drainages or polluted waters are accompanied by critical raw elements (CRE). Today passive disperse alkaline. Dispersed Alkaline Substrate (DAS) reactors is one of the technologies (TRL-9) that blocks the scape of these toxic elements from mines. For instance, heavy metals and valuable metals (CRE) are concentrated at different levels of DAS reactors during operation. So, envisioning a technology able to develop a circular economy for mining water by coupling its remediation to the recovery of valuable resources concentrated in DAS is highly appealing from environmental end economic point of views. SELFAQUASENS project brings key academic and non-academic actors within and beyond EU to develop a modular self-sensing filter and membrane technology able to: (I) remediate heavy metals and salinity pollutions in mining water, (II) couple the remediation to the recovery of CRE and (II) sense the concentration of specific elements or groups of elements during the process. SELFAQUASENS joints varied interdisciplinary and intersectoral expertise in an International research and training network formed by 5 universities, 2 large scale research facilities, 2 research centers and 2 SMEs. As a result, the R&I system of Europe will be strengthened by an ambitious exchange and training program that covers all the research disciplines, sectors and international actors needed to achieve the objectives of the action. The project will have significant impacts in the short to long terms into the EU society, economy and environment by: (I) pursuing the mission for toxic-free rivers and oceans, creating new sources of CRE for the EU economy, and improving the health and quality of the EU citizens.