Cost effective solar photocatalytic technology to water decontamination and disinfection in rural areas of developing countries

Socio principal: CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGÉTICAS, MEDIAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLÓGICAS

Socios participantes: AOSOL - ENERGIAS RENOVAVEIS, LDA ; COMISION NACIONAL DE ENERGIA ATOMICA ; INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECHNOLOGIA DEL AGUA ; NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS ; SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUSANNE ; TINEP, S.A. DE C.V. ; UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID ; UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA

Programa: Proyecto Europeo (INCO 2)

Inicio del proyecto: Vie, 01/11/2002

Finalización del proyecto: Lun, 31/10/2005

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Proposal addressed to the development and on site assessment of a fully autonomous solar reactor system to drinking water purification in remote locations without any chemical addition.

Scientific and technological required developments will be base on photocatalytic generation, by using sunlight, of hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen species to, respectively, detoxify and disinfect contaminated (at trace level) drinking water. Detoxification system will use TiO2 supported catalyst and disinfection system will be generated by polymer supported sensitizers photoactivated by solar light.

Final development system is expected to have remarkable technical features as well as social, development and environmental implications in developing countries