PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-4492

PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-4492
PROJECT CODE: PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2019-4492, contract number 441PED ⁄ 2020
PROJECT TITLE:
3D POROUS DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ANODE–INTEGRATED PARTICULATE ELECTRODE-ELECTROCHEMICAL FILTERING SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED TREATMENT OF CYTOSTATICS-CONTAINING WATER/
SISTEM TRIDIMENSIONAL DE FILTRARE ELECTROCHIMICĂ PE BAZA DE ANOD POROS CU DIMENSIUNI STABILE SI ELECTROD PARTICULAT INTEGRAT PENTRU TRATAREA AVANSATA A APEI CU CONTINUT DE CITOSTATICE
ACRONYM: 3DSAPECYT

PROJECT COORDINATOR: Politehnica University of Timişoara
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Prof. Dr. Eng. Florica MANEA

PARTNERS:
Partner 1-National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara (INCEMC)
Partner 2- BeeSpeed Automatizari SRL, Timisoara

BUDGET: 600.000 RON (Public budget) and 100.000 (BEESPEED co-financing)

START TIME: 02/11/2020
END TIME: 28/10/2022

PROJECT LAYOUT
The present project, in sound consonance with the goals of National Plan for RDI 2015-2020 (PN III) by increasing the competitiveness of the Romanian economy through RDI (P2), falls within the targeted area of Environment and Climate Change and Depollution Technologies. It will be pursued by taking advantage from the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise of the research groups from Politehnica University of Timisoara (UPT) - Project coordinator, National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara (INCEMC) - Partner 1 and IMM (SC. BeeSpeed Automatizari SRL) - Partner 2. This project is placed on the border between material synthesis and characterization, electrochemistry, engineering, water treatment technology requiring a vast experimental knowledge.
The scope of the present project is to develop an innovative three-dimensional (3D) Porous Dimensionally Stable Anode–integrated Particulate Electrode-Electrochemical Filtering System (3D-PDSA-PE-EFS) for advanced water treatment, which will be validated at the lab-scale for advanced treatment of cytostatics-containing water, starting from TRL-2 and reaching TRL-4 in 24 months. The system (3D-PDSA-PE-EFS) will be flexible and enable for an advanced treatment of water/wastewater characterized by a wide range of contaminants (organics and inorganics) by combination of advanced electrooxidation process (AEOP) with adsorption/catalysis (A/C) process within one reactor.

 
PROJECT TEAM:

Politehnica University of Timisoara- Coordinator
Prof. Dr. eng. Florica MANEA-project director
Lecturer Dr. eng. Aniela POP
Assoc. Prof. Dr.eng. Raluca VODA
PhD stud. Claudia DELCIOIU
PhD stud. Sergiu VASILIE
Eng. Lacrima-Crysty IGHIAN

National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter Timisoara (INCEMC) - Partner 1
Dr. eng. Corina ORHA-P1 responsible
Dr. Carmen LAZAU
Dr. eng. Cornelia BANDAS
PhD stud. Mina Ionela POPESCU
PhD stud. Mircea Daniel NICOLAESCU

SC. BeeSpeed Automatizari SRL - Partner 2
Eng. Constantin Adrian TUDORAN-P2 responsible
Assoc. Prof. Dr. eng. Alexandru HEDES
Assoc. Prof. Dr. eng. Valentin CIUPE
PhD stud. Liviu-Danut VITAN

OBJECTIVE:

1. Synthesis and characterisation of new porous dimensionablly stable anodes through spin coating and hydrothermal techniques.


2. Development of new filtering composition within fluidizied bed as particulate electrode based on activated carbon (mature technology)/Romanian zeolite (natural material)/manganese sand (depleted filtering waste generated in the drinking water treatment technology using manga-nese-containing groundwater source).


3. Fabrication of an innovative three-dimensional (3D) Porous Dimensionally Stable Anode–integrated Particulate Electrode-Electrochemical Filtering System (3D-PDSA-PE-EFS) for advanced treatment of cytostatics containing water.


4. Validation and integration of 3D-PDSA-PE-EFS system within advanced surface water treatment technology

 

STAGES AND DELIVERABLES:

STAGE 1 (2020, 2 months) – Synthesis and characterization of new porous dimensionally stable anodes. Design of an innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system
Deliverables:
Lots of porous DSA type electrode materials; Morpho-structural and electrochemical characteristics of the electrode materials; Technical characteristics of innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system; Scientific-technical report for stage 1.

Stage 2 (2021, 12 months) – Synthesis and characterization of new porous dimensionally stable anodes. Optimization of particulate electrode composition. Design and fabrication of an innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system
Deliverables:
Lots of porous DSA type electrode materials; Morpho-structural and electrochemical characteristics of the electrode materials; Various compositions of the particulate electrode; Innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system; Scientific-technical report for stage 2; 2 ISI-ranked scientific articles; 3 oral presentations and 4 poster presentations at national and international conferences

Stage 3 (2022, 10 months) – Testing 3D-PDSA-PE-EFS system in removal and degradation and min-era-lization of cytostatics from water
Deliverables:
Functional and operational characteristics of innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system; Scientific-technical report for stage 3; 1 patent request; 2 ISI-ranked scientific articles; 3 oral presentations and 4 poster presentations at national and international conferences

 

Stages 1 and 2 (2020-2021; 14 months)
Synthesis and characterization of new porous dimensionally stable anodes. Optimization of particulate electrode composition. Design and fabrication of an innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system;

Results obtained:

Lots of porous DSA type electrode materials; Morpho-structural and electrochemical characteristics of the electrode materials; Various compositions of the particulate electrode; Innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system;


Dissemination activity:

Published ISI-ranked papers:
1. Mircea Nicolaescu, Cornelia Bandas, Corina Orha, Viorel Serban, Carmen Lazău and Simona Căprărescu, Fabrication of a UV photodetector based on n-TiO2/p-CuMnO2 heterostructures, Coatings 2021, 11, 1380. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11111380, IF=2,881
2. Raluca Dumitru (m.Vodă) , Sorina Negrea, Cornelia Păcurariu, Adrian Surdu, Adelina Ianculescu, Aniela Pop and Florica Manea, CuBi2O4 synthesis, characterization, and application in sensitive amperometric/voltammetric detection of amoxicillin in aqueous solutions, Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 740. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11030740, IF=5,076
3. Sorina Negrea, Lidia Ani Diaconu, Valeria Nicorescu, Sorina Motoc (m. Ilies), Corina Orha and Florica Manea, Graphene oxide electroreduced onto boron-doped diamond and electrodecorated with silver (Ag/GO/BDD) electrode for tetracycline detection in aqueous solution, Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1566. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061566, IF=5,076

Participations and presentations at scientific conferences:
1. Corina Orha, Mina Ionela Popescu, Cornelia Bandas, Mircea Nicolaescu, Carmen Lazau, Florica Manea, Porous SnO2/Ti dimensionally stable anode for degradation of pollutants from water: synthesis and morphostructural characterization, Proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Problems, ISBN 978-963-306- 771-0, 2020, 216-220 - poster presentationr;
2. Corina Orha, Cornelia Bandas, Carmen Lazau, Mina Ionela Popescu, Mircea Nicolaescu, Sorina Negrea, Aniela Pop, Florica Manea, Tin oxide onto titanium substrate for advanced degradation of cytostatics from water, 11th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Management, 8-10 september 2021 Muttenz, Switzerland - oral presentation;
3. Sergiu Vasilie, Claudia Delcioiu, Aniela Pop, Corina Orha, Florica Manea, Comparative study regarding adsorptive abilities of activated carbon, natural zeolite and manganese sand of cytostatics from water, 11th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Management, 8-10 september 2021 Muttenz, Switzerland - oral presentation;
4. Corina Orha, Cornelia Bandas, Mircea Nicolaescu, Mina Ionela Popescu, Carmen Lazau, Florica Manea, Synthesis of porous Ti/SnO2 electrode by sol-gel spin-coating method for degradation of pollutants from water , TIM20-21 Physics Conference 11-13 November 2021, Timisoara, Romania - poster presentation;
5. Corina Orha, Mina Ionela Popescu, Cornelia Bandas, Mircea Nicolaescu, Carmen Lazau, Florica Manea, Comparative morphostructural and electrochemical characterization of porous Ti/SnO 2 correlated with the synthesis method, 27nd International Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Problems, 22-23 November 2021 , Szeged, Hungary - poster presentation;
6. Mircea Nicolaescu, Carmen Lazau, Corina Orha, Cornelia Bandas, The influence of different corrosion solutions on the TiO2 morphology obtained by thermal oxidation of Ti foils, 27nd International Symposium on Analytical and Environmental Problems, 22-23 November 2021, Szeged, Hungary - poster presentation;
7. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin Adrian Tudoran; International Conference on Innovative Research EUROINVENT – ICIR 2021 - 3D Porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system for advanced treatment of cytostatics-containing water (3DSAPECYT) (research project), 20-21 Mai 2021 ( Silver medal )

Stage 3 (2021-2022; 11 months) 

Testing 3D-PDSA-PE-EFS system in removal, degradation and mineralization of cytostatic from water

Results obtained:
Functional and operational characteristics of innovative three-dimensional (3D) porous dimensionally stable anode–integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system

Image of automated 3D-PDSA-PE-EFS system obtained in this project

Dissemination activity:

Published ISI-ranked papers:

  1. Carmen Lazau, Mircea Nicolaescu, Corina Orha, Viorel Serban, Cornelia Bandas, Self-powered photodetector based on FTO/n-TiO2/p-CuMnO2 transparent thin films, Materials 2022, 15, 5229. https://doi.org/10.3390/, IF=3.75
  2. Corina Orha, Cornelia Bandas, Carmen Lazau, Mina Ionela Popescu, Anamaria Baciu, Florica Manea, Advanced electrodegradation of doxorubicin in water using a 3-D Ti/SnO2anode, Water 2022, 14 (5), 821.https://doi.org/10.3390/w14050821, IF=3.53
  3. Sergiu Vasilie, Liviu-Danut Vitan, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran, Florica Manea, Flexible electroflotocoagulation reactor: new design and testing in treatment of real surface water, Water 2022, 14(19), 2990.https://doi.org/10.3390/w14192990, IF=3.53
  4. Carmen Lazau, Cornelia Bandas, Mircea Nicolaescu, Corina Orha, Aniela Pop, A Facile dip-coating process graphene-TiO2 on titanium foil for hybrid electrode fabrication, 2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2022, pp. 277-280, doi: 10.1109/CAS56377.2022.9934754 (ISI proceedings).
  5. Corina Orha, Mircea Nicolaescu, Cornelia Bandas, Carmen Lazau, Anamaria Baciu, Florica Manea, Comparative morpho-structural and electrochemical characterization of the La and F doped porous Ti/SnO2 dimensionally stable anodes, 2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2022, pp. 285-288, doi: 10.1109/CAS56377.2022.9934122 (ISI proceedings).

Romanian patent request:

1.Florica Manea, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran, Liviu-Danut Vitan, Corina Orha, Anamaria Baciu, Cornelia Banda, Lacrima-Crysty Ighian, INSTALAȚIE SI PROCEDEU DE FILTRARE ELECTROCHIMICĂ 3D PENTRU TRATAREA AVANSATĂ A APEI, cerere de brevet nr. 28880/ 14.11.2022.

Book chapters:

1.Aniela Pop, Sorina Motoc, Florica Manea, Carbon nanomaterials-based sensors for water treatment in Carbon Nanomaterials-Based Sensors Emerging Research Trends in Devices and Applications (Eds. J. G. Manjunatha, C.M.Hussain), Elsevier, 2022, ISBN: 978-0-323-91174-0, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91174-0.00025-1

2.Anamaria Baciu, Sorina Negrea, Florica Manea, Electrocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants from water in: Photocatalysts and Electrocatalysts in Water Remediation: From Fundamentals to Full Scale Applications (Eds. P.Bhunia, K.Dutta, S.Vadivel), John Wiley &Sons 2023 (in publishing)

Participations and presentations at scientific conferences:

  1. Carmen Lazau, Cornelia Bandas, Mircea Nicolaescu, Corina Orha, Aniela Pop, A facile dip-coating process graphene-TiO2 on titanium foil for hybrid electrode fabrication, 2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 12-14 octombrie 2022, Poiana Brasov (ISI proceedings), poster presentation
  2. Corina Orha, Mircea Nicolaescu, Cornelia Bandas, Carmen Lazau, Anamaria Baciu, Florica Manea, Comparative morpho-structural and electrochemical characterization of the La and F doped porous Ti/SnO2 dimensionally stable anodes, 2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 12-14 octombrie 2022, Poiana Brasov (ISI proceedings), (ISI proceedings), poster presentation
  3. Anamaria Baciu, Mina Ionela Popescu, Corina Orha, Bandas Cornelia, Carmen Lazau, Florica Manea, Porous Sn-Sb2O4 onto titanium substrate for advanced degradation of cytostatics from water, BRAMAT 2022 12th International Conference on Materials Science & Engineering Transilvania University of Brasov – Romania Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, on-line, 9 -12 martie 2022, oral presentation
  4. Aniela Pop, Mina Ionela Popescu, Corina Orha, Anamaria Baciu, Florica Manea, Assessment of activated carbon sorption for capecitabine from water, International Black Sea Coastline Countries Scientific Research Symposium – VI, 29-30 august 2022, on-line, Bulgaria, oral presentation
  5. Anamaria Baciu, Corina Orha, Sergiu Vasilie, Mircea Nicolaescu, Florica Manea, Comparative assessment of porous undoped and doped (Sb, La, F) tin oxides for degradation and mineralization of doxorubicin from water, International Black Sea Coastline Countries Scientific Research Symposium – VI, 29-30 august 2022, on-line, Bulgaria, oral presentation
  6. Sorina Motoc (Ilies), AnamariaBaciu, Florica Manea, Electrochemical platform based on nanostructured carbon electrode for determination of anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) in water, International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium processes, on-line, 4-9 Septembrie, oral presentation

Exhibition:

1.Constantin-Adrian Tudoran, stand  EXPO-APA- Forumul Regional al Apei “Dunăre-Europa de Est” 28-30 septembrie 2022, Sibiu, Romania

 

Awards

for 3D Porous dimensionally stable anode-integrated particulate electrode-electrochemical filtering system for advanced treatment of cytostatic-containing water (3DSAPECYT) (research project):

        1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; 13th International Conference on Innovative Research EUROINVENT – ICIR 2021, 20-21 May 2021, Iasi, Romania (Silver medal )

  1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; International exhibition of Inventions and innovations “Traian Vuia”, 14 October 2021, Timisoara, Romania (Gold medal)

 

  1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; 25th International Exhibition of Inventios, INVENTICA 2021, 23-25 June 2021, Iasi, Romania (Silver Medal)

 

  1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; IInd edition International Exhibition INVENTCOR , 16-18 December 2021, Deva, Romania (Gold medal)

 

  1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; International Exhibition of Scientific Research, Inventions and innovations, 19th Edition, 20-22. October 2021, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Excellence diploma)

 

  1. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; International Specialized Exhibition INFOINVENT XVIIth Edition, 17-20 November 2021, Chisinau, Republica Moldova (Gold medal)

       7. Florica Manea, Corina Orha, Constantin-Adrian Tudoran; International Specialized Exhibition INFOINVENT XVIIth Edition, 17-20 November 2021, Chisinau, Republica Moldova (Diploma – Trophy ”Best     Innovation and technology transfer project” )

 

Summary conclusions

In the first stage of the project, new methods were established for the synthesis of porous dimensionally stable anodes (3-D) (Ti/SnO2 doped with Sb, La, F), characterized by high electrocatalytic activity and good stability.

Filtering materials from three different categories were also tested: mature technology (activated carbon), natural material (native natural zeolite) and waste (manganese sand resulting from potable groundwater treatment technology) for the removal of cytostatics from water, to establish the composition of the filtering material-particulate electrode, extension of the anode in the electrochemical filtration installation.

In the second stage of the project, the 3D automated electrochemical filtration installation was manufactured, tested and validated on a laboratory scale and the process of advanced treatment of water containing cytostatics was established using the installation for a nominal flow rate of 10 l/h and an approximate working pressure of 0.2 bar and 1 bar respectively for the washing process.

 

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