SOS ACQUA

System for decontamination and development of energy from water

Responsabile: Anna Luisa Costa
Personale coinvolto: Magda Blosi, Carlo Baldisserri, Andrea Brigliadori, Antonio Crimaldi, Lara Faccani, Angela Gondolini, Simona Ortelli, Nicola Sangiorgi, Alessandra Sanson, Marina Serantoni, Felice Carlo Simeone, Ilaria Zanoni

Starting date: 21/01/2020
Duration: 24 mesi
Total funding: 434 000 €
Call: Piano Nazionale della Ricerca Militare 2019, Ministero della Difesa
Coordinator: Anna Luisa Costa (CNR-ISTEC)
Consortium: 4 Italian partners

The general objective of SOS-ACQUA is to develop a ‘batch’ system capable of purifying water and generating hydrogen from water using solar energy, in order to create a portable or on field system, to meet the needs of individuals or small communities.

The technological solution proposed in this project consists of a filter with a cell unit immersed in water and a solar panel system. By using solar energy, the device allows:

1) to remove and degrade organic pollutants
2) to generate hydrogen from water splitting.

Partners:
Politecnico militare di Roma – Dipartimento scientifico
CNR-ISTEC : NANOTECNOLOGY and NANOSAFETY group
CNR-ISTEC : ENERGy group
CNR-STIIMA: Transfer of antibacterial functions and their characterization