Next-generation membrane technologies for sustainable exploitation of seawater brine resources: transition towards a circular blue industry

EXBRINER project is built on three main pillars:
1) Design next-generation functional membrane materials for hypersaline brine treatment;
2) Implement membrane-based crystallization techniques for recovery of minerals;
3) Develop innovative electrochemical membrane processes for brine valorization and energy generation.
The ambition is:
• to provide high level training to a talented cohort of 10 skilled Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), who will work in a multi-disciplinary and cross-sectorial environment with the aim to develop next-generation membrane technologies for sustainable exploitation of desalination brine resources, thus accelerating the transition towards a Circular Blue Industry;
• to establish multi-lateral knowledge exchanges between participants belonging to different sectors and with complementary expertise, as to enable a synergic cross-fertilisation of intersectoral competences.