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

Project Details

Description

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.
AcronymEXBRINER
StatusActive
Effective start/end date01/10/202230/09/2026

Collaborative partners

  • University of Calabria (lead)
  • University of L'Aquila
  • Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse
  • KU Leuven
  • Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • NOVA University Lisbon
  • Institute on Membrane Technology - National Research Council
  • Italian Institute of Technology

Funding

  • Horizon Europe: DKK2,251,109.12

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water

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