Team Grant (PRG2115)

Glass and sand nanocomposites investigations toward water and soil remediation

News

20/04/2024

Our team presented our research project and activities at Maamess! We discussed with the public and explain the problem of water contamination and how the technology we are working on can offer a solution. Mart Hovi also showed his system to harvest rain water and re-use it for multiple purposed. Thank you to Kristi Praakle,  Mart Hovi and Erwan Rauwel for their active participation to promote our research activities to a large public. We had very interesting discussions, and we could feel a real need for an affordable technology that can enable the safe use of well water for every purposes.

 

20/04/2024

Our team presented our research project and activities at Maamess! We discussed with the public and explain the problem of water contamination and how the technology we are working on can offer a solution. Mart Hovi also showed his system to harvest rain water and re-use it for multiple purposed. Thank you to Kristi Praakle and Mart Hovi for their active participation to promote our research activities to a large public. We had very interesting dicussions, and we could feel a real need for an affordable technology that can enable the safe use of well water for every purposes.

29/01/2024

Kick-off meeting with the whole team! We are all enthusiast to start developing new technologies that will enable the extraction of heavy metal ions from water and soil. The project focuses on developing nanocomposite aimed to be used for water and soil remediation. With these technologies wastewater and contaminated soil can become resources through the recycling of exhausted nanocomposites (circular economy). The goal is understand the extraction mechanism and to have prototype ready for the purification of well water and an on-going pilot test at the end of the project.

08/01/2024

This is great news for the whole team! Our Team Grant research funding application PRG2115 got funded! Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusagentuur(ETAg) will support our research activities related to water remediation (extraction of heavy metal ions, dye removal and removing bacteria).