STTR Phase I: Desalination Using Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles

STTR 第一阶段：使用功能化磁性纳米颗粒进行海水淡化

• 批准号: 0930768
• 负责人: Adam Stein
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Advantageous Systems LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0930768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Desalination; Using; Functionalized

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project proposes a functionalized magnetic nanoparticle to be used in a new water desalination process. The proposed technology uses magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with selective synthetic salt ion-receptors to extract the dissolved salt ions from saline water. If successful, the result will be a revolutionary desalination technique that greatly reduces the energy required for desalination for agricultural and other needs. The surface engineered nanomaterial based water desalination technique proposed will overcome the major shortcomings of current desalination methods that rely on thermal and membrane processes involving huge operating costs due to high electricity demands, periodic membrane replacements, and disposal of brines.

该奖项是根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）资助的。这个小型企业技术转让第一阶段项目提出了一种用于新的海水淡化工艺的功能化磁性纳米颗粒。所提出的技术使用具有选择性合成盐离子受体功能化的磁性纳米颗粒来从盐水中提取溶解的盐离子。如果成功，将产生革命性的海水淡化技术，大大减少农业和其他需求的海水淡化所需的能源。所提出的基于表面工程纳米材料的海水淡化技术将克服当前海水淡化方法的主要缺点，这些方法依赖于热和膜工艺，由于高电力需求、定期膜更换和盐水处理而涉及巨大的运营成本。