SBIR Phase I: Robust Porous Ceramic Structures Enhanced With Natural Biomaterials for Water Purification

SBIR 第一阶段：用天然生物材料增强坚固的多孔陶瓷结构，用于水净化

• 批准号: 1047061
• 负责人: Kevin Smith
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: LIG Sciences, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1047061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Robust; Porous; Ceramic

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will address the problem ofa shortage of pure drinkable water by developing a new portable water purification filter coatedwith natural polymers. Initially the developed filters will be utilized for use in personal waterpurifiers, later expanding the development of the filter for use in municipal water purificationsystems. The development of this green technology based water treatment system will result in anovel water purifier that is inexpensive, fast acting, simple to use, disposable, easily used indeveloping countries, and has minimal impact on the environment. Furthermore, there would beno formation of harmful disinfection by-products.The broader/commercial impacts of this research are the provision of an inexpensive, allnatural portable water purification system that will provide good safe potable water, particularlyin third world countries. At risk drinking water can contain a variety of pathogens that caninclude heavy metals, harmful bacteria, parasitic cysts, cryptosporidium organisms and viruses.The best methods to date for removing these pathogens are UV irradiation, ozonation, andboiling/distillation, with each of these water purification techniques requiring energy and supportsystems that are not readily available for remote areas and situations. Other more portable watertreatment methods are not as effective, inconvenient, subject to failures that many times cannotbe easily detected, and/or supply poor tasting water. Therefore, there is a great need for thedevelopment of water purifiers that contain natural polymeric coatings that remove and/or killdiarrheal diseases-causing bacteria and can also remove heavy metals from water. The proposedall natural water purification system is intended to remove and/or neutralize all of these multiplewater impurity elements. An established water purification company will be a partner in thisproject so as to expedite the commercialization of this developed technology into themarketplace.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将通过开发新的便携式水净化过滤过滤器涂层天然聚合物来解决纯饮用水的问题。最初，开发的过滤器将用于个人水位疗法器中，后来扩大了用于市政水净化系统的过滤器的开发。这种基于绿色技术的水处理系统的开发将导致主管净水器廉价，快速表演，易于使用，一次性，易于使用，易于使用的国家，并且对环境的影响最小。此外，将会形成有害的有害消毒副产品。这项研究的更广泛/商业影响是提供廉价的，纯净的便携式水净化系统，该系统将提供良好的安全饮用水，尤其是第三世界国家。 At risk drinking water can contain a variety of pathogens that caninclude heavy metals, harmful bacteria, parasitic cysts, cryptosporidium organisms and viruses.The best methods to date for removing these pathogens are UV irradiation, ozonation, andboiling/distillation, with each of these water purification techniques requiring energy and supportsystems that are not readily available for remote areas and situations.其他更便携的供饮食方法不那么有效，不便，可能会出现许多次无法轻易检测到的失败和/或供应较差的品尝水。因此，非常需要开发净水器，这些净化器含有自然聚合物涂层，这些净化剂可以去除和/或杀伤性疾病引起的细菌，还可以从水中去除重金属。拟议的天然净水系统旨在去除和/或中和所有这些多水杂质元素。一家既定的净水公司将是该项目的合作伙伴，以加快这项开发技术的商业化，以促进themarketplace。