New Materials New ideas and approaches Mikael Paronen ARCADA Department of Energy and Materials Technology Helsinki, FINLAND
Membrane R&D at Arcada for water treatment
Polymer membranes in Arcada’s R&D Porous membranes for Water treatment Electro-osmosis Biochemical sensors Ion conducting membranes for Fuel cells Redox flow batteries
Water treatment - combination of methods PHYSICAL Filtration Sedimentation Distillation BIOLOGICAL Slow sand filters Silver ions Active carbon CHEMICAL Flocculation Chlorination RADIATION UV light
Pore control: size, shape, orientation, distribution Apel. Radiat. Meas. 34(2001)559
CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY!! MATERIALS???
Pandemics and epidemics
Development of anti-bacterial materials in Arcada Continuously disinfecting = Self-cleaning Pathogens are deactivated immediately Consists of industrial raw materials