Projects
Development of an active-passive sampling device for monitoring bioavailable pollutants in water. University of Antwerp
InnoVEOX: Training of a naw generation of researchers in innovative Electrochemical Oxidatin processes for the removal and analysis of micro-pollutants in water streams Ghent University
Although the European freshwater system is monitored closely by different European frameworks, it has been demonstrated that organic chemical pollutants are still putting half of it at risk. The InnovEOX R&D training network was built to address and provide a solution for this considerable challenge: to boost innovative electrochemical wastewater treatment techniques to effectively degrade highly hazardous organic micro-pollutants, ...
Training of a new generation of researchers in Innovative Electrochemical OXidation processes for the removal and analysis of micro-pollutants in water streams (INNOVEOX). KU Leuven
Although the European freshwater system is monitored closely by different European frameworks, it has been demonstrated that organic chemical pollutants are still putting half of it at risk. The InnovEOX R&D training network was built to address and provide a solution for this considerable challenge: to boost innovative electrochemical wastewater treatment techniques to effectively degrade highly hazardous organic micro-pollutants, ...
Application and fate of structured nanomaterials in water treatment KU Leuven
Water quality modelling of the Lake Victoria basin and impact investigation of climate change on the quality of the Lake KU Leuven
Over 30 million inhabitants depend on Lake Victoria (LV) in East Africa. The lake has a complex shoreline structure comprising of gulfs and bays. Inner Murchison bay (IMB) is the source of water supply to Kampala city and also recipient of its wastes. Consequently, water treatment costs by National Water & Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) have trebled in the past decades; thus the need to invest in alternative options. There is lack of insight ...
Gas phase surface discharge plasma based degradation of organic micro-pollutants in water KU Leuven
Changes in regulations and consumer behavior are likely insufficient to fully control the complex OMP discharge routes and therefore, other approaches that target OMP removal in the human water cycle remain needed. Two essential points in the water cycle that need OMP removal are at the levels of WWTPs and drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs). As mentioned above, many OMPs escape WWTPs while DWTPs have to ensure that drinking water is free ...
RECHARGE: Green bioremediation to abate micropollutants. Safeguarding the drinking water cycle for future generations KU Leuven
Freshwater resources such as groundwater for drinking water production are scarce due to various reasons of which one is the presence of a multitude of recalcitrant micropollutants (pesticides, pharmaceuticals …). This problem is relevant for both Europe and China. In this call, which enables the collaboration between China (NSFC) and EU (Horizon2020), both Chinese and European research groups will aim at improving and optimizing ...
Rational design of mesoporous carbon adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants in water Ghent University
The recently developed ordered mesoporous carbon materials (OMCs) via the organic-soft organic template method (convenient and durable process), are potential candidates for the next generation of low-cost but highly efficient adsorbents to remove organic pollutants. The effect of the adsorption characteristics, M. N. pore volume, pore diameter, symmetry, specific surface area and functional groups on the surface, of the OMC's on the ...