The launching of the European project NEXT AIR BIOTREAT, which aims to develop a biotechnology process to purify the emission of volatile organic compounds, took place on 11th November. The location was the new facilities of the School of Engineering (ETSE), where its head, Vicente Cerverón, inaugurated a conference which received 17 researchers.
It is an IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnership and Pathways) initiative of the programme People, the first of this kind leaded by a research centre of the Valencian Community. The goal of these initiatives is to improve cooperation between public organizations and private companies to exchange knowledge within a scientific project context.
Gi2AM, the reserach group of the Department of chemical engineering, leads this European consortium with the goal of developing a biotechnology process to purify the emission of volatile organic compounds. The consortium NEXT AIR BIOTREAT is made up by the University of Valencia (coordinator), and as partners, Pure Air Solutions (Holand) and Exel Composites (Belgium). The first outstands for its contributions to create technologies to purify the air, and the second is the first multinational to create reinforced plastic profiles.
Carmen Gabaldón, who coordinates the project stated that “this project is a challenge in the search of a sustainable way to purify the air, and, at the same time, it is an opportunity for our researchers to develop their careers. Moreover, it is planned to have an important effect in the activities of our industrial partners”.
Last update: 14 de november de 2011 14:15.
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