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ABOUT TEX-WATER-REC

Modern wastewater treatment with plasma-prepared catalyst for textile wastewater recycling. 

The crux of innovation within the project is the development of a modern supported thin-film catalyst of multiuse industrial potential for enhanced ozone treatment of highly polluted textile wastewater.
The main project issues are the preparation of the catalytic active phase on structured supports by the cold plasma method, investigation of its activity in the ozonation process using the model and real industrial textile wastewater, evaluation of catalyst effectiveness in pollutants and toxicity
removal, assessment of industrial applicability by multi-cycle use.

REALIZATION – MILESTONES

1. Development of at least two types of active plasma-prepared catalysts.

2. Development of novel catalytic ozonation for real textile wastewater treatment resulting in at least 20% higher PHC removal comparing to traditional ozonation.

3. One new technology prepared for future industrial implementation by scaling-up and validation of the proces.

PROJECT TEAM

Lucyna Bilińska, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator of the project Tex-Water-Rec. Specialist in industrial wastewater treatment and industrial implementations, textile engineer in the field of chemical textiles processing, leader of a lab team.
Since 2020 Lucyna has been an employee of the Lodz University of Technology. She is also a member of the Department of Molecular Engineering in the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, TUL at the position of Assistant Professor (Adjunct). Since 2008 – an employee of Biliński Factory of Colour and Head of the company’s R&D department (from 2014).
She works as a research team member, a project leader, as well as, an author, a reviewer, an editor of the scientific press. Repeatedly awarded for doctoral thesis about decolorization of textile wastewater under industrial conditions.

Marta Gmurek, Ph.D., D.Sc. – a specialist in chemical engineering with elements of environmental engineering. Researcher in the field of dangerous contaminants elimination from the aqueous environment using photochemical processes and AOPs.
Associate Professor in Department of Molecular Engineering in the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, TUL. Experienced operator of HPLC, GC, and MS analysis, a skilled specialist in environmental toxicology assessment and genotoxicity. Award-winning, including several granted research projects, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship scholar.

Maciej Fronczak Ph.D., -a specialist in the application of low-pressure, non-equilibrium, cold plasma in surface engineering, performs the physicochemical characterization of the materials, focusing on their surface chemistry.
Graduated in chemical science at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw (Ph.D. in 2019). Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, TUL (Since 2019). His research is focused on novel functional materials applied in adsorption and catalysis.

Aleksandra Kędzierska-Sar, Ph.D., -a specialist in material engineering, ceramic materials, thin films, modification of materials surface using cold plasma.
Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, TUL (Since 2019). Her main research field is a characterization of materials surface by Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Ryszard Kapica, M.Sc., – conducts research in the field of chemical engineering with particular emphasis on non-equilibrium plasma engineering, catalysis on materials produced and modified with plasma methods, a specialist in molecular engineering.
Research Assistant at the Department of Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, TUL. Experienced operator of plasma techniques and vacuum technologies.

Magdalena Bilińska, M.A., – a specialist in material science, nanotechnology, surface modification by cold plasma technique. Graduated in chemical science in the field of nanotechnology at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz. Ph.D. student of Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Lodz University of Technology.

NEWS

Patent Application Submission

The world of industrial innovation has a new development to report. A patent has been filed for a new technology in the field of water treatment. The invention, titled "Bubble Column for Catalytic Ozonation with Thin-Film Heterogeneous Catalyst," was registered under...

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Tex-Water-Rec at the EkoBioTex Conference 2021

On October 19, 2021, the first conference presentation of the Tex-Water-Rec project took place at the EkoBioTex conference, held online. The presentation was in the form of a poster titled "Catalytic ozonation of textile wastewater: application, efficiency, and new...

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Project promers and partners

Contact:

Lodz University of Technology Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering

93-005 Łódź, ul. Wólczańska 213
+ 48 42 631-37-00
+ 48 42 631-37-41
fax + 48 42 636-56-63
wipos@info.p.lodz.pl

NORWAY GRANTS:

EEA Grants / Norway Grants Financial Mechanism
Office Boulevard du Regent 47-48
1000 Brussels

www.eeagrants.org
www.norwaygrants.org

NCBR:

National Centre for Research and Development

ul. Nowogrodzka 47a
00-695 Warszawa
NIP: 701-007-37-77
Regon: 141032404

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Lucyna Bilińska
ORCID: 0000-0002-2076-1937
Scopus Author ID: 55584886700

 

The programme applied research implemented under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021;
Operated by the National Center for Research and Development.