Multifunctional permeable barriers carrying well-performing microbial biofilms for treatment of mixed pollutant plumes

 

Objectives

• To develop the MULTIBARRIER concept for treatment of mixed pollution on a laboratory scale up to the scale of a pilot system and to evaluate the concept for field application.
• To select and find autochthonous and/or inoculated microbial populations suitable for the MULTIBARRIER technology.
• To optimise the performance of the MULTIBARRIER communities by adequately supplementing growth-promoting additives.
• To understand the interactions between the key-components (chemistry, biology, physics) of the MULTIBARRIER and define occurring physico-(bio)chemical xenobiotic removal/degradation pathways.
• To characterise and monitor the MULTIBARRIER microbial communities and to study the effects of possible stress situations on these organisms.
• To assess the risks associated with the MULTIBARRIER technology.
• To evaluate the technical feasibility and sustainability of a MULTIBARRIER for traitment of mices (inorganic-organic and inorganic-inorganic) pollutant plumes on a large scale.
• To define a full-scale implementation strategy of a MULTIBARRIER.

WP2: Continuous flow-trough large column systems
mimicking a barrier system

  Multifunctional permeable barriers carrying well-performing microbial biofilms for treatment of mixed pollutant plumes