DECAP

DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORS AND POLLUTANT REMOVAL PROCESSES IN WATERS

Pesticides, drug residues, household products, cosmetics, metals and many other micropollutants are released and found in aquatic environments and can have harmful consequences on human health and ecosystems (endocrine disruptors, carcinogens, …).

These mainly synthetic substances are partially or not degraded by sewage treatment plants.

They are found in lakes, rivers and groundwater – where a lot of our drinking water comes from.

The DECAP platform is supported by the ICMN and GREMI laboratories (University of Orléans / CNRS) and has two main objectives:

Design and manufacture of new sensors for the detection of micropollutants (medicinal residues, herbicides or heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, nickel …). An interest is given for pollutants particularly present in the waters in the Centre-Val de Loire Region.

Development of innovative chemical monitoring and water purification processes for micropollutant removal. The platform is specialized in the study of activated carbon process couplings / advanced oxidation processes in order to make these substances harmless.

The goal of the platform is to offer operational sensors and economically viable solutions that can eventually be developed by industrialists.

Discover the platform

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ORGANIZATION

CNRS
UNIVERSITY OF ORLÉANS

THEMES

WATER
MICROPOLLUTANTS
WATER QUALITY
DETECTION
SENSORS
CLEARANCE
PROCESSES
ELECTROCHEMISTRY

DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS

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LABORATORIES OF CNRS AND UNIVERSITY OF ORLÉANS

M² OF LABORATORY

RESEARCH ENGINEERS, ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS, PHD STUDENTS

PROJECTS
7 REGIONAL, 2 PhD THESES

OUR SERVICES

Instrumental means of the DECAP platform:

Materials development and characterization: AFM, DRX, XPS, BET, Gas adsorption (N₂, CO₂), furnace …
Sensor Development: Electrochemical and Electronic Equipment: Potentiostat, Quartz Microbalance, Wire-Bonding, 4-Point Conductivity Measurement, ISO 8 Clean Room …
Formulation and printing: ink jet printer, automatic screen printer, blender, grinder, viscometer (Brookfield) …
Treatment processes: Plasma Reactor, CA / O₃ Semi-Pilot: Static and Dynamic
Water analysis: UV-visible spectrometer, BOD5, COD, TOC, HPLC …

Services for the implementation of sensors and their validation in laboratory conditions, the analysis and depollution of waters as well as for the realization of studies:Multi-scale: from milliliter to several liters

Multi-contaminants: metals, pharmaceutical residues, pesticides, PAHs …
Aqueous multi-matrices: groundwater, river water, sewage treatment plants, industrial water
Multi-methods: optical and electrochemical sensors, CHEMFET field effect transistors, advanced oxidation removal processes (ozonation, Fenton), plasma, electrochemical

The DECAP platform is available for:

Studies in collaborative projects and services
Development of new regional, national and european projects in collaboration with scientific laboratories and industrialists
Taking into account constraints related to industrialization and applications in the natural environment