Se busca candidat@ para contrato predoctoral de 4 años y remuneración atractiva (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Se busca candidat@ para contrato predoctoral dentor del Programa Marti i Franquès - Investigo de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

La duración es de 4 años con una muy atractiva remuneración de 26377 €/año (salario bruto). L@s solicitantes deben disponer de nacionalidad española o residencia con permiso de trabajo para poder estar inscritos en el SEPE en el momento de la formalización del contrato.

TÍTULO DEL PROYECTO: New membrane reactor configurations for wastewater treatment

Supervisores: Dr. Frank E. Stüber (ORCID: 0000-0001-9424-1400), Dr. Josep Font Capafons (0000-0002-4007-7905)

Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Contacto: frankerich.stuber en urv.cat

Más información y solicitud en:
https://www.sgr.urv.cat/cgi-bin/programes/application/detall.cgi?conv=2022PMF-INV-&ordre=11&idioma=CAT

Research project:

Persistent contaminants are an issue of growing concern as the intrinsic difficulties associated to their removal put in danger any policy for wastewater cleaning and subsequent water recovery and reuse in the framework of a circular economy.
Anaerobic ceramic-supported carbon membrane (CSCM) bioreactors integrate, in a single unit, biodegradation and filtration of the effluents, where the carbonaceous layer plays a triple role as pollutant adsorbent, support for the biofilm, and electron shuttle for the electrons involved in the redox bioreactions carried out by the anaerobic microorganisms. This concept of bioreactor has already been demonstrated in our previous research and needs further development to increase its productivity and widen its applicability.
The proposal draws an innovative evolution where the method will be implemented using ceramic capillary membranes as support of either the carbonaceous or the graphene oxide layer. Compared to tubular membranes, capillary fibers give a surface to volume ratio one order of magnitude higher, around 500 m2/m3, which increase the productivity at the level necessary for use at high scale with competitive cost.

Project: PID2021-126895OB-I00