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Environmental Technology

Director:
Dr. Rubén Irusta
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The concern about the environment is no longer optional for the productive sector, having become a strategic need within the current regulatory and social framework. The counselling of professionals turns out to be indispensable for companies, organizations, and institutions, when dealing with their environmental issues and turning them into opportunities. In Cartif we give our clients a scientific-technical support service in the field of Technology and Environmental Management.

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Projects

Cenit Prometeo Project

For the development of new materials with self-cleaning and bactericide properties.

Cenit Nanofenix Project

For the incorporation on asphalt formulations of catalytic nanoparticles and mesoporous-macroporous materials that will give pavements photocatalytic properties for the disposal of pollutants generated by vehicles.

Treatment of pig slurry

Application of up-to-date technology on anaerobic reactors with UF membranes for the depuration of the pig slurry liquid fraction, a waste that generates many environmental problems. The integral treatment produces biogas usable as fuel, an odourless organic fertilizer, and a depurated liquid effluent.

Treatment of oils contaminated with PCB

PCBs are classified as possible human carcinogenic, and can also generate both dioxins and furans. As a result, the production of PBC was forbidden in 1984 and many countries have established legislations to eliminate all PCBs and all the equipments contaminated with PCB.

Degradation of Endocrine Disruptors (EDCs)

EDcs are chemical substances such as steroids, pesticides, etc., capable of altering the hormonal balance of living beings and are present at trace levels in urban wastewaters. The application of advanced technologies on photocatalysis and membranes makes possible the disposal of these micropollutants, thus avoiding their serious effects on health and the environment.

Chemical Recycling of Plastics

Plastic waste has rarely been chemically recycled. This way of treatment has many prospects since monomers are obtained, which can be used in the production of new plastics. This project (financed by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Commerce) works on the glycolytic recycling of polyurethane foams from car seats. It also works on recycling of polyethylene waste by thermal methods.