Development of remote device for water treatment optimization

• Grant number: 24/17390-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2024
• End date: October 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ernani Pinto Junior
• Grantee: Alexander Ossanes de Souza
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 23/10220-0 - Humic substance analysis and algorithm driven integration for optimal dosing of chemicals in water treatment plants: advancing the sustainable development goals, AP.PP

Abstract

This project aims to develop an autonomous system for remote water analysis in real time that allows obtaining parameters that can be correlated with the occurrence of chemical species and different species that make up the phytoplankton of interest, such as emerging contaminants and cyanobacteria. Therefore, the general objective of this postdoctoral proposal is to develop a device that can capture analytical data based on in situ spectroscopic determinations, sent via mobile network, and that can be correlated with data obtained in the laboratory. In the next step of the proposal, with the correlations established, the device will be adjusted and subjected to new experiments to validate the measurements.