Franklin Obiri-Nyarko is one of our fellows, who developed his Marie Curie fellowship at Hydrogeotechnika Ltd in Poland. He prepared a short article for the World Environment Day that was held on 5th June 2013.
His research goal was to investigate new and potentially suitable reactive materials for treating organic/inorganic compounds, as well as evaluate and enhance the long-term performance of the PRmB system.
Laboratory batch and column experiments are currently being used to screen potentially suitable reactive materials. The focus of these experiments is on the assessment of the removal efficiencies of these materials, understanding the contaminant removal processes, and deducing the key barrier parameters to develop the pilot-scale PRmB system.
The performance of the pilot installation coupled with modelling studies will be used to assess the longevity of the system. The results will play a major role in improving the generic understanding and in advancing knowledge of both the scientific and technical aspects of this technology.
