Projects / Programmes
Cost-efficient separation of tritium from water with bio-based systems – BIOTRISEP
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 2.02.09 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Chemical engineering |
Ecological technology |
| 4.06.04 |
Biotechnical sciences |
Biotechnology |
Microbe biotechnology |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 2.04 |
Engineering and Technology |
Chemical engineering
|
| 2.08 |
Engineering and Technology |
Environmental biotechnology
|
tritium enrichment, bioreactor, microbes
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
April 24, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders (
04.04.2019 – Programme tender,
archive
)
| Database |
Linked records |
Citations |
Pure citations |
Average pure citations |
| WoS |
278 |
4,470 |
3,823 |
13.75 |
| Scopus |
279 |
5,237 |
4,579 |
16.41 |
Researchers (9)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
04328 |
PhD Ljudmila Benedik |
Chemistry |
Researcher |
2020 - 2022 |
379 |
| 2. |
50853 |
PhD Raghuraj Singh Chouhan |
Control and care of the environment |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
44 |
| 3. |
21408 |
PhD Aleš Lapanje |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
354 |
| 4. |
27542 |
PhD Tomaž Rijavec |
Microbiology and immunology |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
247 |
| 5. |
50508 |
PhD Leja Rovan |
Energy engineering |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
48 |
| 6. |
08945 |
PhD Borut Smodiš |
Control and care of the environment |
Researcher |
2020 - 2024 |
496 |
| 7. |
19822 |
Barbara Svetek |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2024 |
89 |
| 8. |
28486 |
PhD Marko Štrok |
Energy engineering |
Head |
2020 - 2024 |
361 |
| 9. |
08597 |
Zdenka Trkov |
|
Technical associate |
2020 - 2021 |
76 |
Organisations (1)
| no. |
Code |
Research organisation |
City |
Registration number |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
0106 |
Jožef Stefan Institute |
Ljubljana |
5051606000 |
90,706 |
Abstract
Nuclear installations release approx. 4.4E+16 Bq/year of tritium to the environment worldwide. There is currently no cost-efficient technology to separate tritium from water and mitigate the releases. The purpose of the project is to design and test different bio-based systems for cost-efficient separation of tritium. Nobody tried this before. The microbial approach will exploit microorganisms, which utilizes water during their metabolism. The idea is that light water molecules will be preferentially converted to hydrogen and oxygen during such processes. As a consequence, remaining water will be enriched in tritium. This process should be equivalent to electrolysis, which is currently the best technology available but operational costs are too expensive for large scale application as up to 10 MW are needed for electrolysis of 1 cubic meter of water. Microbially assisted enrichment of tritium should be more cost-effective as enrichment is part of regular metabolic activity of microbes. Produced hydrogen can be coupled with fuel cells to produce electricity. In addition, during hydrogen production CO is consumed, which decreases greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The overall objective of the project is to demonstrate feasibility of cost-efficient separation of tritium by using bio-based system. The vision is to scale up bio-based tritium separation and commercialize it for the benefit of the society and environment.
