Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de Almería

PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA
Figure 4.8
Image of Fusarium equiseti macroconidia dyed with malachite green with phase
contrast optical microsope (x1000), before (left) and after 5 hours of photocatalytic
treatment (right) (dcha.) [4.5].
4.8). Optical microscope observations of the spores of this phytopathogenic
fungus during testing showed a clear tendency to adsorption of TiO 2 particles
and aggregates on its surface.
4.2.7 National Plan for Access to the PSA.
Participants: Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC (Madrid), Univ.
Autónoma de Barcelona, Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Polytechnic
Univ. Valencia (2), Universidad de Barcelona
Contact:
Dr. Manuel I. Maldonado. mignacio.maldonado@psa.es
Funding: National RD&I Plan, MEC. CIEMAT budget in 2006:
Duration: 2005 – 2007
Motivation: As CIEMAT directives are to promote knowledge of renewable energies
in Spanish society, in 2006 it made available to the scientific community
the PSA facilities and consulting services of its technical-scientific staff
through the MEC “Improvement of Large Scientific Installations and Access in
the Framework of National Program of Scientific and Technological Research
Equipment and Infrastructure” program (http://www.mec.es/ciencia/
jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=instalaciones&id=21).
Purpose: The basic purpose is to provide access to the largest number of researchers
possible, Ph.D. students, research trainees and senior researchers
in National Plan projects. The Water Detoxification and Disinfection Group also
intends for this program to increase collaboration with existing in Spanish
research groups, identify new partners for future projects, contribute ideas
from visitors and motivate us to maintain and improve the facilities.
Objectives achieved 2006: Researchers selected by the external evaluation
committee belonging to Spanish research groups have achieved the following
results:
Polytechnic Univ. Valencia (UPV), Ana García Ripoll. Scale-up to pilot plant
size of photocatalytic photo-Fenton degradation of the pesticides, Laition®
and Metasixtox®. Detoxification of mixtures of four commercial pesticides
were studied, comparing the different methods for determining the toxicity
and/or biodegradability of the effluent. These results, along with others found
previously, form the basis of a publication that is being jointly written by the
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