Case Studies
Case Studies
Aquacell Case Study
Major water using and discharging industries are of significant European economic importance, generating >€1500 billion turnover and employing >7.5 million people in 220 000 companies (90% SMEs). With continued European growth in demand for water, finite reservoirs of readily treatable water, rising energy costs and increased environmental legislation, EU industry is experiencing significant competitive threats with regards to cost efficient supply and treatment of water.
AquaDegas Case Study
Development of a cost-effective, reliable, robust, flexible and efficient degassing and aeration method for intensive aquaculture. Land-based fish farming is the critical success factor in intensive aquaculture. Aquaculture tanks represent a production unit, where a managed volume of fish can spawn and grow while being control-fed in optimal water quality for cost-effective production of fish.
Atlantis Case Study
The development of a Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system, that will efficiently target and incapacitate a full spectrum of marine organisms <50μm. The introduction of invasive marine species into new environments from discharge of ships' ballast water has been identified as the 4th largest threat to the world's oceans.
Ben-Det Case Study
In helping develop an innovative, real-time and miniaturised benzene gas detector, Pera Technology is helping Cambridge-based Ion Science save lives and convert their own annual turnover from a current £6m to an estimated £10m in three years.
MercSorb Case Study
A low cost Sulphur impregnated activated carbon sorbant for reducing mercury air emissions. The MERC-SORB is an EC funded project for the development of a system for producing high quality (S-AC) at a lower cost than non impregnated activated carbon, by the one step microwave activation of waste tyres.
MicroDry Case Study
Our idea is to develop microwave technology which will reduce drying times in buildings after flooding events. A single Microdry unit will run off mains electricity be capable of drying a room in just 10% of the time taken by current technologies. We will develop an intelligent control system that will measure the reflected microwaves to determine residual moisture content and adjust the power output accordingly to maximise efficiency.
Micrograss Case Study
Biofuels for transport are considered to be the answer decreasing green house gas emissions, to enhance energy security and respond to rising oil prices by substituting or blending petrol and diesel with biofuels and to contribute to regional development by increasing employment opportunities and diversifying activities for farmer through energy crops. The EU only produces 4.1 % of the total world ethanol, the US has become in recent years the biggest ethanol producer in the world with 48% of the world total and more than two fifths of the global fuel ethanol supply was produced in Brazil in 2006.
Saferubber Case Study
SafeRubber - A Safer Alternative Replacement for Thiourea based Accelerators in the Production Process of Chloroprene Rubber. The SafeRubber project has received EC funding under the FP7 framework to develop a new, safe, multifunctional accelerator curative molecule which can replace thiourea-based accelerators in the vulcanisation process.
Schizdx Case Study
Schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder are a major burden to affected individuals and their families as well as to society at large. These two severe mental illnesses affect at least 2% of the population worldwide, and up to ~ 50% of sufferers do not receive adequate treatment. Further, these disorders cost hundreds of billions in healthcare provision, treatments and lost earnings.
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The success of this breakthrough in tooling can be traced directly to Pera who secured the funding for research and development, as well as managing the project team so effectively.
Ben Halford,
Managing Director Surface Generation Ltd
I'm pleased to have been involved in the development of this exciting technology. It is a major advance in harmful gas detection and will significantly benefit this organisation commercially.
Duncan Johns
Ion Science Ltd
