1. APPLICATIONS FOR AIR REGENERATION, BIOCIDE WATER MANAGEMENT AND MINISWITCH FOR ENERGY CONTENT Institute of Chemical Methodologies-National Research Council of Italy Via Salaria Km. 29,300-00015 Monterotondo-Rome ornella.ursini@imc.cnr.it giancarlo.angelini@imc.cnr.it Ornella Ursini, Giancarlo Angelini ISLSWG WORKSHOP BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT Turin, 18-19 May 2015

2. Air and water filtration management technologies Regenerable Laminar flow device effective in removing completely most of the chemical warfare agents (Pat. PCT WO2010/128534A1 ) and VOC 2 Extraction of Specific Chemical Contaminants in the air from Closed Loop Environments (ESA Project): regenerable filtration with selective desorbtion Biocide analysis Investigation on wetted surface materials with SEM analysis, X-ray fluorescence and Atomic force microscopy Miniaturized Thermal Switch

3. Institute of Chemical Methodologies WHO WE ARE Chemistry and Radiochemistry for the Development of Products and Processes Responsible: Dr. Ornella Ursini

4. WHAT WE DO Chemistry and Radiochemistry for the Development of Products and Processes Radiation Chemistry. Effects of ionizing radiations on: Material, Chemical compound, Biological molecule (aminoacids adsorbed on porous) Vegetable systems Environmental Chemistry. Diagnostics and technologies: -Abatement of pollutant and pathogen in water and indoor, -Abatement of VOC level from waste apparatous, -Chelating materials for adsorption of pollutants in water Green Chemistry. Sustainable chemical processes: Applied to plant crops, Exploitation of waste vegetable materials Chemistry. Physical-chemical characterization of: Process, Product, Special material, Metabolite Biological molecule

5. OUR FACILITIES Chemical characterization by chromatography and spectroscopy GC systemHPLC systemFT-IR spectrometerUV-Vis spectrometer Chemical characterization by mass spectrometry and thermogravimetric analyses GC/MS/ Desorber system GC/MS systemHPLC/MS system FT-Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry ICP/MS system (IRSA collaboration)TGA/DSC system

6. Co-60 gamma radiation source. Chemical and physical characterization by surface microscopy AFM-Atomic Force Microscopy SEM/EDS - Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (IGAG collaboration) Optical Microscopy Mechanical and electronic workshops

7. WHAT WE DID 2002- ASI Project-Trans-Mediterranean flight of stratospheric balloons (BIRBA II) Effects of stratospheric radiations on human glioblastoma cells Principal contractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Collaboration : Prof. Cerù_ Univ. L’Aquila 2001- ASI Project-Trans-Mediterranean flight of stratospheric balloons (BIRBA I) Effects of stratospheric radiations on photosynthetic organisms Principal contractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Collaboration : Dr. Giardi_CNR-Roma 2011- ESA Project- Extraction of specific chemical contaminants in the air Principal contractor: AeroSekur SpA, Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Collaboration : Astrium GmBH ; Actinium Chemical Research_Roma 2013- ESA Project- Miniaturized Heat Switch Technology Principal contractor: AeroSekur SpA, Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma 2014- ESA Project- Biocide Management for Long-Term water Storage Principal contractor: AeroSekur SpA, Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Collaboration: TASI_Torino, SMAT_Torino, Actinium Chemical Research_Roma

8. 2011- ESA Project- Extraction of specific chemical contaminants in the air Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Giancarlo Angelini, Ornella Ursini, Edo Lilla, Roberto Moscardelli,Paolo Ciccioli, Ettore Guerriero (IIA_CNR), Franco Cataldo (ACR_Roma) Chemical and physical characterization by Desorber/GC/MS, FT-IR, TGA/DSC FT-IR spectrometerTGA/DSC systemDesorber GC/MS system Technological workshops MechanicalElectronic Polluted Air Clean Air

9. 2011- ESA Project- Extraction of specific chemical contaminants in the air Melissa: more than 100 VOC at total 140 ppm We selected as rapresentative of different classes of compounds: Ethanol Carbon disulfide Tetrahydrofuran 2-methyl-2-butene Iso-propylamine Toluene Our Melissa simulator He 30mL/min, 2°/min vacuum, 8°/min Internal diameter 3 mm, tube length 30cm. collection efficiency > 95% for gases with D=0.28 cm2/ s, flow rates 1 L/min This simple filtering based on diffusion can last 19 days at a flow rate of 2 mL/min before the BTV of the less eluted compound is reached. Simple No CO2 and H2O retaining Use of different adsorp.materials High break-through volumes No head pressure Two systems in parallel Easy releasing Easy regeneration

10. Chemical and physical characterization by surface microscopy Atomic ForceSEM/EDS (IGAG collaboration)Optical 2014-ESA Project- Biocide Management for Long-Term water Storage Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Ornella Ursini, Giancarlo Angelini, Simona Boccuti, Alessandro Tozzi, Marco Albano (IGAG-CNR), Domenico Mastroianni (IRSA_CNR), Franco Cataldo (ACR_Roma) ICP/MS system (IRSA collaboration) Water analyses

11. 2013- ESA Project- Miniaturized Heat Switch Technology Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma Ornella Ursini, Giancarlo Angelini, Fabrizio Carnevaletti, Roberto Moscardelli Chemical and physical characterization by GC/MS, FT-IR, TGA/DSC, climatic chamber FT-IR spectrometerTGA/DSC systemGC/MS/ system Technological workshops MechanicalElectronic