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, Monterotondo-Rome Ornella Ursini, Giancarlo Angelini ISLSWG WORKSHOP BIOREGENERATIVE LIFE SUPPORT Turin, May 2015

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

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

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

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

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

WHAT WE DID 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 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 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 ESA Project- Miniaturized Heat Switch Technology Principal contractor: AeroSekur SpA, Subcontractor: IMC_CNR-Roma 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

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

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

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

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