Preparation and characterization of magnetic nanoparticles and their use in water treatments for the removal of waste from blood in the meat industries.

One of the problems that arise in the industry is usually the waste from the processes that occurred in the manufacture or processing of a product. Water represents an essential tool for cleaning the product and to get rid of undesirable materials, generating spills that are characterized by the high concentration of organic matter suspended and inorganic materials in the form of fat, blood, detergents and salts particles. In Ecuador the sausage market is distributed in more than 300 factories of which 60% belong to the formal industrialist and 40% to informal production. In the city of Cuenca, according to the records of the municipality there are numerous formal slaughterhouses and informal slaughterhouses, which are the ones that generate the largest load of organic solid waste and polluting liquids. On the other hand, nanotechnology is today a useful tool in numerous fields of applied sciences and medicine. And the use of the nanomagnetic phenomena present in the nanoparticles represent a viable alternative for the removal of the pollutants generated by pouring blood into the water. Many studies have been carried out for the immobilization of hemoglobin to transport oxygen A large number of nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, clay nanoparticles) are able to incorporate enzymes and proteins. Therefore, this project proposes as a general objective, synthesizing nanoparticles of TiO2/Fe3O4 and TiO2/NI2O3 that remove the blood of aqueous solutions due to an external magnetic field. For this, this working group intends, synthesize and characterize Nanoparticles of TiO2/Fe3O4 and TiO2/NI2O3 by chemical synthesis. Study the effect of the concentration of nanoparticles on blood removal in aqueous solutions. Study the effect of temperature on the magnetic properties of the nanoparticles on blood removal in aqueous solutions and finally analyze the effect of the external magnetic field on the magnetic nanoparticles of TiO2/Fe3O4 and TiO2/NI2O3 on the removal of blood in aqueous solutions. All this to synthesize iron oxide nanoparticles and nickel oxide coated with titanium oxide, which have nanomagnetic properties and allow blood removal in aqueous solutions by the action of an external magnetic field. Whose total value of the project is $ 73,846 USD. Of which the Research Directorate $ 36,006 USD is requested.

10th RESEARCH PROJECT COMPETITION, 5th RESEARCH PROGRAM COMPETITION.