The Value of Hesperides
Alfredo Gonzalez-Perez
Consultant, Materials Scientist, Project Development and Management
About
Since 2015 I have been working at different water related companies within centralized and decentralized systems. On centralized drinking water production, I worked at Sydvatten AB as Senior Scientist and afterwards at Sweden Water Research AB as Research Group Leader developing research projects within the broad area of materials science in relation with water. In 2019 I co-founded Arcadia AB and become the CEO. The company focus on consulting services for the water business and research organizations as well as project development services and procurement. More recently I incorporate partial time into Vatteninfo Sverige AB as a Research Manager with focus in developing the R&D portfolio for water decentralized systems. The rest of my working time I joined as a Project Leader at Vattencentrum, a water division of Campus Roslagen AB, with focus mostly in developing projects for Horizon Europe within main areas of activity at the division. I believe in maintaining a positive mindset, creating partnerships with a purpose, and always striving for significant outcomes. When you work with me, you should expect a collaboration with transparency, consistency, and reliability.
Research
Materials Science and Water
The design and development of new materials for drinking water production, conveyance and wastewater treatment, rely on the use of precise characterization techniques (TEM, AFM, X-ray and neutron scattering and spectroscopy, etc). Filtration materials, UV and advanced oxidation processes for disinfection and digitalization (IoT, AI) applied to water decentralized systems. Those are the basis for a large part of my work. To find out more, get in touch.
Monitoring and Security
Classical monitoring techniques and more advanced IoT based monitoring are needed to ensure safe drinking water for all. Together with monitoring goes the security issues associated to IoT in sensitive infrastructure. My cooperators are my number one priority, and my services prove just how committed I am to their success. Book an introductory meeting today to learn more about how I can make your business thrive.
Environmental Evaluation
Industrial development and operations need to comply with restrictive regulations to keep our enviroment safe and clean. My services are customized to meet the specific needs of each client. I work collaboratively throughout the entire process and guarantee measurable results. Contact me to find out how I can help today.
Project Development
Do you have a project or idea that you’d love to bring to life? Since I started my work on the water business, I’ve provided my partners with a wide range of consulting services, project development and management. To find out more, get in touch.
Projects
Safe and energy-efficient water treatment using UV-LEDs
2017-2022
This project will deepen the knowledge on how water disinfection using ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) can be optimized and implemented at scale. The goal is to deliver a complete strategy for disinfection of running water in point-of-use applications and water treatment facilities.
Funding agency:
SSF - Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Total Budget:
5 MSEK
MemClean - Sustainable membrane performance for drinking water preparation and wastewater treatment
2018-2019
The project focuses on the development of automated self-learning methods to maintain/regain membrane performance during drinking water and wastewater treatment to secure accessible water for all.
Funding agency:
VINNOVA
Total Budget:
626,000 SEK
Water dynamics on bisphenol-covered silica as model for water purification filters
2018-2019
The project focus in investigating the impact of BPA on the effective filtering of the water through sand. To examine more closely the chemical interactions between BPA, sand, and water, we are using two materials as model for sand and sediments.
Funding agency/ beam-line:
VINNOVA / ORNL
Total Budget:
950,000 SEK
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Future ion-channel based membranes for water purification
2018-2019
The aim of this project is to establish a strong cooperation between Lund University (Sweden) and Israel Technion (Israel) to develop this new technological approach for membrane filtration purposes with special focus in drinking water.
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Funding agency:
STINT
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Total Budget:
150,000 SEK
The influence of hydrodynamic processes on the brownification of rivers and lakes
2018-2022
This project investigates how brown water is distributed in rivers and lakes and how its dynamics are influenced by the hydrodynamics of this water bodies. Moreover, it aims to provide information of brownification sources.
The lake Bolmen in Sweden, which is one of the main sources for drinking water in southern Sweden has been chosen for this study. The main purpose of this project is to deepen this knowledge and give a holistic perspective on the ongoing processes from the engineering perspective.
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Funding Agency:
SWR self-funded project
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Budget (PhD student) :
4,000,000 SEK
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Materials in contact with water
2017-
This project focus in the investigation on materials in contact with water that are of paramount relevance for the water business (filtration materials like membranes or sand filters, pipe materials metallic and polymer based, materials for advanced oxidation processes,microplastics and a wide variety of pollutants of emerging concern among others). The project is developed in cooperation several universities in Skåne, ESS (European Spallation Source) and MaxIV (Swedish synchrotron facility) in Lund and get the additional goal to strength the research on materials science for the water industry using neutrons and synchrotron radiation in the region of Skåne that will become a strong materials innovation hub.
Materials Evolution
2018-
This project focus on the development of new meta-materials with properties that outperform conventional materials used on the water business. The project is developed mainly in cooperation with universities in Skåne and focus on developing functionality that is currently not avaliable on conventional materials like membranes, pipes, filters, among others.
Valued Partners
Former and Current Partners / Funding Agencies
Updates & News
Useful Information about my R&D Activities
WssTP Water Innovation Europe 2018
June 13th-14th, 2018
I participate as a representative of Sweden Water Research AB at the WssTP Water Innovation Europe 2018 and the annual meeting of the WssTP organization. The meeting was hold at the Blue Point conference center in Brussels.
With over 200 participants from all around Europe in every edition, WssTP annual conference ‘Water Innovation Europe’ has grown to become the landmark event of the European water sector every summer. The event brings together all the aspects of the sector: scientists and technology developers, utility representatives, large water users, European and national/ regional policy makers and finance experts. Water Innovation Europe offers an open platform for information gathering and networking among the most influential stakeholders from within and beyond the water sector.
For more information follow the link:
https://waterinnovationeurope.eu/
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June 11-13, 2018
A poster presentation about our project on UV-LEDs for disinfection was presented at NORDIWA 2018 in Oslo, 11th to 13th June The Nordic Drinking Water Conference brings you up to date on the latest knowledge in the Nordic water sector and provide you with an opportunity to maintain and create new contacts with your fellow colleagues.
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The Nordic Drinking Water Conference has been held every second year in the Nordic countries since 1989. NORDIWA 2018 is organized by Norwegian Water (Norsk Vann), in co-operation with the Danish Water and Wastewater Association (DANVA), the Icelandic Energy and Utilities (Samorka), the Swedish Water and Wastewater Association (Svenskt Vatten), the Finnish Water Utilities Association (FIWA) and NORDIWA.
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MemClean at Vinnova Meeting in Göteborg
May 23, 2018
Helena Ljusberg from LU Innovation and myself attended the Vinnova meeting at Göteborg in May 23, as representatives from the MemClean Project. The meeting organized by Vinnova at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre joined representatives of all the UDI Stage 1 projects granted from the last call.
MemClean UDI -Steg 1 Vinnova Granted
May 1, 2018
The project "MemClean - Sustainable membrane performance for drinking water preparation and wastewater treatment", UDI Stage 1 was granted by Vinnova. The project is leaded by Prof. Frank Lipnizki from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University with the partnership of PURAC, Sydvatten and Va Syd.
Docent at LTH, Lund University
May 02, 2018
On May 2, 2018 I become a Docent on Water Resources Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. My application was supported by the division of Water Resources Engineering that is part of the Department of Building and Environmental Technology at LTH.
Bisphenol project at ORNL
March 05, 2019
The European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, is set to open to users in 2023. In preparation, ESS scientist Monika Hartl and her collaborators at Swedish Water Research are using neutrons at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to study how bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in plastics, interacts with water filters.
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Contact Me
Alfredo Gonzalez-Perez
Research Manager / Project Leader
Vatteninfo Sverige AB
Vattencentrum (Campus Roslagen AB)
Kaserngatan 11
761 46 Norrtälje
Sweden
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My Webs: (academia) http://www.gonzalez-perez.sitew.com/
(industry) https://alfredogp.wixsite.com/hesperides
+46 0720- 70 89 77