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Research paper : A novel technology for production of drinking water in emergencies (A. Sonoda)−160−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.4 No.3 (2012) the function to instantly determine whether this purification system can be used effectively and the function to monitor the purification capacity in real time. We shall continue the R&D to solve these issues.What I felt most strongly in this research is that the technology resides in people, and the continuation of technology is the responsibility of the organization. Among the people who cooperated in the joint research, there were the so-called baby boomers who were no longer in the forefront but had top-notch skills. Many things could be accomplished only because of their expert craftsman skills, and I fear that the technology may disappear if the organization is unable to pass on this technology.The situation is similar at AIST, as the contract employees who accumulate the know-how by getting their hands directly on the project become distant from the work when a project finishes. When a foreign student learns the skills and returns to his/her home country, he/she can work as an expert of that research. However, an organization that fails to pass on the technology to the next generation because of some reorganization will cease to exist when the people with skills leave.As the next development, we shall spend effort on the development of the sensor that can detect the nitrate ion in real time. The realization research of the ion selective adsorbent reagent will be done by applying the technology for selective adsorbents that was accumulated so far. This will be applied to resource, energy, environment, and health fields, and we hope this will produce some sort of product. AcknowledgementsThis technology was developed under the leadership of Takahiro Hirotsu, who was the Deputy Director of the Health Research Institute, AIST and the representative of “Development of mobile water purification system by the contactless compositing of nano-particles with separating functions”, Consortium R&D Project for Regional Revitalization (FY 2006~2007). I express my thanks to: the engineers and researchers who participated in the project, including the people of AIST Shikoku, Teijin Engineering Ltd., and Kyowa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.; the people of Awa Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kagawa Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Faculty of Engineering of the Kagawa University, and Naruto University of Education; and late Kyoya Tamura and Ryoichi Nishimura of the Shikoku Industry and Technology Promotion Center (STEP) who provided support as the managing entity. NotesNote 1) Survey conducted to understand the overall situation of the regional groundwater quality.Note 2) Survey conducted for the continuous monitoring of the region in which pollution was detected.Note 3) Here, the terms adsorbent “reagent” (Fig. 3) and adsorbent “material” (Figs. 4 and 5) are distinguished as follows.Adsorbent reagent: a compound substance that can be expressed as one chemical equation. In the case of the inorganic ion exchanger, it is powder. In many cases, phase separation may be difficult if it is used directly for water treatment.Adsorbent material: a material made by shaping the powder adsorbent reagent with binders, to make the phase separation easy when it is used in water treatment. Since it contains substances other than the active ingredient, performance per volume decreases compared to the powder adsorbent reagent.Results of Underground Water Quality Measurement for FY Heisei 21 (2009), Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment (March 2011). http://www.env.go.jp/water/report/h22-01/full.pdfA. Sonoda: Development of the mobile water purification system, AIST Today, 10 (3), 4-5 (2010) (in Japanese). K. Oi: Muki Ion Kokantai – Sentakuteki Bunri Kino No Hatsugen To Ouyo (Inorganic Ion Exchanger – Revelation and Application of the Selective Separation Function), NTS, Tokyo (2010) (in Japanese).Patent No. 4339674, Functional particle carrying fiber and its manufacture method (July 10, 2009).[1][2][3][4]ReferencesAuthorAkinari SonodaCompleted the doctorate course at the Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University in 1993. Joined the Shikoku National Industrial Research Institute, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology in 1993. Worked as the planning officer of the Tsukuba Planning Headquarter, AIST. Also worked at the Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology and Health Technology Research Center. Currently, leader of the Health Hazard Reduction Technology Research Group, Health Research Institute. Participated in research on boron isotopes. Currently does research in the development of adsorbent reagent that is selective to harmful anions and the technology to reduce health hazard substances.

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