System and method for engineered ceramic packages for use in fluid treatment technologies

A fluid modification system comprising:

• a container structure;
• a plurality of independent, ceramic elements arranged in random orientations and contained in the container structure, thus causing a fluid flow entering the container structure at any given cross-section location to flow over surfaces of a first subplurality of the ceramic elements, and through porous walls of a second subplurality of the ceramic elements, before exiting at a second location of the container structure;
• each one of the ceramic elements forming a self-supporting, circumferential geometry at least one of a nanofibrous or nanoporous microstructure to enable internal flow both through the nanofibrous or nanoporous wall structure, and over and around the nanofibrous or nanoporous wall structure to affect performance;
• and the nanofibrous or nanoporous microstructure being formed from a plurality of randomly oriented, intersecting, nominally continuous nanofibrous strands, imparting sufficient strength to the ceramic elements to enable the ceramic elements to hold an initially formed circumferential shape when placed in the container structure.