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Reuses water and injects hydrogen into system
An academic group wants to explore the market for a technology that purifies recalcitrant industrial water and generates hydrogen.
Challenge
A technology prototype has been developed that electrochemically purifies water, removing recalcitrant pollutant waste while producing hydrogen as a by-product.
Hydrogen can be re-injected into the system to reduce the burden on fossil fuels and lower industrial energy costs. The aim is to see in which sectors its implementation would make sense.
Solution
Existing electrochemical methods for purifying industrial waters with recalcitrant pollutants have been researched, seeing that the reference country in this respect is Canada, and the proposed alternatives have been studied in detail.
The opinions of professionals from different water-intensive sectors, such as textiles, pharmaceuticals and paper, were sought.
Industrial engineers have been contacted to investigate safety issues and options for recirculating hydrogen in existing combustion systems.
Result
- Several companies contacted apply for a competitive project to install a pilot at their facilities.
- It is confirmed that from an engineering perspective, there are no relevant impediments to implementing the methodology in industrial plants and re-injecting hydrogen for combustion in standard boilers.
“Different companies contacted are applying to […] install a pilot on their premises”.
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