Background

Most water purification and cleaning methods collect and accumulate chlorinated compounds and thus just moves the toxicity problem from water to the filter and its medium. In addition many purification methods are relatively slow at removing the chlorinated compounds that currently exist in many wastewater streams.

Technology Overview

This technology breaks down chlorine-based toxins in industrial wastewater to make the water suitable for processing in industrial, commercial and municipal water treatment centers.

When added to existing carbon-based filters, the gold-palladium nanocrystal coating uniquely produce catalytics for converting toxic chlorine-based compounds into harmless chemical by-products, and is faster than currently available methods.

Positioning this technology in water treatment:
Preliminary > Primary > Advanced Primary > Secondary > Nutrient removal > Tertiary > Advanced

Benefits

This gold-palladium nanocrystal catalyst technology:

Improves the performance of granular activated carbon filtration systems
Eliminates trichloroethylene (TCE) and related compounds
Minimizes the need for expensive storage of toxic TCE degradation byproducts
Backward-compatible with existing carbon filtrations systems

Opportunity

Method can be implemented into existing carbon based filters for value added applications as well as applications where fast neutralization of chlorinated compounds is needed. Presents an opportunity to several business segments from those working at applications to those processing raw materials for filters.

Synthesis of Graphene Supported Palladium Gold Hybrids as Efficient Catalyst for Waste-Water Treatment

Patents

IP Status