Graphene filtration system as a novel treatment of residential grey water for reuse

石墨烯过滤系统作为住宅灰水回用的新型处理方法

• 批准号: 560706-2020
• 负责人: Dick, Ian
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: St. Lawrence College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706970
• 关键词: Graphene; filtration; system; novel; treatment

The research team at St. Lawrence College and Grafoid Inc. of Kingston Ontario, have developed a partnership to assess the effectiveness of their Compact Filtration System as a novel system for the treatment of residential greywater for re-use. Every day we are using water as an essential component of life. However, the availability of freshwater on Earth is steadily decreasing. Water is becoming a new "blue gold". Greywater treatment and reuse is typically associated with regions facing water shortages. The technical approach to greywater treatment in the commercial and residential buildings landscape involves capturing used water from fixtures such as the showers, bath, and laundry machine to subsequently collect and treat that water to attain the NSF/ANSI 350 standard for residential (Class R) and commercial (Class C) reuse in flushing of toilets. Grafoid Inc., a leader in the development of graphene solutions, has been focused on addressing the reduction of water discharge from residential sources to municipal treatment plants. The company intends to use the research results and partner with real-estate developers and municipalities to establish point of entry, or in this case, point of exit greywater treatment with the intent to recycle and re-use it where applicable. This project aims to look at the addition of upstream components such as electro-coagulation and electro-oxidation to the current proprietary treatment system to assess this new solution's efficacy in treating residential greywaters. This joint research project will focus on the efficacy of the Compact Filtration System with additional upstream components at treating residential greywater containing specific parameters such as fats, oils and greases and comparing against the established NSF/ANSI 350 standard for greywater re-use. With the results of this project, Grafoid will be in a position to revolutionize the greywater treatment sector and assist real-estate developers and municipality alike in moving forward in achieving more sustainable growth.

圣劳伦斯学院的研究团队和安大略省金斯顿的 Grafoid Inc. 建立了合作伙伴关系，以评估其紧凑型过滤系统作为处理住宅灰水以供再利用的新型系统的有效性。 我们每天都在使用水作为生活的重要组成部分。然而，地球上可用的淡水正在稳步减少。水正在成为新的“蓝色黄金”。灰水处理和再利用通常与面临缺水的地区有关。商业和住宅建筑景观中灰水处理的技术方法包括从淋浴、浴缸和洗衣机等固定装置中收集用过的水，然后收集和处理这些水，以达到 NSF/ANSI 350 住宅标准（R 级）和商业（C 类）再利用用于冲厕所。 Grafoid Inc. 是石墨烯解决方案开发领域的领导者，一直致力于减少从住宅水源到市政处理厂的排水量。该公司打算利用研究结果，并与房地产开发商和市政当局合作，建立灰水处理的入口点或出口点，以便在适用的情况下对其进行回收和再利用。该项目旨在研究在当前专有处理系统中添加电凝和电氧化等上游组件，以评估这种新解决方案在处理住宅灰水方面的功效。 该联合研究项目将重点研究带有附加上游组件的紧凑型过滤系统在处理含有脂肪、油和油脂等特定参数的住宅灰水时的功效，并与既定的 NSF/ANSI 350 灰水再利用标准进行比较。凭借该项目的成果，Grafoid 将能够彻底改变灰水处理行业，并协助房地产开发商和市政当局继续实现更可持续的增长。