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- Clean TeQ Water’s (CNQ) subsidiary signs a deal with one of Australia’s largest celery and leek growers for water recycling technology
- NematiQ penned a memorandum of understanding with Schreurs & Sons to demonstrate its direct graphene membrane nanofiltration technology at its manufacturing and packaging facility in Victoria
- NematiQ and Schreurs will complete a larger scale pilot trial prior until the end of this year, with the results used to inform an evaluation of the technology
- If the pilot trial is successful, this may lead to a full-scale plant being designed and installed for the Schreurs & Sons food processing facility
- Clean TeQ Water is up 8.16 per cent, trading at 53 cents at 12:58 pm AEST
Clean TeQ Water’s (CNQ) subsidiary has signed a deal with one of Australia’s largest celery and leek growers for water recycling technology.
NematiQ penned a memorandum of understanding with Schreurs & Sons to demonstrate its direct graphene membrane nanofiltration technology to treat and recycle water for use in its manufacturing and packaging facility in Clyde, Victoria.
The Schreurs company grows and processes celery and leeks for both the domestic and export market. As part of the process, water is used for washing, cutting, and disinfecting the greens.
However, due to the considerable amounts of water used in this process, Schreurs said it wants to commit to reducing the use of fresh water by increasing the use of high-quality recycled water.
The NematiQ technology can filter bacteria, viruses, and organics and can achieve very high flux rates at low pressure. This results in energy savings and reduced greenhouse gas emissions for users, in comparison to reverse osmosis and traditional nanofiltration.
NematiQ and Schreurs will complete a larger scale pilot trial prior until the end of this year, with the results used to inform a technical and economic evaluation of the technology.
The pilot trial will make use of either 4040 or 8040-sized graphene nanofiltration modules to process larger volumes of water continuously. If successful, this may lead to a full-scale plant being designed and installed for the Schreurs & Sons food processing facility.
“We are committed to reducing our energy and water footprint to be a leader of sustainable production in the food sector,” Schreurs & Sons Director Chris Schreurs said.
“The results from the NematiQ filtrations of our wash waters are very exciting.”
Clean TeQ Water was up 8.16 per cent, trading at 53 cents at 12:58 pm AEST.
