Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
St. Lawrence College
$25,000.00
Graphene filtration system as a novel treatment of residential grey water for reuse
EF 2020-21
Résumé
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.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Other
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
560706-2020
Name nom
Dick, Ian
Department département
Kingston campus
Organization id
25433
Institution établissement
St. Lawrence College
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
1208
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Materials sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences des matériaux
Research subject code
2000
Research subject group en
Materials science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Research subject en
Materials science and technology
Research subject fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Graphene filtration system as a novel treatment of residential grey water for reuse
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
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.
