The test work will be carried out at a customer site in the US and will focus on the removal of sulphate from wastewater generated from flue gas treatment. The test work is expected to be completed during the second quarter of this year.
The mobile pilot plant, a joint initiative of BioteQ and Newalta, provides on-site field testing for sulphate removal from wastewater. The unit applies BioteQ’s ion exchange based Sulf-IX technology, which produces treated effluent with low residual sulphate concentrations for re-use or discharge. The only by-product of the process is a solid gypsum product.
“We are seeing greater scrutiny and regulation relating to sulphate discharge in many jurisdictions around the world. This contract provides an opportunity to demonstrate the flexibility and functionality of Sulf-IX technology in a new sulphate removal application,” said BioteQ CEO Jonathan Wilkinson. “The signing of this contract also represents an exciting opportunity to apply the technology in a market vertical outside of hard rock mining.”
