Grafoid, Liquinex provide water purification solutions

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (Bernama) -- Grafoid Inc announced a strategic partnership with Liquinex today to provide water purification solutions using the industry-leading MESOGRAF™ graphene based filtration technology, GPURE. The increasing demand for clean drinking water, rising scarcity of water resources, rapid industrialisation and increasing construction activities, represent real-world factors that necessitate the need for scalable water treatment solutions around the globe. Compounded by other factors, such as the increased support from government regarding treatment and proper disposal of water, the global market for water treatment solutions is expected to grow at an annual compounded growth rate of 7.4% from 2017 to 2027. GPURE’s graphene based filtration products are readily scalable to meet these commercial demands making them ideal for industrial level, niche applications such as the concentration of beverages, treatment of crude oil/water mixtures, biofuel and industrial wastewater treatments where reverse osmosis (RO) is not suitable due to the fouling tendencies when concentrated liquids are purged through RO cartridges. MESOGRAF™ graphene, being a 2D-material with high surface-area and functional-group tunability, exhibits outstanding absorption and recyclability capabilities for a wide variety of contaminants. “Our MESOGRAF™ surface engineered graphene derivatives have been successfully deployed to meet the specific requirements of our industrial clients,” said Grafoid engineering manager, Dr Kiran Manga. “Our GPURE technologies are able to remove up to 99.8% phenol contaminants, 99% dye removal from real-time industrial wastewater samples at neutral pH and room temperature,” he added. Liquinex Group Pte Ltd chief executive officer, Bashir Ahmad, said: “Effective water treatment solutions require strong partnerships, and alignment between both public sector, such as IPI Singapore, and private organisations to implement broad-based adoption of innovative technologies – such as Grafoid – will be critical. We are empowered by this partnership with Grafoid and foresee tremendous potential.” For more information, visit http://www.grafoid.com/ -- BERNAMA