Saltworks is delivering a Canadian first to Thailand: a novel pilot plant that can treat industrial wastewater, recycle battery acid, desalt RO brine, and split salt solutions for value recovery. Saltworks previously built similar systems for NASA, who was aiming to recycle wastewater on the International Space Station.
A top tier Thailand company who specializes in membrane separation processes is bringing Saltworks’ advanced water treatment solutions to SE Asia. The Thai company delivers water treatment systems to food, beverage, power, and electronics plants across Asia.
The founder and leader of the Thai company along with his pilot team spent a week at Saltworks’ Vancouver headquarters to receive training on the operation of a mobile ElectroChem pilot. It can be configured with different membrane types and processes to complete a range of important water treatment activities.
Saltworks has additional small scale and simple electrodialysis pilot systems available, including a comprehensive training program. These systems are ideal for piloting recovery of acids, such as hydrochloric or sulfuric acid, or treating highly impaired saline waters.
Saltworks Technologies is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refining. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks’ solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in Richmond, BC, Canada, Saltworks’ team designs, builds, and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive onsite and offsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
Water plays a critical role in ESG performance for many companies. With growing concerns around pollution ands consumption of water and energy, investing in responsible water management technology can improve your ESG profile and reduce operational risks.
Our ultra-high recovery membrane pilot plant has successfully completed another tour of duty. After arriving in Southeast Asia earlier this year, the plant operated continuously around-the-clock for 90 days, achieving 98% water recovery from a complex, mixed industrial wastewater with high organics and variable water chemistry.
Reverse osmosis-based brine concentrators are reaching new performance levels not seen before. Saltworks is pleased to report that a substantial pilot plant is currently demonstrating 99% freshwater recovery on cooling tower blowdown (CTB).
The many options for managing brine, a term for saline wastewater from industrial processes, fall under two categories: brine treatment and brine disposal. Brine treatment involves desalinating the brine for reuse and producing a concentrated brine (lower liquid waste volume), or residual solids (zero liquid discharge).