Graphene filtration system as a novel treatment of residential grey water for reuse

圣劳伦斯学院和Grafoid公司的研究小组。金斯顿安大略，已经建立了一个合作伙伴关系，以评估其紧凑型过滤系统的有效性，作为一种新的系统，用于处理住宅灰水再利用。 我们每天都在使用水作为生命的重要组成部分。然而，地球上的淡水供应量正在稳步下降。水正在成为新的“蓝色黄金”。灰水处理和再利用通常与面临水资源短缺的地区有关。商业和住宅建筑景观中灰水处理的技术方法涉及从诸如淋浴器、浴缸和洗衣机的固定装置中捕获用过的水，以随后收集和处理该水，以达到NSF/ANSI 350标准，用于住宅（R类）和商业（C类）在厕所冲洗中的再利用。 Grafoid Inc.，作为石墨烯解决方案开发领域的领导者，该公司一直致力于减少从住宅源到市政处理厂的水排放。该公司打算利用研究成果，并与房地产开发商和市政当局合作，建立进入点，或者在这种情况下，退出点灰水处理，以便在适用的情况下回收和再利用。该项目旨在研究在现有专有处理系统中添加电凝聚和电氧化等上游组件，以评估这种新解决方案在处理住宅灰水方面的功效。 该联合研究项目将重点关注紧凑型过滤系统与其他上游组件在处理含有脂肪、油和油脂等特定参数的住宅灰水方面的功效，并与NSF/ANSI 350灰水再利用标准进行比较。凭借该项目的成果，Grafoid将能够彻底改变灰水处理行业，并帮助房地产开发商和市政当局实现更可持续的增长。

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.