WembraneX is an Italian start-up born with the ambition to make a significant contribution to UN Sustainable Goal 6 - Ensure Access to Clean Water and Sanitation for all by 2030.
Our technology allows a significant improvement in the performance of MBR based municipal and industrial water treatment facilities by decreasing their operating costs up to 50%. We achieve this goal through a new generation of membranes, which are easily retrofittable in existing facilities without additional capital investment. Specifically, the MEMTEK membrane manufactured by WembraneX has intrinsic anti-fouling and anti-microbial properties, is tailorable depending on the characteristics of the waters to be purified, has stable performance over time and is manufactured using environmentally friendly materials.
MEMTEK membranes in MBR based water treatment facilities provide several advantages compared to commercially available membranes and specifically:
- Low fouling tendency;
- High antimicrobial activity;
- Properties tuneable to target application;
- High stability;
- Low environmental impact of the materials used in the manufacturing process.
Based on an analysis to assess the operating costs improvements in a water treatment facility over 12 years, the use of a new MEMTEK membrane is expected to deliver a reduction of:
- up to 75% in the use of chemicals for membrane modules cleaning;
- up to 75% in the time spent for module cleaning;
- up to 30% in membrane module replacement;
this will translate in an estimated overall operating cost reduction up to 50% in a MBR-based facility.
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