In partnership with the Unknown Group, 2023
We participated in Chemport Europe’s Sustainable Industry Challenge 2023, in partnership with the Unknown Group. Scale-ups active in green chemistry, energy transition or recycling were encouraged to submit solutions for a number innovation challenges which would enable the industry to become more sustainable. Other participants alongside Nobian were BASF, Cosun Beet Company, RWE and Teijin Aramid.
Our challenge was to purify and extract salt from salty residual streams, thereby reusing the wastewater and salt as a raw material. Nobian and start-up company Adionics worked together to evaluate the application of technologies in the field of salt extraction from brine streams. This was the result of our search for a partnership to help us extract value from our process and wastewater.
Adionics can provide unique technology for the salt production process to extract more salt and valuable minerals from brine streams while using less water and energy. Following laboratory studies, we intend to construct a pilot plant at our salt plant in the Delfzijl Chemical Park as an intermediate step towards its eventual application. The size and scale of our salt production also offers great opportunities to extract not only more salt, but also minerals from the brine. At the same time, we can reduce water and energy consumption.