EDAC Labs creates the Electrosynthesizer™, an electrochemical cell that splits brine on‑site into low‑cost acids and bases using minimal energy. The modular system enables continuous reagent regeneration for hydrometallurgical processes, allowing industrial producers in e‑waste recycling, glass upcycling, silicate mining, and battery material manufacturing to reduce emissions, cut logistics costs, and generate high‑purity circular products.
Funding
$3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Industrial processes that require acids and bases rely on energy‑intensive chlor‑alkali production and generate hazardous waste, leading to high carbon emissions and costly reagent logistics. This makes large‑scale decarbonization and circular material recovery economically challenging for sectors such as e‑waste recycling, glass upcycling, and silicate mining.
Solution
EDAC Labs has developed the Electrosynthesizer™, an electrochemical cell that splits brine into low‑cost acids (e.g., HCl, H₂SO₄) and bases (e.g., NaOH) using minimal energy. The system operates in a modular, on‑site format, enabling continuous regeneration of reagents for downstream hydrometallurgical processes. By coupling the generated chemicals with proprietary low‑temperature catalytic steps, the company can upcycle post‑consumer glass, e‑waste, and ultramafic rocks into high‑purity silica, magnesium compounds, and critical metals while capturing CO₂ in mineral forms. The technology eliminates the need for external reagent shipments, reduces process emissions, and creates economically viable circular product streams across multiple industrial applications.
Target Audience
Primary customers are industrial manufacturers and processors in e‑waste recycling, glass upcycling, silicate mining, and battery material production, as well as companies seeking on‑site low‑cost acid/base generation for decarbonized chemical processes.
Features
- Electrochemical brine splitting that produces acid and base at roughly half the cost of conventional chlor‑alkali methods
- Modular, on‑site electrosynthesizer units that can be scaled and customized for different acid/base pairs
- Integrated low‑temperature catalytic organics removal for e‑waste, preserving metals for high‑yield hydrometallurgical extraction
- Closed‑loop reagent regeneration that eliminates waste brine streams and reduces logistics costs
- Capability to upcycle recycled glass into technical‑grade sodium silicate and produce downstream silica products
- Mass‑balanced hydrometallurgical processing of silicate rocks delivering >99% pure silica, magnesium hydroxide/oxide, and critical metal hydroxides with near‑zero CO₂ emissions
- Optional air‑contactor integration for direct air capture, converting captured CO₂ into stable magnesium carbonate