ZwitterCo develops zwitterionic membranes that effectively filter fats, oils, and proteins from highly impaired wastewater, enabling reliable water treatment in challenging environments. Their technology significantly reduces cleaning frequency and costs, allowing for up to 95% water reuse in industrial applications.
Funding
$101.8M 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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Product
Problem
Many industrial wastewater streams contain high concentrations of fats, oils, grease (FOG), and proteins, which cause significant fouling issues for traditional membrane filtration systems. This fouling leads to frequent cleaning cycles, reduced membrane lifespan, increased chemical usage, and higher operational costs.
Solution
ZwitterCo provides zwitterionic membrane solutions engineered to treat highly fouling wastewater in industries such as meat and poultry, dairy processing, and landfill leachate treatment. Their superfiltration (SF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are designed to resist fouling, enabling reliable water treatment and reuse in challenging environments. The membranes facilitate reduced cleaning frequency (up to 90%), longer membrane lifespans (at least 2x), and the potential for up to 95% water reuse. By eliminating or reducing the need for inline chemical dosing and complex cleaning programs, ZwitterCo's technology lowers operational expenses and promotes sustainable water management practices.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes industrial facilities in sectors such as meat and poultry processing, dairy processing, landfill leachate treatment, power generation, and bioprocessing that struggle with wastewater treatment due to high fouling and seek to reduce costs, improve water reuse, and meet discharge limits.
Features
- Zwitterionic membrane technology resistant to fouling from fats, oils, proteins, and other organic compounds
- Superfiltration (SF) membranes for high-fouling industrial streams, enabling >99% removal of FOG and TSS
- Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes designed for challenging surface water, boiler feedwater, and MBR effluent streams
- Reduced cleaning frequency by up to 90% compared to conventional membranes
- Membrane lifespan at least twice as long as traditional RO membranes
- Drop-in replacement design for easy integration with existing systems
- Ability to eliminate or reduce inline DAF chemical dosing in meat and poultry applications
- Potential for >95% water reuse in industrial applications