Water treatment systems developer Porifera has been recommended by the California Energy Commission for proposed awards totaling $5.7 million for demonstration projects that pilot two of Porifera's treatment systems with a variety of customers in the industrial, agricultural and water sectors.
The first demonstration project, selected for a proposed award of $3.2 million, will pilot Porifera's PFO Recycler system, an energy efficient hybrid Forward Osmosis + Reverse Osmosis system that generates purified water streams for reuse as process water or for irrigation. The second, selected for a proposed award of $2.5 million, will test Porifera's PFO Concentrator System, which the company says is an energy-efficient, low-cost way to match the performance of an evaporator while generating purified water streams for high purity reuse.
The company says the awards allow it to demonstrate its technology in key markets while negotiating additional funding with investors.
