Business Description
We are a clean technology company that provides state-of-the-art technologies
for gas and liquid purification by manufacturing ceramic silicon carbide filters.
For more than a decade, we have developed and manufactured products of re-crystallized
silicon carbide. We specialize in two business areas: ceramic membranes for
liquid filtration and diesel particulate filters for the control of soot exhaust
particles from diesel engines. We are phasing out the fabrication of kiln furniture
for the refractory industry. Using nanotechnology, we develop proprietary products
using patented silicon carbide technology. Our products are based on unique
silicon carbide membranes which facilitate new applications and improve existing
technologies. We market our products from our offices in the United States and
Denmark, and through local representatives in Singapore, Germany, France and
Brazil. The products are shipped directly to customers from our production facilities
in the United States and Denmark.
Under the “LiqTech”, “Cometas” and “Provital”
brand names, we manufacture and sell ceramic silicon carbide membranes and systems
for liquid filtration using our patented silicon carbide technology (“SiC
Filters”) that currently focus on hydrocarbon production-derived contaminated
water, which we refer to herein as “produced water”, removal of
heavy metals in mining and energy applications, pre-filtration for reverse osmosis
in drinking water and industrial applications.
Our filters are manufactured with a silicon carbide ceramic membrane based
on a patented technology, and we are not aware of any other company that makes
both the substrate (honeycomb) and the membrane (the part which accomplishes
the filtering) solely from silicon carbide.
Our SiC membranes offer consistent removal of oil and suspended solids at high
throughput rates regardless of feed conditions. The membranes are ideal for
treatment of produced water for discharge, re-injection, pre-reverse osmosis
(“RO”) as well as polymer flooded streams. We offer on shore and
off shore solutions and have extensive experience with produced water streams
from fracking, gas condensate, and oil emulsions. We believe our SiC membranes
are the best alternative to micro-flotation and walnut shell filters due to
their cost savings, reduced installation cost and robustness with reduced downtime.
Our chemically inert plug-and-play filter designs are extremely hard and durable
materials with high flux (flow) to increase membrane life and reduce downtime
for cleaning. SiC membranes are stronger, harder, longer lasting, more temperature
resistant, and recover faster than conventional ceramic and polymeric membranes.
We offer diesel particulate filters (“DPF”) for exhaust emission
control solutions to the verified retrofit and the original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) market through our direct sales force. DPF sales are generally made to
distributors specializing in sales to end users. We use a proprietary “nano
washcoat” to provide catalytic coating for anything from diesel particulate
filters to catalytic converters. We have developed a robust silicon carbide
diesel particulate filter that is especially useful for vehicles that produce
a high soot load, and, if properly maintained, should last as long as the vehicle’s
engine. Our DPFs are ideal for off-road vehicles because of their strength,
chemical non-reactive nature, temperature resilience and thermal conductivity.
Our DPF products are sold worldwide, under the LiqTech brand name.
Kiln furniture refers to all items used in a kiln to support ceramics that create
additional space to maximize the number of items for each firing. Our high-quality
SiC kiln furniture is thinner (allowing more items to be added for each firing),
withstands higher heat, lasts longer and reduces the firing time (reducing energy
costs) as compared to cordierite, mullite and oxide bonded kiln furniture.
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