Coralville company receives funding for nitrate removal technologyCORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Coralville company working to find a cost-effectiv...
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CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Coralville company working to find a cost-effective way to remove nitrates from water recently received funding from the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
Pani Clean received a $50,000 loan to help continue its work developing technology that removes nitrates from water and converts them to ammonia.
The company’s origins trace back about 10 years, when CEO and President Joun Lee was traveling in India and noticed children playing in purple-tinted water.
“That didn’t look safe. That moment remained with me. And that was the moment I decided to dedicate my set of expertise and skills to solve the water challenges,” Lee said.
Lee began working at the University of Iowa to create new technology to remove nitrates from water. The major challenge was cost.
“Currently, there are not many ways to completely get rid of nitrates in a cost-effective way,” Lee said.
Now, years later, Lee’s team has created a device that removes nitrates affordably and converts them to ammonia.
“We collect the nitrates waste from, for example, the ion exchange plants or from industries,” Lee said. “And convert them back into ammonia, which can be used and redistributed to the farms as fertilizers. And later in the future, it can be used as a clean fuel as well.”
The company’s Chief Technology Officer, Sattar Al Saedi, said the work creates passion for the team.
“This creates the passion inside me to work hard on delivering or at least participating in where I can clean the water,” Al Saedi said.
“So the impact Pani Clean is bringing is really keeps me going,” Mistry said.
Pani Clean currently tests its technology with Iowa City’s wastewater treatment plant. Lee said they hope the technology can eventually be used globally.
“Our technology is tested in a real environment settings and it’s getting closer to be used in the commercialization form,” Lee said.
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