1. Developing a competitive recovery and regeneration method for a novel adsorbent
Alex Cleaveland, Donald Boehm, Marcia Silva*, David Garman
UWM Water Technology Accelerator

2. Our Product Novel filtration porous material Graphene based coating
Cost effective
Promising regenerative properties

3. Column Run Spectrometric Analysis Thermal Regeneration
Method
Column Run
Spectrometric Analysis
Thermal Regeneration

4. Disperse Blue 26 Results Sample Number Regeneration Cycle
Percent Capture
Percent Retention R1 1
59.53 2
62.20
104.49 3
53.72
90.24 R2
43.66
48.09
110.15
17.22
39.44 R3
56.95
63.88
112.17
60.50
106.23

5. Methylene Blue Results
Sample Number
Regeneration Cycle
Percent Capture
Percent Retention R1 1
87.03 2
87.40
100.43 3
85.70
98.48 R2
87.69
86.98
99.19
85.80
97.84 R3
87.62
100.08
97.92

6. Conclusions
Disperse Blue 26 adsorbent retained 100 ±10% of original capacity
Methylene Blue adsorbent retained 100 ± 3% of original capacity
Adsorbent has a promising outlook of meeting or exceeding our 5 cycle goal