SolidHydrogen successful in grant to remove PFAS in water with NSSN

SolidHydrogen is glad to announce they have been successful in securing a grant with NSSN - New South Wales Smart Sensing Network - for the remediation of PFAS Contaminated Water by Vacuum Ultraviolet Irradiation together with ANU and the University of Sydney. PFAS are "forever chemicals" derived from plastics which cannot be disposed of and are a threat to human health. It is a high profile contaminant highlighted in major media and scientific studies.

 The application of the Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) source using a green hydrogen fuelled plasma for a few minutes completely degrades the PFAS to innocuous elements. The green hydrogen will be stored in SolidHydrogen metal hydrides vessels to provide the concentration of hydrogen necessary to generate these VUV. UVs are commonly used in the treatment of water in water treatment plants worldwide. 

The validation of the technology with SolidHydrogen storage and its potential to scale up will be of large benefit to safely remove the content of PFAS in drinking water at affordable costs. SolidHydrogen provide an safe explosive free storage of H2 in a very compact way and that can cheaply be connected direcly to an electrolyser without having to compress the hydrogen, the most expensive operation in an hydrogen chain. This application is likely to provide a significant market for SolidHydrogen products.