BioX Signs MOU with Sillim University to Establish "Green Hydrogen Testbed"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] BioX is partnering with the University of Seoul to establish a testbed for biohydrogen production, including water recycling and green hydrogen in the Seoul area.

On the 14th, BioX announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Seoul to jointly promote technology development projects related to water recycling technology and carbon neutrality/green hydrogen.

Through this agreement, BioX plans to actively collaborate with the University of Seoul at the Seoul Jungnang Water Reclamation Center’s Water Recycling Technology R&D Center to commercialize technology development projects related to water recycling technology and carbon neutrality/green hydrogen. They plan to establish a system to support the activation of various research activities conducted at the Water Recycling Technology R&D Center as well as commercialization.

BioX plans to specialize the ‘HAAMA (Hydrogen Amassing Anodic Microbial Assembly)’ system, a high-purity green hydrogen energy generation technology using microbial electrolysis of organic waste, and related water recycling and resource circulation technologies at the Jungnang Water Reclamation Center, conducting system construction and testing. Subsequently, they will be responsible for business investment, field demonstration, and commercialization.

The University of Seoul will be in charge of the overall business plan for operating the HAAMA system at the Water Recycling Technology R&D Center in consultation with the Seoul Jungnang Water Reclamation Center.

A company official explained, “By signing this agreement with the Seoul Jungnang Water Reclamation Center’s Water Recycling Technology R&D Center, we have secured a foothold in the Seoul area and established a testbed.” He added, “Based on this, we plan to attempt the production of green hydrogen with a purity of over 99% through integrated treatment and testing of various organic wastes, including food waste, sewage sludge, distillery wastewater, livestock waste, and paper/dyeing wastewater, as well as conducting demonstration research.”

He continued, “As the government plans to produce 2 million tons of blue hydrogen and 3 million tons of green hydrogen to achieve 100% clean hydrogen transition, BioX’s HAAMA system-based green hydrogen generation technology is expected to contribute to national competitiveness.” He added, “We expect BioX to grow into a company equipped with the capability to lead the global market by laying the foundation for national competitiveness in the green hydrogen business, a next-generation core industry.”

Professor Hyunwook Kim of the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Seoul, director of the Seoul Jungnang Water Reclamation Center’s Water Recycling Technology R&D Center, said, “We expect this to be an optimal testbed that can expand the applicability of the core technologies introduced and developed by BioX and propose solutions to current issues.” He added, “In the future, BioX and the University of Seoul will conduct collaborative research to develop post-treatment and resource recovery technologies for the HAAMA system process water.”

Meanwhile, BioX received recognition from the Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL), the only public comprehensive testing and certification institution in Korea, for producing biohydrogen with a purity of over 91% through continuous operation of the HAAMA system based on food waste wastewater at Ewha Womans University’s laboratory. Additionally, in joint research with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), they succeeded in producing green hydrogen with 99% purity on a laboratory scale using distillery wastewater with the HAAMA system.

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