The Calix Technology Centre has recently delivered multiple paid campaigns for customers across a range of prospective applications of the Calix platform technology.
A growing customer pipeline is being supported by material testing services to characterise the technology’s performance when processing a specific feedstock material, and to inform the design of potential commercial plants.
Increased demand for customer material testing is being enabled by the addition of a third calciner at the Calix Technology Centre. Known as Thor’s Hammer, the latest calciner enables processing of smaller batches of customer’s material. It also features a directly electrified design, which removes the need for external electrical heating elements and marks an important step towards hybrid electric-combustion heating systems.
Recent material testing activity at the Calix Technology Centre has included:
- Successful testing of ‘black mass’ materials for the separation and recycling of lithium-ion battery materials
- Completion of the first stage of the material testing program under the services agreement with Norsk Hydro, utilising feedstock from Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte refinery in Brazil
- Successful production of calcined clays for testing in supplementary cementitious materials
- Commenced testing of ocean alkalinity materials for Frontier, following the award of a R&D grant funded by Google, Stripe and Shopify
To learn more about the Calix Technology Centre’s material testing capabilities, visit the Technology Centre.
