Oxyle: Industrial pilot validates performance basis for full-scale system targeting >99.9% degradation of C3-PFAS
Oxyle successfully validated its PFAS destruction solution on-site at an industrial facility, demonstrating readiness for industrial-scale implementation
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Swiss cleantech company Oxyle has successfully demonstrated its PFAS destruction solution at an industrial customer site, adding to a growing portfolio of customer validations and advancing the commercialization of permanent PFAS destruction.
Daniel Kunz Adliswil Switzerland
In an on-site pilot at an industrial facility, Oxyle validated the degradation and defluorination of high concentrations of an ultra-short-chain C3 PFAS compound in two separate process wastewater streams using OxLight, its proprietary photochemical reduction technology.
Demonstrating permanent destruction under real industrial conditions provides further evidence that hard-to-treat ultra-short-chain PFAS can be effectively addressed at industrial scale. Beyond validating treatment performance, the pilot generated the operational and engineering insights needed to support full-scale deployment and broader market adoption.
Field results demonstrate destruction across two complex wastewater matrices
The pilot evaluated two wastewater streams containing the same ultra-short-chain C3 PFAS compound but exhibiting significantly different matrix characteristics and contaminant concentrations. Oxyle deployed OxLight for on-site PFAS destruction, with stream-specific process designs tailored to each matrix.
The system achieved more than 99% degradation in an inorganic-rich wastewater stream containing approximately 20-25 ppm PFAS, and more than 97% degradation in a high-organic wastewater stream with PFAS concentrations of around 70 ppm.
In addition, fluoride release measurements confirmed cleavage of the carbon-fluorine bond, providing evidence of permanent PFAS destruction.
OxLight: on-site PFAS destruction technology
OxLight is Oxyle’s proprietary destruction technology. It combines UV light with mediator chemicals to break down PFAS compounds on site, offering an alternative to adsorption and filtration approaches that concentrate PFAS into spent media or other secondary waste streams.
OxLight forms the core destruction stage within Oxyle’s modular destruction systems. Additional optimization stages can be added as needed based on each site’s water chemistry, PFAS profile, discharge requirements, and treatment targets.
On-site validation supports full-scale deployment
Beyond demonstrating treatment performance, the pilot generated critical engineering and operational data required for the design of a full-scale process with a 99.9% degradation target. The on-site campaign provided insights into process operability, design parameters, process conditions, and economic performance under real industrial conditions.
Together, these results further strengthen the foundation for deploying Oxyle’s PFAS destruction solutions at commercial scale across a wide range of industrial wastewater applications.
Dr. Fajer Mushtaq, co-founder and CEO of Oxyle, said: “Ultra-short-chain PFAS are among the most persistent and difficult contaminants to address in water treatment. These pilot results demonstrate both the successful destruction of these compounds and the adaptability of our solution to the complex wastewater conditions customers face on site. The resulting dataset provides the empirical foundation to engineer a full-scale solution designed for a > 99.9% treatment target.”
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