{"id":5422,"date":"2026-01-07T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iqe.es\/project-zerosilibrine_p\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:52:15","slug":"project-zerosilibrine_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iqe.es\/en\/project-zerosilibrine_p\/","title":{"rendered":"Project ZEROSILIBRINE_P"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Implementation of a circular model at IQE to valorize the sodium sulfate effluent from precipitated silica, recovering anhydrous sulfate and reducing water and sodium chloride consumption in internal processes<\/strong>, is beneficiary of the 2024 Call for Grants to Promote the Circular Economy in Companies from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), financed by the European Union \u2013 NextGeneration EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed project seeks to recover sodium sulfate using reverse osmosis, evaporation, and crystallization processes. 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