To begin with, Kylin is a legendary hooved chimerical one-horned creature that appears in Chinese mythology. Why do we name our pellets after Kylin? Because they have something in common: they all originate from China and are unique.
Kylin Pellets® was developed in China by our intimate partner (Zhanyuan Environmental Technologies Co., Ltd.) in 2021 to remove phosphates from the water. The active element in Kylin Pellets® is lanthanum, a rare-earth element with a strong affinity to bind with phosphate.
I know, it’s starting to sound like certian types of phosphorus sequestering agent with a fancy name to you. But the stunning and unique features of Kylin Pellets distinguish them from traditional materials:®
Kylin Pellets do not disperse or dissolve in water. They will stay in the form as they were in the water, forever.®
Kylin Pellets have a sustained absorbing functionality. It works like another Chinese mythical creature-Pixiu, who is capable of drawing wealth (in this case, phosphate) from all directions, all the time.®
The maximum adsorption capacity of Kylin Pellets is 26mg/g. That’s quite a number!®
Kylin Pellets can reduce phosphate close to or below standard detection limits (10μg/L). We don’t want to brag, but not all filter products could push this far.®
Besides, Kylin Pellets is environmentally safe, easy to use, and can permanently bind phosphate.®
We carried out a month-long experiment in November 2022 to further verify the above statement.
The primary purpose of this experiment is to verify that Kylin Pellets is capable of reducing phosphate close to or below standard detection limits. As a result, the dosage we adopted here is slightly higher than recommended.®
The test result of PO4-P in the two groups at each point of time are listed here:
Effect of Kylin Pellets on Phosphate (PO4-P) Removal
Test Subject/Group | 0d (mg/L) | 2d (mg/L) | 31d (mg/L) | Removal Rate after 31d |
1 | 1.200 | 1.000 | 0.020 | 98.3% |
2 | 1.200 | 0.700 | 0.010 | 99.2% |
The data showed that after 31 days of static reaction, Phosphate in the water samples was reduced from 1.2mg/L to 0.02mg/L and 0.01 mg/L. The phosphate removal rates were 98.3% and 99.2%, respectively. The result shows that Kylin Pellets is capable of reducing phosphate close to or below standard detection limits.®
In addition, we observed that the Kylin Pellets morphology remained undispersed in the granular state throughout the test.®
Despite the impact of epidemic control on the conduct of the experiment, the test can still be considered a success. Because the experiment perfectly verified the product’s ability to remove phosphate.
The form of Kylin Pellets does not change when added to water, which gives Kylin Pellets a great advantage and market potential for phosphorus removal in multiple scenarios.®®
In our next experiment, we will verify the maximum adsorption capacity of Kylin Pellets, under the recommended dosage, in bigger experiment equipment and with denser monitoring frequency.