FAQs

MyCelx media is a hydrophobic polymer bonded into filter cartridges. Oil and hydrocarbons bind permanently to the polymer as water flows through, so no coagulant, flocculant or emulsion breaker is dosed. The water leaves with less than 1 ppm oil and no visible sheen.

Below 1 ppm at the outlet with no visible sheen, which is well inside typical Australian and Southeast Asian discharge limits of 5 to 15 ppm. Project guarantees are written after Phase I laboratory testing of your water.

Yes. MyCelx PFAS media removes all target PFAS analytes, including PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS and short-chain compounds, to below laboratory detection limits, verified by NATA-accredited laboratories. Hydrocarbons and BTEX are removed in the same pass.

Across legacy Defence PFAS projects in WA, NT and QLD, OLEOLOGY's treatment has averaged about AUD 0.0002 per litre. Full pricing depends on flow rate, PFAS concentration, co-contaminants and hire versus purchase, and is confirmed after Phase I testing.

From 0.1 L/s to over 30 L/s (roughly 360 L/h to 100,000+ L/h) in containerised, skid-mounted or fixed plants. Larger duties use parallel units; an 80 m3/h offshore skid and three 10 m3/h onshore trains have been delivered.

Only dry spent filter media, about 10 kg per megalitre of PFAS water treated. There is no sludge, brine, liquid waste or backwash waste from the PFAS stages. Spent media is thermally oxidised at a licensed facility, leaving about 5% elemental, PFAS-free residual, a defined destruction endpoint.

A single 1.5 kW centrifugal pump is generally adequate for all stages; large containerised plants draw 3 to 5 kW. Oil and gas MyCelx Advanced Coalescer packages have no rotating equipment at all.

Yes. Containerised and skid-mounted plants are available for short and long term hire across Australia and Southeast Asia, including PFAS dewatering hire for construction and roads projects, typically set up and commissioned in one day.

Yes. Phase I is NATA laboratory testing of your water, Phase II is an onsite pilot trial with sampling at each treatment stage, and Phase III is hire or purchase of the full-scale plant. Most clients commit only after seeing trial results against their licence limits.

MyCelx bonds contaminants permanently rather than adsorbing them reversibly, so there is no desorption or breakthrough risk. It removes hydrocarbons and PFAS together, so oily water does not foul the media the way it blinds GAC and resin. Footprint is up to 10 times smaller, waste up to 20 times less, with no clean-in-place, regeneration chemicals or brine, and plants commission in a day.

Gravity separators and plate coalescers depend on droplet size and residence time and typically stop at 10 to 15 ppm, with breakthrough under emulsions or spikes. MyCelx captures emulsified and sub-micron droplets and holds them permanently, reaching below 1 ppm and tolerating spikes.

OLEOLOGY has offices in Perth (Henderson WA), Brisbane (Hemmant QLD) and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It serves all of Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, with consulting delivered globally.

Yes. OLEOLOGY is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. MyCelx media is NSF certified and laboratory results are provided through NATA-accredited laboratories.

Yes. OLEOLOGY supplies MyCelx-based absorbents, booms, stormwater drain inserts and spill kits for marine, port and industrial spill response.

Yes. Precursors left in water oxidise over time into regulated compounds such as PFOA and PFOS. OLEOLOGY verifies precursor removal with the TOP assay (TOPA) under the PFAS NEMP, and its Darwin airport and Defence installations have demonstrated precursor removal in operation.

Yes. MyCelx was listed by the WA Department of Environment Regulation in 2016 as an available PFAS treatment technology in Australia, was independently field-validated for Airservices Australia at Tullamarine Airport and reported to Senate Estimates in May 2016, has Queensland Urban Utilities approval for discharge to sewer, and operates under Defence and Townsville City Council oversight. The media is NSF approved for PFAS removal.

About 10 kg of dry spent media per megalitre treated, with no sludge, brine, liquid waste or air emissions. Spent media is thermally oxidised at a licensed facility leaving about 5% elemental, PFAS-free residual. Against GAC at the same flow the footprint is up to 10 times smaller and waste up to 20 times less.

Yes. OLEOLOGY supplies a technical data pack covering technology characterisation, NATA data with TOP assay, waste characterisation and disposal pathway, P&IDs and monitoring and failsafe arrangements, or through OLEOLOGY Consulting runs the approvals process with the regulator to determination.

Plants are factory tested and delivered ready for site connection. Skid and containerised systems are typically set up and commissioned in one day, about 4 hours setup and 4 hours commissioning.