High efficiency, coupled with low treatment cost, drives potential
black water project in China
OriginClear
Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL),
a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that it
has successfully developed and proven Advanced Oxidation for its
breakthrough water cleanup system, Electro Water Separation™, or EWS.
University laboratory tests have shown that EWS with Advanced
Oxidation (EWS:AOx™) can now extract dissolved contaminants, which
are otherwise difficult to remove without chemicals such as chlorine.
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OriginClear's patented, multi-stage electrochemical water treatment technology, Electro Water Separation with Advanced Oxidation (EWS:AOx™). (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are now addressing more complex and challenging contaminants,
particularly in China,” said Jean-Louis
“JL” Kindler, President of OriginClear Technologies. “Adding
Advanced Oxidation to our existing process is attractive in these
markets. The expected treatment cost in most cases is below US$1 per
treated ton of water.”
“For example, in China, we have been asked to clean up the ‘black water’
contaminants coming out of landfills, which can be so thick that they
can clog up any filter,” Kindler continued. “We have shown that EWS:AOx
can do the job, and I’m happy to report that we are now in the
commercial negotiation phase after a successful demonstration.”
Landfills in China and elsewhere generate tens of thousands of tons of leachate
daily. This leachate, also known as black water, is a major challenge in
wastewater treatment. OriginClear is currently piloting its process for
a landfill leachate treatment system in China.
Recent laboratory studies carried out by the Company in partnership
with California State University at Bakersfield (CSU Bakersfield) have
indicated the effectiveness of EWS:AOx, as measured by Reactive Oxygen
Species (ROS) generation. ROS are the strongest oxidants that can be
used in water. Their confirmed presence indicates the degree to which
the system is able to remove organics from water without
chlorine-generated Disinfection Byproducts, which are considered harmful
in a waste water treatment system.
“EWS already generates 370mg per second of gas, which is more than twice
the amount needed for the removal by electro-flotation of a 2000 mg/l
solids contents wastewater stream,” said Dr. Luis Edgar Cabrales
Arriaga, assistant professor at the Department of Physics and
Engineering at CSU Bakersfield. “Now, we have confirmed that EWS with
Advanced Oxidation also produces more than 330 g/m3 of mixed ROS
species, such as hydrogen peroxide, for a similar average energy
consumption of 1 kWh per m3 of treated water.”
“We are grateful to Professor Cabrales and his team for these results,
which demonstrate the system’s ability to remove a broader variety of
organic species and a disinfection process that does not involve adding
chlorine,” said Nicholas
Eckelberry, OriginClear co-founder and inventor.
“EWS removes the oils and suspended organics that tend to clog up
wastewater filters. As the first step of the treatment process, EWS:AOx
will allow downstream filters and membranes to do their job better,”
continued inventor Eckelberry. “Our technology can also treat dissolved
organics, such as ammonia, phosphorus and hydrogen sulfide, which are
difficult to remove. We’ve found that EWS:AOx delivers twice the
functions in one system, for equivalent energy inputs.”
EWS has always featured electro-oxidation (EO), generated in the two
hardware phases of the system, electro-coagulation (EC) and
electro-flotation (EF). With Advanced Oxidation, the effect is
intensified through a third hardware component, designed to generate ROS
such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyls. These can degrade
virtually any contaminant found in water. Being solely composed of
oxygen and hydrogen, they also introduce no additional hazardous element
in the water, a major benefit for operators wanting to avoid HAZMAT
logistics issues.
“The first two phases must occur before Advanced Oxidation, because they
remove the oils and suspended solids that can neutralize the ROS that
Advanced Oxidation generates,” explained Nicholas Eckelberry. “With the
particles out of the water, Advanced Oxidation can be used to
effectively target the remaining miscible, or dissolved, contaminants.”
This stage is also where AO can generate chlorine species to target
specific soluble compounds such as ammonia, thus allowing finer control
of the amount of generated disinfection byproducts.
Overall, the system has shown a dramatic reduction in Total Organic
Compounds, which includes all forms of organic contamination, including
miscible or dissolved solids, to meet new stringent global discharge
requirements.
Even prior to this innovation, EWS, combined with an iSep
ultrafiltration membrane, demonstrated up to a 99.9% removal of
dispersed oil, 99.5% removal of suspended solids as well as successful
treatment of chemical oxygen demand (COD), including specific
contaminants such as ammonia, phosphorus and hydrogen sulfide. These
results were presented
at the International Water Conference in 2015.
OriginClear recently filed a provisional patent describing the new
process and system configuration. The inventor is Nicholas Eckelberry.
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About OriginClear, Inc.
OriginClear is a leading provider of water treatment solutions and the
developer of a breakthrough water cleanup technology serving the rapidly
growing $500 billion world market. Through its wholly owned
subsidiaries, OriginClear provides systems and services to treat water
in a wide range of industries, such as municipal, pharmaceutical,
semiconductors, industrial, and oil & gas. To rapidly grow this segment
of the business, we strategically acquire profitable and well-managed
water treatment companies, which allow us to expand our global market
presence and technical expertise. To enable a new era of clean and
socially responsible water treatment solutions, we invented Electro
Water Separation™, a breakthrough high-speed water cleanup technology
using multi-stage electrolysis, that we license worldwide to water
treatment equipment manufacturers. Water is our most valuable resource,
and the mission of the “Family of OriginClear Companies” is to improve
the quality of water and help return it to its original and clear
condition. To learn more about OriginClear®, please visit our website at www.originclear.com.
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Abstract:
OriginClear innovation proven to double usefulness of water clarifying
process; high efficiency, coupled with low treatment cost, drives
potential black water project in China
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