Effluent treatment
We were asked by one of the UK’s premier blue chip industries to develop a cost effective, reliable and revolutionary solution to remove the waste solids from the effluent waste produced in of their site processes. We are not at liberty at this time to disclose the name of the company because of industry protocols.
Approximately five years ago we were asked if it was possible to design a system capable of removing dangerous contaminants from effluents involved in the the customer's core production process. The system needed to remove any liquid from the solids thus allowing the solids to be treated separately and significantly reducing costs. Their present process involved passing the effluent through a centrifuge separator to remove the solids but the dangerous contamination in the effluent had to be below 20 PPM before industy regulations would allow the safe discharge of the water. To achieve less than 20 ppm the effluent needed to pass through the centrifuge a minimum of four times before the effluent became safe to discharge. After a full treatment in the centrifuge, the fluid came off as water with a tinge of brown/yellow. Also, the process had to be monitored constantly because of possible breakdowns or leaks, this was costly to the client in labour and maintenance.
We came up with a solution and after a few meetings at our premises we designed a trial to prove the theory.
When we had developed a prototype there was an element of scepticism whether or not we could give them the results found on the trial.
Five years on we have finally commissioned the system and after initial testing our revolutionary system is removing between 7 and 10 litres of water every hour, we estimate that with some further enhancements we can increase production from 240 litres in 24 hours to a staggering 1200 litres in 24 hours.
After treatment, the water out of our system has been tested and confirmed to be carrying less than 1 PPM which is actually just on the limit of their testing capability (the previous centrifuge system could only manage 20 PPM) the water is clear and free from colouration, the purity of tap water.
For further information on this project please contact Mike or John through the contact us page. You can download a PDF regarding this project by clicking the logo below;
