SBIR Phase I: Enhanced Sludge Dewatering with Improved Odor Control

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将推进工业和市政污泥脱水的最先进技术，特别是油污泥的脱水。该项目将评估纳米颗粒材料的使用，以减少聚合物的使用和气味潜力，增加蛋糕固体，并降低炼油厂污泥的脱水成本。该项目将使用具有不同结构和表面特征的纳米材料来解决油污泥的脱水问题。该项目的最后一项任务是制定具有实用脱水技术的实地研究计划，这将是推进商业化的关键。拟议项目的更广泛/商业影响将是开发一种新型的炼油厂污泥脱水助剂。其结果将是提高效率和更好地控制工业油污泥的气味。此外，使用纳米级添加剂进行脱水有可能增加脱水蛋糕中的固体百分比，从而通过减少车辆排放来降低碳足迹。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will advance the state-of-the-art in dewatering of industrial and municipal sludges in general and oily sludges in particular. The project will evaluate the use of nanoparticle materials to reduce polymer use and odor potential, increase cake solids, and reduce dewatering costs for oil refinery sludge. The project will use nanoscale materials with different architectures and surface characteristics to address dewatering of oily sludges. The final task in the project, developing plans for a field study with a practical dewatering technology, will be key for proceeding to commercialization.The broader/commercial impacts of the proposed project will be the development of a new class of dewatering aids for oily refinery sludge. The result will be improved efficiency and better odor control for industrial oily sludges. In addition, dewatering using nanoscale additives has the potential to increase the percent solids in the dewatering cake, leading to a lower carbon footprint through lower vehicle emissions.