Validating FilaChar Use in Wastewater Treatment

目前，还没有对环境无害的向上循环解决方案来筛选垃圾。“筛选废物”是废水处理设施产生的，在污水处理期间从进水中移走；它被储存在料斗中并被送往垃圾填埋场。这种废物来源每年都在增加，并对污水处理厂的基础设施和财政成本造成重大挑战。垃圾填埋场会造成土壤和水的污染，释放温室气体，并通过积累危险废物对生态系统和人类健康构成威胁。由于造纸业对质量和卫生的担忧，筛分废料“纤维”不能回收利用。然而，在我们的初步结果中，我们探索了使用它来创造一种新的碳基生物炭是有希望的。Carbogenics是苏格兰生物技术集群的成员，我们将对这种未得到充分利用的生物质供应进行升级，这对社区和WWT行业都是一个胜利。FilaChar是一种正在申请专利的富碳材料，名为生物炭，由有机废物制成，每吨生物炭可以隔离三吨二氧化碳，从而起到碳汇的作用。它旨在解决WWT中的一些问题，如气味排放、生物处理步骤的低效曝气对能源的高需求、污染物去除性能的波动，特别是在高峰负荷期间，以及处理筛分废物的高昂成本，这些问题使WWT的运营成本增加了5%以上。我们的初步研究表明，FilaChar能够去除废水中的污染物和气味，改善污水污泥的沉降，并强化活性污泥工艺。FilaChar的生产具有净负面碳影响，可以显著减少碳排放。该项目寻求在先前的工业生物技术研究的基础上，评估FilaChar在改进WWT过程中的实际应用和有效性。我们正在与苏格兰水务公司合作，以获得相关的生物质供应和他们的博尼斯测试设施，以推进这项工作。该项目将对如何处理筛分废物并将其大规模转化为FilaChar进行全面评估，并评估其商业可行性。随后，我们将进行一项试验，调查FilaChar在去除污染物方面的效率、浸出行为及其对废水处理过程的影响。我们的努力将集中于与有关当局合作，解决立法问题并收集数据来证实我们的说法。我们的目标是为FilaChar建立一条调控途径。此外，我们将进行全面的案头研究，以确定FilaChar未来的潜在市场。

At present, there is no environmentally sound upcycling solution to screening waste. 'Screening Waste' is generated from wastewater treatment (WWT) facilities and is removed from the influent during WWT; it is stored in skips and sent to landfill. This source of waste is increasing annually and causes significant challenges to the infrastructure and financial cost of WWT.Landfills contribute to soil and water pollution, releasing greenhouse gases and posing a threat to ecosystems and human health through the accumulation of hazardous waste. Screening waste 'fibre' is not recycled due to quality and hygiene concerns in the paper industry. However, in our preliminary results, we have explored that using it to create a new carbon-based biochar is promising.Carbogenics is a member of the Scottish Bio-technology cluster and we will upcycle this under-utilised biomass supply which is a win for communities and the WWT industry. FilaChar is a patent-pending carbon-rich material called biochar made from organic wastes that can act as a carbon sink by sequestering three tonnes of carbon dioxide for every tonne of biochar. It aims to address issues in WWT such as Odour emissions, high energy demand for inefficient aeration of the biological treatment step, fluctuating pollutant removal performance, especially during peak loads and high costs for the disposal of screening waste and these issues increase the WWT operating costs by more than 5%. Our initial research shows that FilaChar was able to remove pollutants and odours from wastewater, improve sewage sludge settling, and enhance the activated sludge process. FilaChar production has a net negative carbon impact and can significantly reduce carbon emissions.This project seeks to build upon this prior industrial biotech research and evaluate FilaChar's practical applications and effectiveness in improving WWT processes. We are partnering with Scottish Water to access relevant biomass supply and their Bo'ness testing facility to progress this work.The project will conduct a comprehensive assessment of how to process the screening waste and transform it into FilaChar at scale and evaluate its commercial viability. Subsequently, we will conduct a trial which will investigate FilaChar's efficiency in removing contaminants, leaching behaviour, and its impact on the wastewater treatment process. Our efforts will focus on working with relevant authorities to address legislative issues and gather data to substantiate our claims. We aim to establish a regulatory pathway for FilaChar. Furthermore, we will conduct thorough desk-based research to identify potential future markets for FilaChar.