Validating FilaChar Use in Wastewater Treatment

目前，没有环保的升级回收方案来筛选废物。“筛选废物”由污水处理设施产生，并在污水处理期间从进水中清除；它被储存在垃圾桶里，然后送到垃圾填埋场。这种废物来源每年都在增加，对污水处理厂的基础设施和财务成本构成重大挑战。垃圾填埋场造成土壤和水污染，释放温室气体，并通过危险废物的积累对生态系统和人类健康构成威胁。由于造纸工业的质量和卫生问题，筛选废弃“纤维”不被回收。然而，在我们的初步结果中，我们已经探索了用它来制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，我们将对这种未充分利用的生物质供应进行升级，这对社区和污水处理行业来说是一个胜利。FilaChar是一种正在申请专利的富含碳的材料，叫做生物炭，它由有机废物制成，可以作为碳汇，每吨生物炭可以吸收3吨二氧化碳。它旨在解决污水处理厂的问题，如气味排放、生物处理步骤的低效曝气所带来的高能源需求、污染物去除性能波动（特别是在高峰负荷期间）以及处理筛选废物的高成本，这些问题使污水处理厂的运营成本增加了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，并提高活性污泥的处理速度。FilaChar生产具有净负碳影响，可以显着减少碳排放。该项目旨在以先前的工业生物技术研究为基础，评估FilaChar在改进废水处理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Bo'ness测试设施，以推进这项工作。该项目将全面评估如何处理筛选废物并将其大规模转化为FilaChar，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、浸出行为及其对废水处理过程的影响方面的效率。我们的努力将集中在与有关当局合作，解决立法问题，并收集数据以证实我们的主张。我们的目标是为FilaChar建立监管途径。此外，我们将进行全面的桌面研究，以确定FilaChar的潜在未来市场。

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.