Paradox - Environmental Treatment Concepts Limited

英国146家WT工厂使用AD来清洁废水和生产能源，但其效率受到管道和设备规模的严重限制。由于废水必须加热以促进AD，因此AD在管道和设备中极易结垢。垢垢减少了热交换，降低了AD的效率，从而减少了高达25%的甲烷产量，使水务公司平均每年为每个AD设施损失49万英镑。现有的除垢方法是化学和机械处理。这些都是昂贵的和损坏的表面，导致快速重新缩放和持续的费用。除垢剂会杀死细菌，因此必须关闭设备进行除垢。污水处理公司在将污水输送到污水处理中心之前使用聚合物将废水（大部分水被去除后称为污泥）浓缩，然而这种浓缩/脱水效率非常低，导致污泥重量增加。水务公司每年在每个处理中心平均花费150万英镑用于污泥运输。项目将推出Paradox，这是一种非化学方法，利用频率调制能量来改变废水的性质，使悬浮固体凝固。悖论将：1)去除现有的规模建立和消除正在进行的规模（方解石，鸟粪石，活石）。2)显著提高分离度，降低聚合物用量25%。3)增强混凝剂效果，减少化学品消耗，降低成本。4)减少设备损坏和必要的维护。5) AD装置效率提高10%。6)减少20%的污泥含水，每年减少30万英镑的运输成本。Paradox在英国的市场（聚合物/混凝剂、除垢化学品和污泥运输的支出）在2013年价值6600万英镑，到2020年复合年增长率为10%，达到1.24亿英镑。

AD is used by 146 UK WT plants to clean wastewater and produce energy but its efficiency isseverely limited by aggressive scale in pipes and equipment. AD suffers from aggressivescaling in pipes and equipment as the wastewater must be heated to facilitate AD. Scalereduces heat exchange, reducing efficiency of AD and consequently reducing methaneproduction by up to 25%, losing water companies an avg of £490K annually for each ADfacility.Existing de-scaling solutions are chemical & mechanical treatments. These are expensive anddamage surfaces, resulting in rapid re-scaling and ongoing expense. Descaling chemicals killAD bacteria so facilities must be shutdown for descaling.WT companies use polymer to thicken wastewater (referred to as sludge once majority ofwater is removed) before transportation to sewage treatment centres, however thisthickening/dewatering can be very inefficient, resulting in increased weight of sludge beingtransported. Water companies spend on avg £1.5m per treatment centre per yr on sludgetransport.Project will output Paradox, a non-chemical method for treating wastewater using frequencymodulatedenergy to change the properties of wastewater, causing coagulation of suspendedsolids. Paradox will: 1) Remove existing scale build up and eliminate ongoing scale (Calcite,Struvite, Vivianite). 2) Significantly improving separation, reducing polymer consumption by25%. 3) Enhance effect of coagulants, reducing chemical consumption, reducing cost. 4)Reduce equipment damage and maintenance required. 5) Increase efficiency of the AD plantby 10%. 6) Reduce sludge water content by 20%, reducing transport costs by £300K pertreatment facility per yr.UK market for Paradox (spending on polymer/coagulants, descaling chemicals and sludgetransport) is worth £66m in 2013, growing 10% CAGR to £124m by 2020.