Electrochemical

Technology
For water and wastewater
treatment
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Water & Wastewater treatment technology focused venture.

Engaged in:
Research and Development of Electrochemical process
based water and wastewater solutions.
Development of Chemical free disinfection, sanitation and
cleaning process for industries, hospitals, hotels and
domestic applications.
Development of Chemical free laundry and cleaning
application.
Sector focus:
Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food processing and Dairy
Medical and Hospitality industry
Low cost water disinfection and sanitation in slums & rural
areas
 About Presentation

Bottlenecks of conventional water treatment

technologies
De-bottlenecking water treatment with
Electrochemical AOP
Introduction to Electrochemical AOP reactor
Reactions inside the Electrochemical reactor
Case studies
Comparison of Electrochemical AOP with other
AOP process
Complementary not competing
 Bottlenecks of conventional water
treatment process

Conventional methods include Biological

process, Membrane filtration, Carbon
adsorption, Alum dosing etc.
Conventional processes are unable to
meet the complexity of present day
chemical / organic treatment.
Unable to remove color, bio-refractory
organics, solvents, SS to required extent.
Requires huge space and infrastructure.
Long holding / retention times
Sensitive to shock loads
Capacity bottleneck cannot be changed
as and when needed
Secondary issues like solid waste and
concentrate generation
 De-bottlenecking wastewater treatment
using Electrochemical AOP

1. Electrochemical AOP system unselectively

destroys organics in wastewater
2. Process generates no solid waste
3. Effective for destruction of bio-refractory
organics
4. Effective for destruction of color
5. Improves the efficiency of Aerobic process,
enhances methane generation in An-aerobic
process.
Salient features:
a. Requires very less space
b. Can fit the existing process easily
c. Easily scalable
d. Distributed treatment possible
 ElectroOxidation reactor - Working
principle

Efficient generation of mixed oxidant

 CETP wastewater

3000
2500
COD (ppm)

2000
1500
1000
500
0
0 1 2 3
Hour
 Ammonical Nitrogen and COD

NH3 removal COD

9000 16000
8000 14000
7000
12000
Ammonical N (ppm)

6000
10000

COD (ppm)
5000
8000
4000
6000
3000

2000 4000

1000 2000

0 0
0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20
-1000
Tim e
Time

RA EC EO EO EO 12hr EO
W 5hr 9hr 15hr
 Direct Dye wastewater

COD reduction

4,000

3,500

3,000

2,500
COD ppm

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Time (hours)
 Pesticide wastewater

30 60 90 120 150
Raw min min min min min

COD reduction

1800
1600
1400
COD (ppm)

1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0 50 100 150 200
Tim e (m in)
Pesticide wastewater -2: High COD

Initial COD 30,000 ppm

Final COD 2200 ppm
 Glycerol in 25% NaCl solution

4500
4000
3500
3000 pH Variation
TOC (ppm)

2500
2000
12
1500
1000 10
500
0 8

pH value
Initial Final
6

0
0 5 10 15

time (hr)
 Comparison of Electrooxidation with
other Advanced Oxidation process

Electrooxidaiton operates at neutral pH as

compared to other AOP process requiring acidic
pH.
Radicals in Electrooxidation needs no additional
activators as compared to Iron in fenton,
peroxide in Ozonation.
Electrooxidation activates inorganics like chloride,
sulfate in wastewater to : generate secondary
radicals Other AOP are unable to generate such
secondary oxidants.
Most of the radical generation is in-situ, needing
hardly any additional chemical storage.
Operates at normal Voltages unlike hundreds of
voltage of Ozone generation.
 Complementary to conventional process

A Bio refractory
organics
B BOD
Combined
C CO2 Electrooxidation
and Biological
treatment
1. Making use of best of both worlds
2. Opens new avenues for Electrooxidation process
3. A unique solution to handle shock loads in biological system
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