REPLACING OR REDUCING CHEMICALS WITH THE THINCELL® ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLUTION
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The unique Thincell® electrochemical water/waste water treatment provides a single solution without chemicals. There are no additional disposal costs or risk of contamination. With Thincell, floc is less, is easier to dewater and more floats to the top. Thincell’s results are clear – clear water discharge, clear of chemical contaminants, and clear of further processing costs.
THINCELL® COMPARED TO CHEMICAL TREATMENT
REDUCING CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
REDUCING HYDROCARBON CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
Thincell does not require emulsion breakers, clarifiers, coagulants, and dewatering chemicals.
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REDUCING BACTERIAL CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
Thincell treatment does not include biocide, coagulant or flocculant chemicals before starting mechanical separation of floc/sludge from water.
REDUCING IRON SULFIDE CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
Thincell does not need to adjust pH chemically before or after mechanical treatments or add H2S scavengers, coagulants or flocculant chemicals as part of the treatment process.
REDUCING METAL CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
Thincell requires no pH adjustment, coagulant or flocculant chemicals before mechanical separation or chemicals for water discharge or dewatering.
SUMMARIZING THINCELL’S ADVANTAGES OVER CHEMICAL TREATMENTS
THINCELL
PROCESS
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Thincell treats wide range of contaminants.
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Thincell neutralizes the charge which makes it a very effective treatment technology over a wide pH range
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Thincell creates many reactions in one treatment chamber
OPERATION
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Simple equipment, easy operation
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Small equipment footprint and materials storage area
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Gas bubbles produced during electrolysis transport pollutants/floc to the top of the reaction chamber
FLOC/SLUDGE PRODUCTION
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Thincell floc/sludge production is nearly instantaneous and is considerably larger in size than that formed by chemicals
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Thincell produces 83% less floc/sludge volume than chemical treatment**
FLOC/SLUDGE SEPARATION
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Electrochemical-generated floc/sludge is large and 76% easier to dewater than floc/sludge produced by chemical treatment processes**
CHEMICALS (CC)
PROCESS
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Multitude of chemicals required for different contaminants
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Many chemicals perform in pH range of 6-7 and require a chemical pH adjustment for effective treatment
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Multitude of chemicals combined with separation or filtration equipment
OPERATION
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Chemicals require management, specialized equipment and large area for offloading and inventory storage
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Chemical treatment does not generate treatment and requires secondary flotation equipment to transport pollutants/floc
FLOC/SLUDGE PRODUCTION
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Chemicals produce a small size floc/sludge very slowly
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Chemicals produce higher volumes of floc/sludge
FLOC/SLUDGE SEPARATION
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Floc/sludge produced during chemical treatment processes is small and difficult to dewater
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Additional chemicals (lime, high pH) may be added to floc/sludge to facilitate dewatering and/or solids removal
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Chemically-treated water may require expensive tertiary treatment such as filtration to remove the “small fine” floc/sludge
FLOC/SLUDGE HANDLING COSTS
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Low floc/sludge generation reduces handling and disposal costs
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Floc/sludge usually passes TCLP and can be disposed easily
ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS
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No secondary “chemical” pollutant added to the treated water.
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Floc/sludge neutral pH range
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No secondary “chemical” pollutant added to the floc/sludge to facilitate dewatering or solids removal
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Floc/sludge is usually non-hazardous and passes TCLP
END RESULT
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After electrochemical treatment, treated domestic sewage water will, in most cases, be better than the raw water from which it originated.***
FLOC/SLUDGE HANDLING COSTS
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Handling costs for additional floc/sludge volume is expensive
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Chemical sludge may require additional chemical treatment to facilitate disposal which adds cost to the chemical treatment process
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Floc/sludge is typically classified as a hazardous waste due to the added chemical pollutants
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Trucking and landfill disposal of hazardous waste and leachable solids is extravagant
ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS
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Chemicals add another pollutant to the treated water and may increase the dissolved constituents in the treated water rendering it expensive to discharge or impossible to reuse.*
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Chemicals added to facilitate floc/sludge dewatering further compound chemical pollutants in floc/sludge
END RESULT
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Water is less clean using chemicals or sedimentation
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Chemicals are less effective than Thincell and will remain increasingly so with more stringent regulations