Validating FilaChar Use in Wastewater Treatment

验证 FilaChar 在废水处理中的使用

• 批准号: 10106623
• 金额: $ 23.51万
• 依托单位: CARBOGENICS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10106623
• 关键词: Validating; FilaChar; Use; Wastewater; Treatment

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.

目前，还没有筛选废物的环保升级回收解决方案。 “筛选废物”由废水处理 (WWT) 设施产生，并在 WWT 期间从进水中去除；它被储存在料斗中并送往垃圾填埋场。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造成重大挑战。垃圾填埋场会造成土壤和水污染，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。由于造纸行业的质量和卫生问题，筛分废料“纤维”不会被回收。然而，在我们的初步结果中，我们已经探索利用它来制造新的碳基生物炭是有前途的。Carbogenics 是苏格兰生物技术集群的成员，我们将升级利用这种未充分利用的生物质供应，这对于社区和 WWT 行业。 FilaChar 是一种正在申请专利的富含碳的材料，称为生物炭，由有机废物制成，每吨生物炭可以封存三吨二氧化碳，从而充当碳汇。它旨在解决污水处理厂中的问题，例如气味排放、生物处理步骤低效曝气的高能源需求、污染物去除性能波动（特别是在高峰负荷期间）以及筛分废物处理成本高，这些问题增加了污水处理厂的运营成本超过5%。我们的初步研究表明，FilaChar 能够去除废水中的污染物和气味，改善污水污泥沉降，并增强活性污泥工艺。 FilaChar 的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 WWT 工艺方面的实际应用和有效性。我们正在与苏格兰水务公司合作，获取相关的生物质供应及其 Bo'ness 测试设施，以推进这项工作。该项目将对如何处理筛选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 去除污染物的效率、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以证实我们的主张。我们的目标是为 FilaChar 建立一条监管途径。此外，我们将进行彻底的案头研究，以确定 FilaChar 未来的潜在市场。