Electro-Dewatering (EDW) - Minimising the Cost and Environmental Impact of Treating Sewage

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Electro-dewatering
Our electro-dewatering product (EDW) increases the solids content of sewage sludge to above 30% and in some instances to more than 50%. It can either be installed on new or retrofitted to existing belt filter presses.

EDW involves the application of an electric field to sludge as it is conveyed through a belt filter press.

Conventional belt press filters produce only 12-18% dry solids from sewage sludge.

The EDW process, based on the application of an electric field to the sludge, significantly increases this figure, resulting in large savings in transport, storage and disposal costs.

 

With respect to alternative technologies:

EDW uses about one third of the electricity required by thermal dryers
Standard centrifuges typically cannot achieve better than 20% solids when de-watering similar sludges to those used in EDW trials.

Sewerage being piped into the Electro-Dewatering System
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