Arvia's Technology - The Arvia Process

Arvia represents a dramatic change from the traditional methods for treating organic liquid waste. This 'game changing' technology removes and destroys organic contaminants and oils using a method that is free of process chemicals, is energy efficient, and produces little solid or liquid waste for disposal.

All this is achieved in a single unit, using a unique adsorption material called Nyex®.

The key elements of the process for treating water are as follows:

• Adsorption - A flow of compressed air is used to mix the Nyex® adsorbent with the contaminated liquid. This mixing is vigorous and leads to rapid adsorption of the pollutant onto the surface of the Nyex®.

• Sedimentation - The fluidising air is switched off and the dense Nyex® particles settle rapidly between the plates of an electrode-bed, comprised of a series of graphite bi-polar plate electrodes, at the base of the unit.

• Electrochemical Destruction - A direct electric current is passed through the electrode bed across the conductive surface of the Nyex®, which destroys the pollutants through chemical oxidation. This serves to regenerate the adsorbent surface of the Nyex® for re-use, and the cycle repeats. As Nyex® is highly conductive; the power needed to destroy the pollutants is very low.

The Benefits

The benefits of the Arvia process are as follows:

• Cost effective - much less expensive than many existing methods of treatment using GAC

• Chemical free - the process requires no added chemicals

• Low energy - requires relatively small amounts of electricity

• Produces no solid waste - no solid waste for costly landfill

• Secure - onsite treatment means added security

• Low carbon - low-energy and zero transport costs for waste

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