Pasteurization Technology Group has patented a two-for-one process that heats wastewater to kill pathogens as well as generates lower cost power for industrial and municipal treatment plants.
According to Kingsbury, the PTG system has been shown to cut energy costs by half while saving up to 75 percent of the cost of wastewater disinfection.
Calif. At Golden Road, the largest craft brewery in Los Angeles, a PTG B-200 system was installed, generating 200 kWh of electricity to supply 90 percent of the needs of the plant.
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Paul O’Callaghan, founder and CEO of BlueTech Research, said, “Wastewater processing is very energy intensive so there is a great deal of potential for innovations which target the water energy nexus.