CaviMax - Hydrodynamic Cavitation Technology
Not just for BIOGAS PLANTS. You may already be in the know with regards to the power of controlled cavitation and how it can help your particular industry or physical/chemical/biological/nano process, if not then follow these 4 steps...
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- Step 1:- do a web search with the words Hydrodynamic Cavitation plus the name of what you are doing i.e.. waste water treatment, beer making, upscaling algae into biofuels/algal oils/bioethanol, biodiesel production from biowastes , bioresource processing, oil desulphurisation, gene therapy targeting, desalination, yogurt processing, paint mixing or COD reduction or whatever you want to do
- Step 2:- get excited about Hydrodynamic Cavitation and what it can do for you because there are so many papers out there with favorable to outstanding results
- Step 3:- contact us to discuss the hire of our laboratory scale CaviLab to test your hypothesis for your particular situation and aims, do some R&D - our favorite
- Step 4:- if you achieve the results you are looking for, and are suitably impressed by the process uplift achieved then proceed to scaled up industrial sized cavitator
NB:- please note the CaviMax produces Hydrodynamic Cavitation not Acoustic Cavitation - both are viable cavitation bubble technologies but Hydrodynamic Cavitation is more efficient when scaled up, producing more powerful shockwaves with less energy input - this is a process intensification technology which increases/intensifies/speeds up the rate of reactions leading to decreased energy and raw materials usage and targeted manipulating of chemicals. Thanks for reading, share this info and when you are in a position to evaluate new technologies and techniques that will provide substantial carbon savings and increased profit, then please get in touch, we love running cost benefit analyses to show how you can save money and provide environmental benefit (through either using less materials, cleaning up your effluent or both) at the same time - please include Hydrodynamic Cavitation in your innovative technology evaluations. We are based in Dorset in the United Kingdom but are happy to serve the world.
Use hydrodynamic cavitation to reduce particle sizes and break down lignocellulosic feedstocks, recalcitrant substrates and secondary sludges
We have a proven technology to distrupt the lignin in straw and grass, which we know is the key to utilising these plentiful and lower cost feedstocks. There are a couple of existing processes capable of doing this, such as steam and alkali treatment. However, we have an innovative and clever machine that harnesses the power of hydrodynamic cavitation.
The Rotocav reactor at the heart of the CaviMax makes all this possible by producing physical rotational forces that create hydrodynamic shockwaves, breaking down seemingly incompatible gas/liquid/solid mixtures into flowing substrates.
The shockwaves induced by a liquid moving from a high to low to high pressure environment, causes millions of microscopic bubbles to form and then collapse, creating tremendous localised pressures, which shear solid particles, break down cell walls and allow liquids to bind with solids, or gases to liquids. For the biogas industry this means that a substrate is created with a greater surface area, which is more readily available to be broken down by the anaerobic digestion bacteria, this in turn means more biogas...quicker.So, in short theCaviMax cavitator is a process intensification device which increases sustainability ratings, lowers carbon footprints, provides flexibility in the running of your plant and can increase your biogas yield.Below is a list of features and benefits of cavitation for the biogas industry, this isn't just a load of sales flannel, these are real and quantifiable effects, put us to the test, we have a laboratory scale cavitator we can test your particular troublesome substrate or a new feedstock you have in mind.Why the emphasis on CONTROLLED hydrodynamic cavitation? Because generally cavitation is a plumbing and flow dynamics problem you try and engineer out of a system, as it can wear away pipework and parts within a water system, we are manipulating and controlling the cavitation event to discharge it's distruptive energy into a flowing medium and using it for particle disintegration.
Features
Features of CONTROLLED hydrodynamic cavitation
- Process intensification technology
- Breaks down / digests lignocellulose
- Deals with recalcitrant materials
- Drasticly reduces particle size of treated substrate
- Multiple treatment positioning, feedstock pre-treatment or mid process
- Low maintenance simple design
- No additional chemicals or add-ons required
- A range of sizes available to suit your plant and requirements.
- Environmentally friendly, efficient and economical in its application
Benefits
Benefits of CONTROLLED hydrodynamic cavitation
- Reduce feedstock costs or increase biogas production by on average 20%
- Ability to utilise high lignin feed stocks
- Broadens your feedstock portfolio
- Decreased problematic floating layer – crust reduction in digester
- Increased availability of cellular juices
- Increased uniformity of particle size
- Acceleration of hydrolysis and the anaerobic digestion process
- Reduced retention time in digester
- Increased pumpability of substrate
- Reduction in digestate viscosity
- Reduced plant downtime due to blockages
- Increased sustainability of process & product by improved efficiencies
Hydrodynamic Cavitation Technology for Biogas Plants
CaviMax is the machine; controlled hydrodynamic cavitation is the means to maximising the potential of your biogas plant. By installing one in your plant you could increase your biogas yield by up to 20% (we've achieved biomethane uplifts of between 10% and 56% depending on the positioning of the machine and the substrates and feedstocks) and utilise previously unusable feedstocks.
Finally unlock the energy potential of straw, grass and high lignin feedstocks, secondary sewage sludges, food waste streams, treat recalcitrant materials and troubleshoot problem floating layers.
This is a plug & play inline process intensification device – no additional chemicals needed, install and away you go.
THE machine for decarbonisation / sustainability / circular economies / pollution control / process intensification
As we say....Get more bang for your buck...fit a CaviMax
This photo shows uncavitated material on the left and cavitated material on the right, as can be seen particle sizes are drasically reduced.
Why Pre-Treat Biomass
Quite simply pre-treating biomass improves the digestion process, by how much depends on the feedstock and the treatment.
Processes using physical, biological, chemical and thermal forces or a mixture of these, aid organic break down of the feedstock(s).
Hydrodynamic cavitation in the CaviMax harnesses extreme fluid dynamic pressures that cause particle disintegration and cell disruption.
The CaviMax can break down recalcitrant materials into a flowing mass, aiding microbiological access to the cellular juices, and is capable of enabling the use of high lignin feedstocks.
The greatest biogas % increase is achieved through treating recalcitrant materials that are indigestible, unusable and the energy usually wasted or inaccessible.
We can carry out cavitation of prospective feedstocks to see if they are viable and what what biogas uplift you can expect with a CaviMax, before and after cavitation samples are then sent to an independant accredited laboratory for BMP (Biochemical Methane Potential) and gas composition analysis. This will provide data that can be used to calculate the payback period of the capital outlay. Please get in touch for a quote for this service.
Max Your Substrate Flow
Other ways to increase your biogas yield are to maximise the substrate flow by homogenising the liquid/solid matrix, reducing the tendency for larger particles to come out of suspension and form a floating layer.
The CaviMax can be installed mid-process, either between digesters or positioned to treat a top layer of floating partially digested feedstock.
Once passed through the CaviMax machine particles are considerably decreased in size, tightly bound together, increasing the surface area available to your bugs to feed on and a problem is quickly turned into a bonus of extra biogas yield.
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