Presentation on specific technologies for destruction of
SPECIFIC TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES FOR
HEALTHCARE WASTE
Jorge Emmanuel
International Experts’ Workshop
UNEP-DTIE-IETC
July 19-20, 2012
Osaka, Japan
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES IN THE
COMPENDIUM
64 specific technologies:
15 autoclave technologies
11 hybrid autoclaves
4 continuous steam treatment systems
3 batch microwave units
3 continuous microwave systems
2 frictional heating treatment technologies
2 dry heat units
9 incinerators
4 alkaline hydrolysis technologies
3 chemical treatment systems
8 new or emerging technologies
Technologies represent 22 countries:
Argentina (1), Australia (3), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Canada
(1), China (3), France (5), Germany (2), Hungary (1), India (2),
Iran (1), Israel (2), Italy (4), Japan (1), Luxemburg (1), New
Zealand (1), Philippines (1), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), Turkey (1),
United Kingdom (3), and United States (24)
S
PECIFIC
T
ECHNOLOGIES IN THE
C
OMPENDIUM
Data on each specific technology
Type of technology
Process description
Types of waste treated
Range of capacities
Pathogen destruction
Emissions and by-products
Operation
Installation
Maintenance
Job Potential
Locations where the technology is in operation
Cost estimates
Special features
Parameter for specification
Photographs
Vendor information
Contact information
AUTOCLAVES: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
AWS Clinical Waste
Bondtech
CISA
GEF Technology
GK Moss
Incol
MachinFabrik
Mark-Costello
Matachana / Webeco
Medclean Technologies
OnSite Sterilization/Variclave
Safewaste Technologies
San-I-Pak
Steridium
Tuttnauer
A UTOCLAVE : AWS C LINICAL W ASTE
6 Models
Range of capacities: 20 to 20,000 liters/cycle
Special features:
Skid mounted
Post-treatment shredding
Odor control
Weighing and electronic waste tracking
In business since 1989
Installations: Australia , New Caledonia, Papau New
Guinea, New Zealand, UK, India and the USA
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : B ONDTECH
Range of capacities: 90 to 3,200 kg/cycle
Special features:
Pre- and post-vacuum using liquid ring pump or steam ejector
Internal tracks or lift table for autoclavable carts
Weighing and electronic waste tracking
In business since 1983
Installations: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Ireland,
Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, South
Korea, Thailand, most states of the United States , and other countries
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : CISA
7 models
Range of capacities: 10 to 150 kg/cycle
Special features:
Special autoclavable carts and trolleys
Fully enclosed stainless steel shelter, can be used outdoors
Can be constructed as a mobile system
In business for more than 60 years
Installations: Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy ,
Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, and other countries in
Central Asia, Middle East, East Asia, and the
Americas.
S TEAM F LUSHING A UTOCLAVE : GEF S YSTEM
Designed for district level hospitals (50-150 beds)
Capacities: 200 liters per cycle
Special features:
Can operate on electricity, gas/solar, or biofuels
Special autoclavable waste containers and pedal stands
Designed to facilitate materials recovery and recycling; can be used with shredder or compactor-baler
Low-cost for low-income countries
Developed in Tanzania for the Global Environment
Facility under UNDP, WHO and HCWH
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : GK M OSS
Retort design
Range of capacities: 136 to 952 kg/cycle
Special features:
Autoclavable stainless steel carts with cart lift tables or ramps
Assembled in modules
In business since 1982
Installations: most states in the United States ,
Vietnam
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : I NCOL
Multiple vacuum autoclave rated to 180 º C
8 basic models
Range of capacities: 150 to 1500 kg/hr
Special features:
Autoclavable stainless steel carts with cart lift tables
Also manufacture shredders and bind tippers
In business since early 1990s
Installations: Argentina , Brazil
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : M ACHIN F ABRIK
9 models
Range of capacities: 1 to 110 kg/cycle
Special features:
Different door designs
Also manufacture shredders
In business since early 1990s
Installations: Bangladesh, India , Mauritius
G
RAVITY
-
DISPLACMENT AND
V
ACUUM
A
UTOCLAVE
:
M
ARK
-C
OSTELLO
12 models
Range of capacities: 22 to 1361 kg/cycle
Special features:
Gravity displacement or high vacuum autoclave
Carbon steel or stainless steel ; single or double door
Pull-out drawers, ramps, lifts, bin dumpers, shredders, compactors, balers, recycling equipment, robotics
Some autoclaves still in operation after 20 years
In business since early 1959; autoclaves since 1971
Installations: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Guam, India,
Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, Peru, Romania,
US and the UK
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : M ATACHANA / W EBECO
Multiple vacuums; 4 models
Range of capacities: 7 to 600 kg/hr
Special features:
Two standard programs and two test programs for HCW
Internal racks for waste bags
Radiation detector
In business since 1962
Installations: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China and other Asian countires, Colombia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany , Mexico,
Norway, Peru, Portugal, Spain , and Venezuela
A UTOCLAVE : M ED C LEAN
6 models
Range of capacities: 70 to 190 kg/hr
Special features:
Fixed, mobile or containerized configurations
Aluminum-nickel alloy autoclavable carts
Also manufactures a high-torque low-speed shredder
In business since 1997 (formerly Aduromed)
Installations: Canada, United States
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : O N S ITE ’ S V ARI C LAVE
Multiple vacuum
Capacity: 270 kg/cycle
Special features:
Self-aligning doors
Internal water spray to cool waste and wash bin
Automatically determines the cycles and process parameters according to the waste characteristics
In business since around 2000
Installations: United States
A UTOCLAVE : S AFEWASTE
Gravity displacement
Capacity: 50 kg/hr
Special features:
Internal data logger monitors waste temperature
Multiple units can operate in parallel
Waste placed inside used rice sacks in steel baskets
Autoclave manufacturer in business since 1964
Installations: Philippines
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : S AN -I-P AK
6 model categories of multiple sizes
Range of capacities: 10 – 1000+ kg/hr
Special features:
Modular design; remote diagnostics
Most models have three tilt positions: load, process, dump
Integrated into compactor for regular waste
Autoclave manufacturer in business since 1964
Installations: over 1000 installations in North
America including US , South America, Central
America, Europe, Middle East, New Zealand and Asia
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : S TERIDIUM
10 models
Range of capacities: 150 – 800 liters per cycle
Special features:
Liquid ring pump or steam ejector for vacuum
Vertical sliding door
Reverse flow system to decontaminate drain lines
Automatic blowdown of boiler
In business since 1980s
Installations: Australia , Vietnam and other industrialized and developing countries
V ACUUM A UTOCLAVE : T UTTNAUER
15 models with range of capacities: 160 – 4000 l/cycle
Special features:
Hinged or auto vertical sliding doors, single or double
Liquid ring pump for vacuum supplemented by steam ejector and optional HEPA filter for decontamination
Carts with drains; autoclave have built-in cooling coils
Four pre-programmed standard cycles: 2 SW, LW, LW-SW
In business for over 80 years
Installations: Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, India, Israel , Kenya, Netherlands, Panama,
Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Turkey, United States, and
Vietnam
HYBRID AUTOCLAVES: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
Celitron
Ecodas
Ecolotec
Hydroclave
MedFreshe/Narula Group
Medivac Metamizer
Metan
RedBag Solutions
Sazgar
T.E.M. Steriflash and Steri2flash
Tempico Rotoclave
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : C ELITRON
Tilting vertical autoclave with internal shredder
Capacity: 48 kg per hour (25 minute cycles)
Special features:
Internal blades rotate 300 to 1100 rpm in two directions
Internal spray for cleaning
Automatic tilt for loading and processing (vertical)
Installations: Australia, Germany, Hungary , Mexico,
Netherlands and Switzerland
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : E CODAS
Vertical autoclave with internal shredder
4 models with range of capacities: 30 to 300 kg/hr
Special features:
Autoclave jacket used also for cooling
Vacuum used for drying
Loading door can be on dock level or higher floor
In business for over 20 years
Installations:
50 countries including Albania, Algeria,
Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Ecuador,
Egypt, France , French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadalupe,
Honduras, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia,
Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, New Caledonia, Nigeria,
Panama, Reunion Island,
St. Lucia, Syria, Turkmenistan,
UAE, and Venezuela.
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : E COLOTEC
Tilting autoclave with internal shredder
Capacity: 160 kg per hour (15 minute cycles)
Special features:
Internal knife hammers rotate 1500 to 1750 rpm
Uses injection of superheated steam
Automatic tilt for loading and processing
Exposure time is adjusted in case of a rotary tool failure
Designed in Germany in 1993
Installations: United States
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : H YDROCLAVE
Autoclave with internal rotating arms
9 models with range of capacities: 34-1023 kg/hr
Special features:
Different arm designs for fragmenting & mixing
Loading doors at the top or sides near the top
Integrated with conveyors, shredders or compactors
In business since 1994
Installations: Albania, Argentina, Canada , China, Egypt,
Greece, Guyana, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, New Caledonia,
Niger, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, South Africa,
Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : N ARULA M ED F RESHE
Tilting autoclave with internal shredder
Capacity: 150 liters and a 15-minute cycle
Special features:
Two sets of blades rotating in two different directions at
300 to 1400 rpm
Three positions: load, process and unload
Treatment plant designed around the treatment unit
In business since 1953, waste unit is more recent
Installations: India and in other countries in Asia and
Europe
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : M EDIVAC M ETAMIZER
Autoclave with internal shredder
Capacity: 250 liters at 15-minute cycles, 200 kg/hr
Special features:
Waste circulated through the internal shredder
Automatic RFID scanning and weighing of waste bins
Remote monitoring
In business for 14 years
Installations: Australia , with distribution in Cyprus,
India, Greece, Japan, and Russia
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : M ETAN
Horizontal or vertical autoclave with internal shredder and internal mixer
Range of capacities: 250 to 1000 kg/hr
Special features:
L-shaped design for horizontal model or fully vertical design for the vertical model
Cassette-type two-shaft shredder is in the section just before the autoclave
Autoclaves have internal mixers (mixing wings)
In business since 1998, Akar Machinery
(autoclave builder) in business since 1990
Installations: Turkey
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : R EDBAG S OLUTIONS
Steam treatment with internal maceration
Capacity: 70 kg/hr
Special features:
Internal grinding by circulating through macerator pump impellers
Integrated with a solid-liquid filter separator
Remote monitoring through the Internet
In business since1990s (previously Antaeus)
Installations: United States
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : S AZGAR
Steam treatment with internal shredding
3 models
Range of capacities: 76 to 300 kg/hr
Special features:
Three vacuum cycles and a cooling cycle
Dual-shaft shredder with auto reverse to prevent jamming
Integrated with a solid-liquid filter separator
In business since 1992
Installations: Iran and other
Middle Eastern countries
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : TEM S TERIFLASH
Steam treatment with internal shredding
2 capacities: 80 and 200 liters/cycle, 43 minute cycle
Special features:
Transparent lid with mechanical arm
Two-shaft shredder, auger press for solid-liquid separation
Bactericide sprayed before waste is placed in hopper
In business since 2002
Installations: Algeria, Czech Republic, France , Germany,
Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, St. Bart, Syria, Tunisia,
Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
H YBRID A UTOCLAVE : T EMPICO R OTOCLAVE
Rotating autoclave with internal vanes
8 models with range of capacities: 870 - 14,700+ liter/hr
Special features:
Pre- and post-treatment vacuum using steam ejector
Integrated with bin dumpers, conveyors, shredders
In business since 1990
Installations: more than 100 in
American Samoa, Canada, Latvia,
Mexico, United Kingdom, United
States and other countries
CONTINUOUS STEAM TREATMENT
SYSTEMS: SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES
BioSafe Engineering
Erdwich
LogMed
Miclo
C
ONTINUOUS
S
TEAM
T
REATMENT
: B
IO
S
AFE
E
NGINEERING
6 Models with range of capacities: 140 to 1800 kg/hr
Special features:
Can be installed indoors or outdoors
Internal four-shaft shredder (cassette) and conveying auger
Flash-off section to dry waste, HEPA filter to remove odors
Shredders last up to 1350 tonnes of waste
In business since mid-1990s (formerly ChemClav)
Installations: large commercial plants in Australia,
England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and United States .
C
ONTINUOUS
S
TEAM
T
REATMENT
: E
RDWICH
T
WIN
-S
TER
Capacity: 250 kg/hr
Special features:
Shredder with ram, multiple conveying augers, buffer vessel
Double-lock slide gate on jacketed sterilization chamber
Steam treatment (121 º -140 ºC), double-chamber filter for odors
Erdwich has been making shredders for over 30 years
Installations: Germany
C ONTINUOUS S TEAM T REATMENT : L OG M ED
4 models, range of capacities: 100 - 500 kg/hr
Special features:
Shredder, reversible treatment screw with isolation valves
PLC controls temperature, pressure and time
Optional liquid sterilizatioin system
In business since 2004
Installations: Belgium, England,
France, Germany , Luxemburg and Netherlands
C ONTINUOUS S TEAM T REATMENT : M ICLO
Several models with range of capacities: 100-500 kg/hr
Special features:
Waste collected in 660 to 1100 liter bins
Shredder and ram, screw with isolation valves, compactor
Treatment at 138 ºC and 3.6 bars for 15-18 minutes
1 hour cycle, 24 hour operation, remote monitoring and diagnostics
In business for 30 years in shredding and compaction
Installations: France and in other countries
BATCH MICROWAVE UNITS: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
Meteka
Sintion
Sterifant-Sterival
CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE SYSTEMS:
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES
AMB Ecosteryl
Micro-Waste
Sanitec
B ATCH M ICROWAVE : M ETEKA M EDISTER
6 models with range of capacities: 8
- 60 liter per cycle
Special features:
Waste collected Meditainer (punctureproof reusable bin) which are transported on Meditrans (trolleys) and fit directly in the Medister
(microwave unit)
Magnetrons convert water into steam inside the bin
In business since 1991
Installations: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Ecuador, England,
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Germany,
Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia,
Montenegro, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, and Turkmenistan
B ATCH M ICROWAVE : S INTION
2 models with capacities 42 and 103 liters per cycle or
20 liters per hour and 210 liters per hour
Special features:
Top loading, one bag at a time, small compact units
Optional shredder
In business since 1995
Installations: over 100 units in Austria, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece,
Lithuania, Serbia in Asia, other countries in Europe, Central and South America.
B ATCH M ICROWAVE : S TERIFANT -S TERIVAL
Modular design; each module treats 60 liters/half hour
Special features:
Waste bins with clamp rings, reusable 100-200 times
2 liters of water injected into each bin
After microwaving to 136 º C, waste is shredded and compacted and deodorizer is added
10 modules can fit in a truck for mobile treatment
In business since 1995
Installations: 27 units in Europe, 10 in South America and 6 in
Asia; including France, Germany, Hungary, Kuwait, Luxembourg ,
Portugal and the UK
C ONTINUOUS M ICROWAVE : AMB E COSTERYL
3 models, range of capacities from 100 to 300 kg/hr
Special features:
Screw with 6 magnetrons, holding tank
4-shaft shredder cuts pieces to less than 20 mm sizes
660 to 770 liter waste bins
In business since 1947; microwave units since 2006
Installations: Belgium, France and other European countries, the Maghreb countries (North Africa), South Africa, South America and Russia, overseas French territories, the Middle East and Asia
C ONTINUOUS M ICROWAVE : M ICRO -W ASTE
2 models: one has thicker shredder cutters, larger size screen, and no holding section
Capacity: 800 kg/hr
Special features:
Self-contained, all-weather enclosure
Six or eight magnetrons
Similar to Sanitec microwave
In business since 1989, began as company to service and maintain Sanitec
Installations: United States
C ONTINUOUS M ICROWAVE : S ANITEC
2 original models; smaller unit no longer made
Capacity: 810 kg/hr
Special features:
Self-contained, all weather enclosure
Six magnetrons
Originally ABB Sanitec in late 1980s, Sanitec sinc 1990
Installations: Brazil, Philippines, S. Korea, United
States, and other countries
FRICTIONAL HEATING SYSTEMS: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
Newster
OMPeco
DRY HEAT UNITS: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
Demolizer
Sterigerms
F RICTIONAL H EATING : N EWSTER
2 models: 15 kg/hr and 30 kg/hr
Special features:
High-speed rotors at 1300 to 2800 rpm
Hypochlorite added; frictional heating forms steam
Waste heated between 135 º and 150 º C, dry superheat
In business since 1996
Installations: about 223 units in Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia,
Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy , Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Poland
Romania, Russia, and Tunisia
F RICTIONAL H EATING : OMP ECO
6 models
Range of capacities: 10 to 1500 kg/hr, 30 minute cycle
Special features:
High-speed rotors at the bottom of the vessel
Waste heated to 151 º C, dry superheat
In business since 1973, frictional heating since 2001
Installations: 62 OMPeco Converter units in operation in
Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China,
Croatia, France, Italy , Kazakhstan, Mexico,
Netherlands, Romania,
Russia, South Africa,
Spain, Tunisia, Turkey,
Ukraine, and Venezuela
D RY H EATING : D EMOLIZER
Small desktop unit for clinics, doctor’s office, dentists
Capacity: 3.8 liters per cycle, 2.5 hour cycle
Special features:
Disposable container with plastic lid that melts
Heated without steam to over 177 ºC
Confirmation label printed and affixed to container
DOCC since 1990s, acquired by BMTS in 2005
Installations: United States and India
D RY H EATING : S TERIGERMS
2 models, capacities of 12 & 60 liters per 55-min cycle
Special features:
Waste in disposable bags heated to 150ºC for 20 min
Piston compacts the waste into a compressed disk
In business since 2004
Installations: France and other European countries, also used by the Navy
MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATORS:
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES
Advanced Combustion Systems
ATI Incinerateurs Muller
BIC systems
Consutech
Hafner
Incinco
Kureha
Pennram
Techtrol/Incol
Plantec
I
NCINERATORS
: A
DVANCED
C
OMBUSTION
S
YSTEMS
Modular, dual-chamber, controlled air incinerator
10 models; range of capacities: 110 to 910 kg/hr
Special features:
Ram feeder, monolithic refractory liner, air injection
Two-stage quencher, absorber, entrainment separator, wet ESP, heat recovery boiler, venturi scrubber, activated carbon
Dioxins down to 0.0023 ng TEQ/dsfcm
In business since 1973
Installations: Afghanistan, Canada, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico,
Saipan, United States , and other countries
I NCINERATORS : ATI I NCINERATEURS M ULLER
Dual-chamber incinerator
11 models
Range of capacities: 5 to 500 kg/hr
Special features:
High turbulence vortex oxygen injection system
Wet or dry sorbent injection scrubber, ceramic filter
Meets EU emission limits
In business since 1930
Installations: 32 incinerators that meet the emission limits under the EU Directive; 500 incinerators in 55 countries, France
I NCINERATORS : BIC S YSTEMS
Co-current and counter-current rotary kilns
Custom built with range of capacities 100-5000 kg/hr
Special features:
Cooling chamber, venturi dry scrubber using
NaHCO
3
, activated carbon, baghouse filter; optional wet scrubber with NaOH, semi-wet scrubber using lime, cyclone, & ESP to meet US and EU limits
In business since 1972
Installations: Belgium , Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Republic, France,
Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Tanzania, Thailand,
UAE, UK, and Vietnam
I NCINERATORS : C ONSUTECH
Dual-chamber stepped hearth controlled air incinerator
33 models with range of capacities: 34 kg/hr to 100+ tpd
Special features:
Quench chamber with atomized water spray, dry scrubber with activated carbon, wet scrubber, vortex mixing chamber, baghouse filter
In business since 1965
Installations: thousands of incinerators worldwide
I NCINERATORS : H AFNER
Rotary kiln
Two models, 7 tpy or 25000 tpy
Special features:
Constructed in modules in shipping containers
Quencher; Teflon-coated fabric filter; dry absorption with soda, coke and bicarbonate; catalyst to remove
Nox and dioxins/furans, to meet EU limits
Installations: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy , and Venezuela; other countries in Asia and Eastern Europe
I NCINERATORS : I NCINCO
Reciprocating grate dual-chamber incinerator
Many models ranging from 25 kg/hr to over 2000 kg/hr
Special features:
Heat recovery boiler
Range of air pollution control including wet scrubbers, ceramic pod dry filtration
In business since 1922
Installations: 10,000 incinerators worldwide including Algeria,
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Kosovo, Libya, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Qatar, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, UK , and Vietnam.
I NCINERATORS : K UREHA
Rotary kiln
Custom built for large scale processing
Special features:
Jet furnace and ash extraction system
Quench tower, wet scrubber with re-circulating alkali, mist Cottrell wet ESP; option of dry scrubber with activated carbon or catalyst; wastewater treatment to meet EU limit
In business since 1944; waste treatment since 1970s
Installations: Japan
I NCINERATORS : P ENNRAM
Dual-chamber stepped hearth controlled air incinerator
Many models ranging from 25 kg/hr to 30 tpd
Special features:
2 to 4 steps; 1 to 4 ash transfer rams, water ash sump
Wet scrubber, baghouse filter to meet EU and US limits
In business since 1995
Installations: 50 countries in Africa, North America,
Caribbean and the Middle East.
I NCINERATORS : T ECHTROL /I NCOL
Dual-chamber stepped hearth controlled air incinerator
10 models from 135 to 1350 kg/hr
Special features:
Ash discharged into a closed bin
Air blast cooling, dry scrubber using a neutralizing sorbent and activated carbon, multi-element filter; or dual-stage quench system, venturi wet scrubber with neutralizing liquid or catalytic gas cleaning, filter with mercury abatement
Techtrol in business since 1985, Incol since 1990s
Installations: thousands of units worldwide
ALKALINE DIGESTERS: SPECIFIC
TECHNOLOGIES
BioResponse
BioSafe Engineering
Peerless Waste Solutions
PRI
CHEMICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS:
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES
PIWS
Sterimed
Trinova
A LKALINE D IGESTER : B IO R ESPONSE
6 low-T models, 30 to 4500 kg per 6-18 hour cycle
6 high-T/P models, 30 to 4500 kg per 5-8 hour cycle
Special features:
Low-T models at 93 ºC high-T models at 150ºC and 4 bar-g
In business since 2006, came out of WR 2
Installations: 75 units in Canada, Ireland, United States , and other countries. Low-temperature units are found in Australia, United States and other countries
A LKALINE D IGESTER : B IO S AFE E NGINEERING
Many models ranging from 15 to 4336 kg/cycle
Special features:
3-4 hour cycle at 150 ºC
Optional pH reduction of effluent by CO
2 injection
In business since 1992, came out of WR 2 ; oldest unit installed in 1993 still in operation
Installations: more than a hundred units in Canada,
United States and other countries
A LKALINE D IGESTER : P EERLESS W ASTE
3 models from 7 to 90 kg per cycle
Special features:
Both low-temperature (95 ºC) and high-temperature high-pressure systems
In business for several years
Installations: United States
A LKALINE D IGESTER : PRI
Custom built from 14 to 4500 kg/cycle
Both low-temperature and high-T high-P designs
Special features:
High torque low-speed mixer
In business since 1983
Installations: Canada, China, Germany, S. Korea,
Malaysia, Spain, United States, and other countries
C HEMICAL T REATMENT : PIWS
Dry calcium-oxide based disinfectant
2 models: 180 kg/hr and 900 kg/hr
Special features:
Mobile or stationary
30-min cycle, computer sets disinfectant amount
Two-chamber grinding, powder added with mist
In business since 1997
Installations: China, United States , other countries
C HEMICAL T REATMENT : S TERIMED
Glutaraldehyde and quats disinfectant
2 models at 15 liters per cycle and 70 liters per cycle
Special features:
Shredder, mixing, solid-liquid separator
In business since 1993
Installations: Azerbaijan, Caribbean, Guam, Serbia, Hungary,
United Kingdom, United States, other countries in Europe and elsewhere
C HEMICAL T REATMENT : T RINOVA
Disinfection with aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide
3 models ranging from 270 to 680 kg/hr
Special features:
Shredder, mixing reservoir, reaction coil, filter, neutralizer for depleted ClO
2 solution
In business since 2003
Installations: United States
M ORE COMMENTS , QUESTIONS ?
