Electrocoagulation
Electrocoagulation（EC）is an
electrochemical process that simultaneously removes heavy
metals, suspended solids, emulsified organics and many other
contaminants from water using electricity instead of expensive
chemical reagents. This technology used by ETIG is patented by
our member company---KASELCO. KASELCO has improved
electrocoagulation technology with critical modifications that
has enabled the equipment to function on an industrial scale as
a cost effective, clean sustainable method for treatment of
difficult wastewaters that typically require many different
chemicals and various processes to achieve results often
inferior to what EC can do in one step.
Using KASELCO’s
innovative and improved technology for their own electroplating
wastewater operation, KASELCO has never failed, in over seven
years, to meet the strict heavy metal removal standards imposed
by the US Environmental Protection Agency for discharge.
Standard chemical treatment programs such as ferric chloride,
ferric sulfate, lime, chrome destruct, and other standard
chemical treatment programs can rarely match such a track
record.
KASELCO Electrocoagulation systems have been
operating reliably for years treating some very difficult
wastes. A system in South Africa treats a blend of 63
proprietary chemicals that can simply not be treated by any
other means. A system in Europe is allowing a tannery to
discharge water cleaner than ever thought possible while
recovering massive volumes of high-grade chromium for recovery.
A system in Canada is profitably treating water from recovered
oil along with condensate from shipboard bunker fuel tanks and
bilge water. A system in Mexico is treating metal working fluids
mixed with several hazardous wastes and materials. Installations
in the United States treat water from die-casting,
electroplating, electronics, aircraft refinishing, various
manufacturing operations, and power plant cooling towers along
with various other industries. |
