Is OpenCEL Right for You?

If your facility has secondary treatment, then OpenCEL is right for you. OpenCEL will size the treatment solution to fit your needs. Industrial waste from breweries, food processing, petroleum refining, pulp mills, and chemical and steel production can use OpenCEL to reduce their biosolids and recover energy. The higher the biosolids content of the waste stream, the more you need OpenCEL, and the more your potential savings will be.

Agricultural operations--hog, cattle, and poultry farms--produce 250 million tons of dry fecal matter per year, in addition to wastewater. This waste is channeled into lagoons where it slowly decomposes. When combined with a treatment plant, OpenCEL technology will accelerate conversion of agricultural waste to energy.

Table of Applications and Benefits

Anaerobic: Pre-treatment prior to anaerobic digestion

Aerobic: Treatment and recycling of Waste Activated Sludge

Denitrification: Treatment of biosolids to enable effective use as a carbon source for denitrification

Membrane bioreactor: Treatment and recycling of biomass

Class B to A: Post digestion treatment to destroy pathogens and achieve Class A biosolids

Biomass to Energy: Treatment to improve bioavailability and energy harvesting