SPECIFIC TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE WASTE Jorge Emmanuel Jorge Emmanuel International Experts’ Workshop International Experts’ Workshop UNEP-DTIE-IETC July 19-20, 2012 Osaka, Japan
Jan 13, 2016
SPECIFIC TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE WASTE
Jorge EmmanuelJorge EmmanuelInternational Experts’ WorkshopInternational Experts’ WorkshopUNEP-DTIE-IETCJuly 19-20, 2012Osaka, 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)
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES IN THE COMPENDIUM
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
AUTOCLAVE: AWS CLINICAL WASTE
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: BONDTECH
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: 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.
STEAM FLUSHING AUTOCLAVE: GEF SYSTEM
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: GK MOSS
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: INCOL
Multiple vacuum autoclave rated to 180ºC 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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: MACHINFABRIK
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
GRAVITY-DISPLACMENT AND VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: MARK-COSTELLO
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: MATACHANA / WEBECO
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
AUTOCLAVE: MEDCLEAN
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: ONSITE’S VARICLAVE
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
AUTOCLAVE: SAFEWASTE
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: SAN-I-PAK
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: STERIDIUM
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
VACUUM AUTOCLAVE: TUTTNAUER 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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: CELITRON
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: ECODAS
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.
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: ECOLOTEC
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: HYDROCLAVE
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: NARULA MEDFRESHE
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: MEDIVAC METAMIZER
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: METAN
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: REDBAG SOLUTIONS
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: SAZGAR
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
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: TEM STERIFLASH
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.
HYBRID AUTOCLAVE: TEMPICO ROTOCLAVE
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
CONTINUOUS STEAM TREATMENT: BIOSAFE ENGINEERING
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.
CONTINUOUS STEAM TREATMENT: ERDWICH TWIN-STER
Capacity: 250 kg/hr Special features:
Shredder with ram, multiple conveying augers, buffer vessel
Double-lock slide gate on jacketed sterilization chamber
Steam treatment (121º-140ºC), double-chamber filter for odors
Erdwich has been making shredders for over 30 years
Installations: Germany
CONTINUOUS STEAM TREATMENT: LOGMED
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
CONTINUOUS STEAM TREATMENT: MICLO 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 138ºC 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
BATCH MICROWAVE: METEKA MEDISTER 6 models with range of
capacities: 8 - 60 liter per cycle Special features:
Waste collected Meditainer (puncture-proof 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
BATCH MICROWAVE: SINTION 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.
BATCH MICROWAVE: STERIFANT-STERIVAL 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 binAfter microwaving to 136ºC, waste is shredded
and compacted and deodorizer is added10 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
CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE: AMB ECOSTERYL 3 models, range of capacities from 100 to 300
kg/hr Special features:
Screw with 6 magnetrons, holding tank4-shaft shredder cuts pieces to less than 20 mm
sizes660 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
CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE: MICRO-WASTE 2 models: one has thicker shredder cutters, larger
size screen, and no holding section Capacity: 800 kg/hr Special features:
Self-contained, all-weather enclosureSix or eight magnetronsSimilar to Sanitec microwave
In business since 1989, began as company to service and maintain Sanitec
Installations: United States
CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE: SANITEC 2 original models; smaller unit no longer made Capacity: 810 kg/hr Special features:
Self-contained, all weather enclosureSix 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
FRICTIONAL HEATING: NEWSTER 2 models: 15 kg/hr and 30 kg/hr Special features:
High-speed rotors at 1300 to 2800 rpmHypochlorite added; frictional heating forms
steamWaste heated between 135º and 150ºC, 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
FRICTIONAL HEATING: OMPECO 6 models Range of capacities: 10 to 1500 kg/hr, 30 minute
cycle Special features:
High-speed rotors at the bottom of the vesselWaste heated to 151ºC, 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
DRY HEATING: DEMOLIZER 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 177ºCConfirmation label printed and affixed to container
DOCC since 1990s, acquired by BMTS in 2005 Installations: United States and India
DRY HEATING: STERIGERMS 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
INCINERATORS: ADVANCED COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
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
INCINERATORS: ATI INCINERATEURS MULLER Dual-chamber incinerator 11 models Range of capacities: 5 to 500 kg/hr Special features:
High turbulence vortex oxygen injection systemWet or dry sorbent injection scrubber, ceramic
filterMeets 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
INCINERATORS: BIC SYSTEMS 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 NaHCO3, 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
INCINERATORS: CONSUTECH 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
INCINERATORS: HAFNER Rotary kiln Two models, 7 tpy or 25000 tpy Special features:
Constructed in modules in shipping containersQuencher; 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
INCINERATORS: INCINCO Reciprocating grate dual-chamber incinerator Many models ranging from 25 kg/hr to over 2000
kg/hr Special features:
Heat recovery boilerRange 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.
INCINERATORS: KUREHA Rotary kiln Custom built for large scale processing Special features:
Jet furnace and ash extraction systemQuench 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
INCINERATORS: PENNRAM 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.
INCINERATORS: TECHTROL/INCOL Dual-chamber stepped hearth controlled air
incinerator 10 models from 135 to 1350 kg/hr Special features:
Ash discharged into a closed binAir 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
ALKALINE DIGESTER: BIORESPONSE 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 93ºC high-T models at 150ºC and 4 bar-g
In business since 2006, came out of WR2
Installations: 75 units in Canada, Ireland, United States, and other countries. Low-temperature units are found in Australia, United States and other countries
ALKALINE DIGESTER: BIOSAFE ENGINEERING Many models ranging from 15 to 4336 kg/cycle Special features:
3-4 hour cycle at 150ºCOptional pH reduction of effluent by CO2 injection
In business since 1992, came out of WR2; oldest unit installed in 1993 still in operation
Installations: more than a hundred units in Canada, United States and other countries
ALKALINE DIGESTER: PEERLESS WASTE 3 models from 7 to 90 kg per cycle Special features:
Both low-temperature (95ºC) and high-temperature high-pressure systems
In business for several years Installations: United States
ALKALINE DIGESTER: 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
CHEMICAL TREATMENT: PIWS Dry calcium-oxide based disinfectant 2 models: 180 kg/hr and 900 kg/hr Special features:
Mobile or stationary30-min cycle, computer sets disinfectant amountTwo-chamber grinding, powder added with mist
In business since 1997 Installations: China, United States, other countries
CHEMICAL TREATMENT: STERIMED 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
CHEMICAL TREATMENT: TRINOVA 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 ClO2 solution
In business since 2003 Installations: United States
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