ABMet® - Advanced Biological Metals Removal Process
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•Process Overview: ABMet® - Advanced Biological Metals Removal Process
Industries and municipalities are under increasing pressure from water quality regulators to clean up dissolved metals, nitrate and other inorganic contaminants. Waste streams and water bodies with even trace amounts of certain inorganic compounds are attracting more and more attention of the public and of government agencies.
Conventional precipitation, ion exchange and absorption methods for metals removal often have difficulty in consistently treating certain compounds to the low levels being enforced by state and federal regulators. That is why environmental and water resource managers are looking for better, more cost-effective alternatives to conventional water treatment for metals and other inorganics.
The ZENON ABMet® system is built around an advanced biological wastewater treatment process that uses naturally occurring non-toxic, non-pathogenic microbes in specially developed mixtures, which reduce and precipitate target compounds from solution, or convert target compounds into their insoluble chemical components.
ABMet® Features and Benefits
Saves Money
Simple system designs make the ABMet® system very inexpensive to operate and maintain over the long term.
- Sludge generation is minimal since removal is done biologically and not chemically.
- Sludge is removed on a batch basis over a period spanning several months instead of daily or weekly.
- Power consumption is minimal as no mixing or aeration is involved.
- Virtually no chemical addition is involved aside from nutrients required for microbial growth.
Meets the Toughest Targets
Besides the lower cost and minimal sludge generation, the greatest advantage of the ABMet® system is its ability to consistently remove metals and other inorganics to below 10, 5 and even 0.5 parts per billion with some metals.
Treats Multiple Contaminants
The ABMet® system has been proven effective for the removal of metals, metalloids, nonmetals and inorganic compounds such as nitrate. ABMet® systems can treat both arsenate and arsenite without pre-treatment. Selenate and selenite complexes can be successfully removed.
The Most Flexible
ABMet® systems are configured for site specific waste streams and contaminant groups and have been used to successfully treat water for mining, refining, chemical, power generation (for FGD selenium removal), agriculture and other industries. ABMet® systems can stand alone or work in tandem with existing water treatment systems already removing organics or treating acidic streams.
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