As the demand for industrialization and resource production surges, a strain is being placed globally on natural resources. As a result, there are emanations of environmental crisis looming over our society. So, environmentalist have been working closely with civil engineers to design environmentally economic approaches to add securities for future production needs.
RTO Is Changing the Way Companies Do Business
Regenerative thermal oxidizers are a type of thermal oxidizer, used alongside manufacturing machinery as a neutralizer of harmful gases. These systems cultivate high temperatures and absorbing heat emitted from the machine exhaust gas. The economic value of RTO systems is exceptionally high, with rates of heat recovery documented at roughly 95-97 % in a given cycle. It can handle streams of heat from upwards of 980 to a low of 815 degrees Celsius. These systems work best when the ratio of VOC (volatile organic compounds) is small, and waste products and thermal energy are high.
The structural design of RTO utilizes ceramic beds, which naturally captures and retains heat. High temperatures are needed for RTO to ventilate toxic fumes, especially in biological treatment plants, paint, and printing facilities. Systems are designed to endure large volumes of gas over a prolonged session without a cooldown.
There is new to the market an RTO, which works similarly to the RTO model, the only difference is the denaturation of toxins includes wastewater processing. Construction of these systems would eliminate not only atmospheric pollutants but also diminish run-off outflow into the soil and existing water sources. Its processing units are exceptionally resourceful and cost-effective at keeping operating costs low. RTO is a widely accepted and versatile oxidative system. Any recaptured heat is recycled and used as the pre-heating component in the proceeding wave of exhaustive vapor-this ensures neutralization of any atmospheric toxins.
Biofiltration as a Wastewater Management Technique
Biofiltration is mostly used as a pollution control method, in where the active organic material is being introduced either into the air or water to denature seemingly harmful industrialized byproducts. Use of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi, are a characteristic of this method and act to naturally purify air and water lessening the likelihood of environmental contamination.
This process is commonly used in the treatment of wastewater, surface runoff, and atmospheric microbial oxidation; while reserving much attention to fetid compounds and water-soluble VOC. Examples of biofilters include treatment ponds, bio scrubbers, riparian zones and forests, slow sand filters, natural and human-made wetlands, green belts, and green walls. Commercial companies that benefit the most for biofiltration are pharmaceutical, animal production, wastewater treatment plants, and food production.
A negative aspect of biofiltration systems, is their lack of water retention technology and excessive expulsion of moisture. Statistically, incorporating Thermal Oxidizer Systems and Biofiltration into typical business operation rituals, does nothing more than augment profitability and human-created pollution management. Either method will have its drawbacks; such as RTO has a limitation on the amount of VCO that can be managed in a given period, while Biofiltration systems are susceptible to extreme moisture loss which halters production. Both are necessary to promote sustainability and biocentric conscious practices.
