One-step Wastewater Treatment: COORTech Reactor System

The Cleancolytic Reactor System developed at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology is a one-step waste water treatment system consisting of highly reactive nanoparticles immobilized in a specialised reactor system for the purpose of treating industrial wastewater.

The system utilizes a nanoparticle catalyst, which activates an oxidizer in order to produce sulfate radicals that attack and degrade organic pollutants (dyes) in the textile wastewater. The system allows the re-usage of effluent water in one continuous process, thereby reducing the use of input water and lowering operating cost.

Benefits

• The technology eliminates the extra operating step and cost of removing catalyst residues and sludge from the effluent water

• The system does not produce by-products which foul the membranes

• The reactor operates at a competitively low pressure (max 4 kPa) relative to membrane technology, which requires a minimum pressure of 100 kPa

• The Cleancolytic Reactor can be incorporated into existing wastewater treatment plants.