Sustainable and renewable Green
Energy - biomass conversion.

The benefits of BOCC processes
When added to anaerobic digesters, methane production increases significantly and residual sludge volumes decrease because of improved biomass conversion to energy.
This sustainable and renewable energy can be used for electrical generation or vehicle fuel as the market determines.

In addition, increased digester efficiency allows lower hydraulic retention times, thereby improving plant capacity. Using a simple injection pump, the product is injected into the mixer of the digester; capital costs are not incurred.

BOCC processes use bio-catalyst patented mechanical optimizers and
scientific know how.

BOCC processes require negligible capital costs to achieve the following efficiencies:

• Reducing hydraulic retention times in the digester
• Sludge is more fully digested, resulting in increased methane production
• Reducing sludge volume for disposal by 30% in tests*
• Savings of 20 - 30% in facility electricity consumption (wastewater treatment)*.
• Eliminating odours from residual sludge (no need for air handling equipment
  and environmental charges

View 1 year 4-season study from Ridgewood, NJ and the MSDS

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Frequently asked questions

What is biomass?

Biomass is organic waste material in the form of sludge or SSO (source separated organics). Typically, urban centres use anaerobic digestion for the sludge from wastewater treatment in order to significantly reduce overall volume and to kill pathogens.

This process creates methane, or natural gas. Municipalities have started to incorporate methane capture technology for wastewater and organics for two reasons: firstly to offset natural gas purchases used to heat the digesters; secondly to generate revenue by selling this electricity to the grid.

In Canada, farmers and food producers are also using this technology to develop the bio-economy by capturing and utilizing energy that would otherwise be released as greenhouse gas.

How does it work?

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
An anaerobic digester is an airtight chamber that speeds up normal biological functions to break down waste material. BOCC processes affect standard possessing:

The first effect is on the Waste Activated Sludge. It is very difficult to break down the cell-wall membranes of the WAS microbes. The microbial membranes need to be broken down in order for the solubolization into methane to occur. BOCC processes enhance this bio-chemical reaction by causing the membrane bond of the WAS microbes to weaken, particularly the more challenging lipid component. In test facilities the addition of the catalyst has been demonstrated to double methane production. (see test at Ridgewood NJ)

CAPITAL COSTS
There is no capital required to achieve these results. A simple injection pump feeds EcoSystem Plus into the mixer of the digester.

EFFECT ON OVERALL ENERGY USE
Using EcoSystem Plus with co-gen systems such as ARES will convert high-energy users into energy producers with lower infrastructure costs than many other green energy technologies. Why? Because the basis of the energy is biomass produced 365 days a year.

OTHER SAVINGS
Use of EcoSystem Plus will reduce residual sludge, thus reducing both costs and GHG emissions from shipping residual sludge. Because the final product is without unpleasant odour, environmental hazard charges will be eliminated. In addition, capital costs for bio-filters and other odour containing and eliminating buildings will be eliminated.