Carbon Capture: Predicting, Managing and Optimizing Water Treatment. Presented by Gary Miller President & COO

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1 Carbon Capture: Predicting, Managing and Optimizing Water Treatment Presented by Gary Miller President & COO

2 Which energy source is available 24/7/365, as long as humans exist on earth? WASTEWATER! 2

3 Our Vision Clean Energy. Clean Water. Sustain our planet's resources through wastewater-energy technology and WATER Reuse The Water/Energy Nexus Primary goal: Capture, measure, control and deliver organics (carbon) in the primary treatment stage of WWT to change the economics of wastewater We Mine the Fuel Monetize the wastewater industry Create resource recovery hubs for wastewater Enhance and drive the spoke and hub concept 3

4 DEFENSIBLE POSITION 4 Patents Awarded (1 in China) 32 Patents Pending (10 international filings) PROVEN LEADERSHIP & TALENT Previous Presidents/Corporate Officers at orgs., including: Flextronics, Unisource Worldwide 17 employees (Xerox, Kodak, HP) Seasoned Advisory Board FOUNDED IN 2013, ROCHESTER (NY) (Delaware C-Corp) FINANCIALS Raised over $6M to date (RIT, IBEW) Early Revenue Stage: $11M forecast for the year Profitability projected in 2 nd half of 2016 SUSTAINABILITY Renewable Energy: Disruptive Technology Environmental: greenhouse gas reduction, clean water Economic: low capital and maintenance costs, energy production/reduction Social: job creation, community sustainability 4

5 Not much has changed since the 70 s C = Kwh C + P + N + Dirt Physical Biological Flow Never Stops.. Leaves the watershed! 5

6 What if you had an Idea that could Change the World? What if we could measure the total organic mass load in a watershed, e.g. Chesapeake? What if we could convert the organic mass load to energy? What if we could measure every pound of organics coming into a WWTP and convert that into energy reducing consumption and increasing production? What if we could predict it all before it happens (and adjust within minutes)? 6

7 Big Data Big Impact Big Opportunity Calorie = Unit of Energy COD (Carbon Oxygen Demand) = Unit of Energy X milligrams / liter 100 s of billions of liters! How much Energy is in the water and how much water can we convert for reuse?

8 The Opportunity: Hub and Spoke Communities Working With Each Other 8

9 Customer Problems Some Conscious, some Unconscious Regulatory Compliance No Biology Return on Investment 1-3 years Greater Capacity Energy Production ( % increase) Lifecycle Costs Reduction Sewer Surcharge Reduction F&B Water Reuse Regulatory Compliance Municipal Automate: Predict, Measure, Adjust, Optimize, Simplify Modular & Expandable Cleaner Water Energy Reduction (50% less) 9

10 Municipal Market Energy Opportunity In Context (U.S.): An Economic Revolution EPA: $300B will be spent on infrastructure upgrades over the next 10 years US: 1.4K WWT Plants with digesters over 1 MGD flow* $1.5B/year ($30B over 20 years in electricity) $2.9B/year ($58B over 20 years in CNG) Resource Recovery (offsets capital cost) Economic Problem Market Opportunity Return on Investment *US EPA Opportunities for Combined Heat and Power at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Market Analysis and Lessons from the Field. 10

11 Market Size F&B (US) Municipal (public & private) Organics Focused: Food and Beverage Over 31K food processing plants c. 1.4K dairy product manufacturing plants (2014) c.2.1k breweries (2014)* c. 8.3K wineries** c. 800 craft distilleries*** U.S.: 21K plants (public & private) Europe: 45K plants (public and private) Asia: c. 5K plants**** Target Market: 1MGD 50MGD 20,000+ plants! Brewers Association (excludes brew pubs) ** Wines & Vines ***Fortune.com **** CC Estimate Revenue opportunity per facility: $300K to $10M: Equipment Disposal Surcharge Reduction Annuity Energy Production Annuity Revenue opportunity per plant: $3M to $30M: Equipment Sales $250K to $10M / yr: Energy Annuity Catalyst for Capital: The US EPA estimates $300B in water and wastewater infrastructure spend within the next 10 years 11

12 Products Food and Beverage Standardized (ClearCapture Product Series) Predict, Measure, Municipal Custom New Build or Retrofit (The Harvester ) Adjust, Optimize, Protect 12

13 Current: Continuous flow ClearCove: Stop, Settle, Measure, Control Energy 13

14 Performance Metrics Organics Capture: 2-3X better! 25+ Municipal and Food & Beverage Pilots Completed Parameter BOD TSS VSS COD TKN TP Physical / Chemical Removal 65-85% 80-95% 80-90% 55-70% 20-40% 70-90% Physical Only Removal 50-60% 70-80% 70-80% 30-40% 10-30% 30-40% Example: Economic Impact Ithaca (NY) Benefit Result: $650, ,000 p.a. 260% 520% 3/21/

15 Winery Winery Installation Results Combined Sanitary & Process Waste ClearCapture Fine Exceed Regulatory Requirements Save Money Provides Water Re-Use ClearCapture Pure 15

16 Dairy Processing Biology: Conventional Treatment Six Steps Predict, Measure, Phys/Chem Only: ClearCove Treatment Two Steps Adjust, Optimize, Protect Water the cows! 40 gallons/day 16

17 An Industry Movement to Resource Recovery

18 Measure and Direct what comes in & where it goes = Energy and Water Management BOD Tank Concentration Low COD Low COD Remove more or less organics from the tank Organic Inventory Management CCS Controls High COD 18

19 Solids Inventory: Real-time Sensors on Influent, Effluent, and Solids Control what goes to the Secondary Process Consistent and predictable Extraordinary Event: no problem we find/track/adjust (automatically) Influent Effluent 19

20 May-June 2015 Real Time Sensors ClearCove Controls Predictive Utilizing real time sensors UVAS TSS Nitrogen Situational Awareness Displays Sensor detection of an anomaly 20

21 COD (mg/l) BOD (mg/l) SAC based on ClearCove Model BOD/COD Sensor Field Trials Field Trials UVAS Carbon Measurement Result Developed model for superior correlation between parameters of interest and sensor readings ClearCove Model Typical Results COD vs. Hach UVAS SAC ClearCove SAC Model vs. Hach UVAS SAC Measurements HACH UVAS SAC Signal BOD vs. Hach UVAS SAC R 2 = 0.85 P Value = R 2 = 0.51 P Value =.001 HACH UVAS SAC R 2 = 0.25 P Value =.06 HACH UVAS SAC 21

22 Methane (nml) Total Methane Production CCS Post SCP 300+% 600 CCS Pre SCP VC Inoculum 1 Volume [Nml] VC Inoculum 2 Volume [Nml] VC Primary VC Thickened VC Inoculum 3 Volume [Nml] CCS Pre SCP 1 Volume [Nml] CCS Pre SCP 2 Volume [Nml] CCS Pre SCP 3 Volume [Nml] CCS Post SCP 1 Volume [Nml] CCS Post SCP 2 Volume [Nml] 300 CCS Post SCP 3 Volume [Nml] VC Primary 1 Volume [Nml] VC Primary 2 Volume [Nml] VC Primary 3 Volume [Nml] 200 VC Thickened WAS 1 Volume [Nml] VC Thickened WAS 2 Volume [Nml] VC Thickened WAS 3 Volume [Nml] Hour 22

23 Thank You! Gary Miller, President & COO

24 Supporting Content

25 The Resource Recovery Hub Sludge Separation Treatment Reuse Water Anaerobic Digester Storage Vertical Reed Bed Filtration Process Heat Electricity/CNG Compost Effluent Discharge River Energy Generation 25

26 Conventional vs. Carbon Harvesting Components Conventional ClearCove Harvester Influent PS Same (variable speed) Same (fixed constant speed) Screening Mechanical, 1-3 FPS, small opng 0.25 Static screen, FPS. 50-microns (0.002 ) Grit Complex concrete circular formed pista grit, low Precast concrete sized for influent pump rate, grit removal %, internal paddle mixer, suction lift grit pump at low point in piping system pump Chemical Addition Separate mixing and flocculation tank Internal mixing and flocculation Primary Clarifier Circular or rectangular with internal sludge No internal sludge scrapping device scrapers Scum Removal Rotating or beach difficult to pump to thickener, needs to be screened Adjust liquid level to trough elev. goes to SCP for solids removal Sludge removal Pump sludge to thickener Sludge pumped through SCEP, cleaned, chem addition to thickener Hair removal Some 100% removal TSS Removal 50-60%, CEPT 60-80% 60-70%, CEPT 75 90% Flow Equalization None Yes BOD Control None UVAS and TSS real-time sensor based controls Actuated Valves Few as it is a manual process with 3-6 different components As needed to provide automated operations. 26

27 Market Positioning Technology Differentiation 27

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29 Filter Study: WEFTEC 2015 Evaluation and Demonstration of Five Different Filtration Technologies as an Advanced Primary Treatment Method for Carbon Diversion Technologies Evaluated CDF Cloth Depth Filter - Aqua Aerobics Fuzzy Filter Schreiber LLC Flex Filter - WestTech Engineering SuperDisc - Westech Engineering Ultra Screen Filter - Nova Water Technologies Summary Results Filtering Technologies: Potential New Technologies Organic Constituent Average Removal Range Note: Kruger DiscFilter was not part of this study, although could be considered for primary treatment TSS 45% 30-75% VSS 45% 30-75% COD 30% 20-45% BOD 30% 20-45% Energy Reduction: 20-30% Energy Production: 24-40% SBOD 0-5% 0-5% TKN 0% 0% 29

30 Economic Impact Ithaca, NY Electricity CNG Energy Savings $56,000 $56,000 Energy Production $0.665M $1.3M Year 1 Energy Value $0.721M $1.36M Year 20 Cumulative Value $18M $33M 9.5 cents/kwh $2.50/GGE Year 20 Cumulative assumes 2.0% p.a. price increase. 30

31 Summary Validated significant economic opportunity: $0.73M/year in electricity value $1.36M/year in CNG value Quantified aeration energy savings Measured increased biogas generation Relative capacity increase of the digester Improved sludge processing Plant chemical usage/costs potentially lowered 31

32 Market Validation Bath, NY Low-bid winner for installation in Enables transformation of facility to Resource Recovery Hub Lowers Taxes Creates revenue stream for community of up to $250K/year Dairy Farmers of America ZERO Biology Sewer Discharge Levels Water Reuse: Cattle/Irrigation 2X Energy production capacity increase 25% Smaller Footprint 30% lower CAPEX NYSERDA 8-month demonstration at the Ithaca Area WWT Facility 3 rd Party Validation % energy production increase 50% energy consumption reduction $ K/year energy value EPA + WERF Participant of WERF LIFT program Working with EPA to support Resource Recovery Hub and innovative technologies in Bath, NY. Member of steering committee for WERF Carbon Diversion research project. Winery Reduced wastewater disposal costs Removes 99% of organics, solids, pathogens Enables on-site reuse of effluent further reducing disposal costs Brewery Demonstrated significant organics removal capabilities of 85-95% on brewery effluent Enables significant surcharge cost reduction NREL Awarded Outstanding Venture Award Presented to top energy industry experts and scientists Recognition and validation as a renewable energy company 32

33 Not Much has Changed Since the 70s C+P+N+Dirt Physical Biological High Energy Usage C = Kwh C+P+N+Dirt Biological Resource Recovery Energy Conversion (via Anaerobic Digestion) Phosphorus & Nitrogen Capture Revenue Generation Opportunities 1970s Future of Carbon Capture There s more energy in the sewage that comes into a wastewater treatment plant than is required to treat it. -Water Environment Research Foundation 33