Eutectic Feeze Concentration

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1 EFC Separations BV Energy efficient and chemicals free technology for brine concentration, dehydration and recovery of organic and inorganic compounds November 2&3, 2017 North American Water-Tech, Toronto, Canada Rob van der Meij Tel

2 Eutectic Freeze Concentration Eutectic Feeze Concentration Energy efficient Environmental Friendly Chemicals free Corrosion, scaling free Electrical powered Applications Salts/water separation Brine treatment ZLD Heat sensitive (organic) materials concentration Water recycle Industries Mining & Minerals Oil & Gas Food, Dairy Chemicals, Pharma Waste water treatment BioTech fermentation Feed Ice ρ < 1 kg/l Mother Liquor ρ 1 kg/l Salt ρ > 1 kg/l Ice crystals float Salt crystals sink 11/3/2017 2

3 EFC Separations BV. History and next year outlook History onwards Spin Out Technical University Delft 2009 R&D company for application research Investment Sparkling innovations 2013 Pilot plant Scale up Market entry preparation IP expansion applications 7 people, strong international team Hatenboer Private investment 2017 Successful pilot plant and demo phase Revenue generation > 1 million Euro by paid research projects and sale of pilot plant (5 tpd) 10 ton/day scale proven (2016) FIRST COMMERCIAL UNIT SOLD ACID MINE DRAINAGE, SOUTH AFRICA Proxa Water, Glacier project Anglo American Mine Recovery of Na 2 SO 4, ZLD Start up summer ton/day Scale up to commercial unit with food industry customer ongoing to 35 tpd Gas Scrubber commercial development w engineering company Revenue > 1 million Euro, /3/2017 3

4 Demo unit on its way to South Africa for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment of High Na-Mg Sulfate stream Recovery salt and ZLD Demo test spring 2018 Commercial Unit start Sep /11/2017 4

5 High salinity water treatment is fast growing market Industrial water treatment market drivers for Dissolved Solids Removal Growth of fresh water production increases the amount of high salinity waste water Environmental regulations tighten and treatments becoming more expensive, strive for ZLD operations growth> 9% CAGR market size > 1.1 billion $ Recovery of water for re-use from industrial waste streams Restrictions increase for groundwater/fresh water use Recovery of valuable salts from waste water Source: GWI, Industrial Water Technology Market Report /3/2017 5

6 Market potential for brine treatment recognized by GWI GWI, Nov 2016 issue Keith Minnich, Third Bay Inc. consultant, interviewed by GWIE This is exactly what EFC does!!!!!

7 Current high salinity water treatment technologies have serious short comings EVAPORATIVE TECHNOLOGY Energy intensive New heaters can be restricted by permits Corrosion and scaling tendency High chemicals usage Difficult to operate Cannot deal with heat sensitive products Limit on inlet TDS Energy intensive Fouling & corrosion sensitive Require chemicals treatment Cannot handle heat sensitive materials 11/3/2017 MEMBRANE FILTRATION No salt recovery, always a brine Scaling tendency Limit on inlet TDS Problematic for high COD waters Can be a pre-treatment for FC/EFC Cannot handle salt crystallization Only produce brine Inlet TDS and variability limits Freeze Concentration (as offered by competitors) GEA and Sulzer systems work with wash columns: No low T operations Limited operating range, low flexibility Complex operations requiring ice growth/recrystallizati on vessels Sensitive to inlet fluctuations Cannot make ice and salts at the same time 7

8 CAPEX (10 6 euro) OEPX (x1000 euro/yr) Caustic Scrubber EFC much lower cost compared to evaporation 3 rd PARTY COMPARISON Business case comparison by one of the world s largest engineering company CAPEX Crystallization % 45% 550 Eutectic Freeze Crystallization Crystallization OPEX Eutectic Freeze Crystallization Caustic scrubbers are used in virtually every refinery, chemical, gas, power, steel plant etc Water management and recycle in these facilities becoming more and more important 8

9 Business model has different market options Outsourced Manufacturing by strategic geographic manufacturing partners Key equipment manufacturing and design via EFCS (configuration, crystallizers etc) Assembly local, buy standard components local (cooling machine, pumps etc) Equipment Sales model for value driven separation cases Food, chemical, mineral production industries etc Business case driven by value of product recovered Rental/lease model for waste water treatment cases long term contract with steady revenue Channel through service companies in geographical and specific market segments (like oil/gas etc) for multi-technology cases Licensing model options applicable Specific geographic and/or market segments EFCS handles crystallizer supply and process design EFCS handles outsources manufacturing with local channel partner 03/11/2017 9

10 EFC Separations BV Energy efficient and chemicals free technology for brine concentration, dehydration and recovery of organic and inorganic compounds November 2 & 3, 2017 North American Water-Tech, Toronto, Canada Rob van der Meij Rvandermeij@efc.nl Tel