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CEBI / Eco:nomics /Franz Hoffmann 11-12-2008

Eco:nomics

Creation of Environmental Capital

Franz Hoffmann

President of Procorp Enterprises LLC


Space Ship Earth - Shift in Supply and Demand

Life supporting membraneOur existence is limited to a 2/100 inch (0.5 mm)

layer on the surface of a radioactive bowling ball!

Empty Space

Wor

ld P

opul

atio

n (B

illio

ns)

Earth

~ 4000 miles Radius

Nuclear Reactor


Resource Access and Use – Growing Competition

Source: Institute for Social Ecology Klagenfurt, Austria – August 29, 2008

HANPP: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production

Many regions already consume more than they produce!


Freshwater - Scarce already today


New Formula: Sustainable Value Creation

Eco:nomics – The New Business Approach

Old Formula

Cost Management

Sustainability “Code Green”

Risk Containment

+ +


Leaders are repositioning

March 14, 2008


Customers are repositioning


Think Tanks are repositioning – MIT


BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 6 – PRNewswire, September 30, 2008

“ … Calvert launched its latest sustainable mutual fund CFWAX, as part of a new series of investment portfolios for annual $1 trillion global investment opportunities.”

Calvert Global Water Fund (CFWAX)

“The unveiling of the new Calvert fund comes on the heels of …”

Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund (CGAEX)(started in mid-2007)

Investment is repositioning


Water vs. Energy - Diversified Investment Portfolio

MSCI = Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE = Europe, Australasia, Far East

Energy

Water


United Nations – Launch of Sustainability Programs


1. Food

2. Energy

3. Water

4. Materials

Wealth Creation = Fulfillment of Needs and Wants

Need = New and innovative ways to provide more


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12.00%

Aqua-Culture

Poultry Soy Pork Beef

Ann

ual G

row

thMore Food - Main World Protein Source Trends

Source: Vital Signs 2005

Pork26%

Poultry20%

Beef16% Fish

35%

World Meat Sources (448 million tons in 2005)


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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Beef Pork Poultry Fish

kg F

eed

per k

g A

nim

alSustainable Protein Production – Poultry and Fish

Source: Vital Signs 2005


Water Vapor + 120,000t CO2

Syrup $4.5M @ $20/ton

NH3 $2M

1.5 MGD Water

Thin StillageEt

hano

l Pr

oduc

tion

Nat

ural

Gas

$13.

6M

Natural GasMethane $15M

Sulfuric Acid$1M

More Energy - 130 MGY Ethanol Plant today

Ethanol, Grains, CO2

Corn


Water Consumption Increase - New Sources?


US Drought Areas – New Sources?

Source: Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap, U.S. Department of the Interior in 2003


New Regulation – Phosphorus in Wastewater

Source: Economic Research Service, USDA, based on phosphorus data from Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (1998) and Kellogg et al. (2000)

Phosphorus concentrations in surface waters.


New Regulation – Chloride Reduction


Reason for Chlorides - Ion-Exchange Water Softening

Ca2+

Na+Cl-

Ca2+Ca2+

Na+

Cl- Cl-, Ca2+

Drinking WaterWater Supply

Wastewater


Water Supply Enhancement - Radium in Well Water


Source: U.S. geological survey

Water Supply Enhancement – Saline Aquifers


State-of-the-Art Desalination – RO

10 MGD 8 MGD to Distribution

2 MGD Brine

Process efficiency ≤ 80% due to “fouling”

2MGD of water are wasted with the brine!


Effluent

PelletDischarge

Pellet Reactor:

Minerals crystallize on seed surfaces in a fluidized state. Pellets grow and sink to the bottom, where they can be discharged.

pH adjustment and reagents

Feed

CRYSTALACTOR® InstallationApplied Nano-Technology

Fluidized Bed Reactor – Mining Materials from Water


10 MGD 8 MGD

2 MGD

2 MGD Brine

9.6 MGD to Distribution 20% Supply Increase 80% Waste Reduction 96% Efficiency Approaching ZLD

0.4 MGDBrine

1.6 MGD

Scaling materials extraction

allows recovery

RO

RO

Advanced Desalination - RO plus Brine Recovery


• Eliminates Chlorides from wastewater• Increases water supply by 20%

Valencia, CA - 2008

1st Chloride-free Water Softening in North America


Radium + Hardness + Iron Removal as Micro Aggregate

Procorp Results

Radium removal in safe reusable limestone pellets


More Materials – Phosphate Mining in Wastewater

Recovered Phosphate PelletsNutrient Recovery Reactor, WI

$0

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1,000

$1,200

2004 2008

PhosphatePrice per Ton


Oil Hardness Minerals (reused after

grinding)

Produced Water Reuse Water (re-injected)

Produced Water - Oil + Water + Minerals Reclamation

1 barrel of oil produces 10 barrels

Produced Water


120,000t CO2

Syrup$4.5M

@ $20/ton

Process cost savings > $20+ million per year!

NH3 rich Backset $1M

Energy (Biogas)Methane $10M -$14M

950,000 G/D Water Reuse1-2% Solids, pH 6-7

Ethanol, Grains, CO2

Corn

Thin Stillage

Etha

nol

Prod

uctio

n

Ener

gy$1

3.6M

Salable Sulfur$0.5M

MBR Digester

Sustainable Ethanol Production – 30% Energy Shift

/ patented


Leading Sustainable Innovation …

• 1st North American water softening – Valencia, CA

• 1st RO brine recovery worldwide - Carollo Engineers, CA

• 1st integrated RO system with >88% efficiency, MN

• 1st fully sustainable Ethanol plant energy recovery, WI

• 1st North American phosphorus recovery – Alto Dairy, WI

• 1st fully sustainable radium removal – Waukesha, WI

Procorp Enterprises LLC – Since March 2007

www.procorp.com


Thank you!

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