High Speed Centrifugal Filter for Waste and Air Remediation

FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY

ENERGY GENERATION

WASTE REDUCTION

COST SAVINGS

Carew Centrifugal Technology’s

innovations clarify waste water by

removing suspended solids to

submicron range without chemical

treatment. It extracts 99.9% of total

solids. The resultant effluent can be

further purified using the CCT in series

as required for human or animal

consumption, or applied to the

environment with no adverse impact to

the receiving medium.

It reduces the volume of waste to be

landfilled, saving transportation and

disposal costs. A high efficiency reactor

converts bio-solids to hydrocarbons for

transportation. Efficiency is between

30-60%, with a projected rate of return

of less than 2 years.

Different filter models and fuel

generation mechanisms have several

patents and other patents pending.

Patent numbers: 7,122,123 and

6,761,270.

2111 Golfside

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

734.572.1000 ph.

734.572.8815

www.quantum-carew.com

510 Granderview Dr.

Milford, MI 48381

248.766.5303 ph.

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closed system to a CCF solid oxide fuel cell for power generation.

Additional applications include the filter being used to break water-oil-particulate emulsions

to separate the oil for recycling; dissolved solids being temporarily bound to selective

adsorbents; and through a series of spin and desorption-adsorbent reactivation cycles

controlled by the CPU, isolate a precipitate such as precious metals in mining operations.

The clear filtrates can be water or other valuables. A micron to submicron filter, with high

centrifugal throughput, can recycle, sterilize, and generate particulate-free air and water,

exceeding all regulatory limits.

QUANTUM-CAREW MARKETS

• INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND

MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

• MUNICIPAL & INDUSTRIAL WASTE

WATER TREATMENT

• INDUSTRIAL SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL

PRODUCTION

• TOXIC AND SEMIPRECIOUS METAL

RECOVERY & REMOVAL IN MINING &

INDUSTRIAL WASTE STREAMS

Technology at work for you PROVIDING INNOVATIVE FILTRATION AND SEPARATION SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

Carew Centrifugal Technology’s (CCT) filter device, in

different configurations, generates dry solids and purified

fluids, including water and oil. The filters are also used on

stacks to collect heavy metals and CO2 from air. The core

filter’s adjustable apertures remove solids, and when

completely closed, laser etched apertures exclude

particulates (microbes) less than 0.1 micron. Centrifugal

fins mounted internally and externally to the micro-filter

clear particulates and fluids from the filter to avoid binding,

and greatly improve throughput. Stacked or series formats

enable continuous processing of wastes to dry solids and

purified fluids, free of both suspended and dissolved

solids and without chemical pre-treatment, thus

contributing to cost mitigation in waste management.

These low maintenance, self operating and self

cleaning tunable aperture centrifugal filters can be

assembled in 4 to 6 unit carts similar to that shown in

the photograph to the left. This multi-unit cart has a

potential daily output of 500,000 gallons per day. All

units operate from a single touch screen CPU.

Suspended solids typically exit the filter press with 40-

60% dryness: clear filtrate still containing dissolved

solids can be purified by selective adsorption either

within the centrifugal filter by “spin-dry cycles” with

regenerating adsorbent, or in a separate centrifugal

modification of the filter shown in the 2D CAD drawings

to the right and the 3D illustration below.

FILTER CORE TECHNOLOGY

The filter core with sub-micron laser etched apertures, sub-section

shown on lower left, can be adjusted digitally. When completely

closed, they exclude particulates (microbes) less than 0.1 micron.

A stepper motor opens the aperatures from between 2 and 250

microns in 2 micron increments, depending on the matter being

filtered. The laser etched ridges in the flat wire filter coil, below left,

form apertures in the sub-micron region for micro-filtration of

microbial and fine particulates from both air and water. The filters

can be used in stacks or series to capture and process multiple

levels of waste, including both suspended and dissolved solid

removal.

The technology offers a high performance, cost effective

alternative to conventional water and waste water treatment

technologies, while costing appreciably less. Its footprint is

significantly less than alternatives and. Its compact size makes it

ideal for mobile applications, temporary installations, or for use in

remote areas.

CASE STUDY

The filter has long term use at industrial sites processing machine

oil and at agricultural sites processing hog waste. The new

centrifugal model does not require a chemical coagulation of

suspended solids in oil/water treatment. Examples of waste

machine and de-emulsified oil and hog barn waste before and after

treatment are shown on the left. These applications avoid a wide

range of human health and ecological impacts such as surface run

off, leaching into soil and groundwater, and releases into the air.

MULTIPLE PROCESS CONFIGURATIONS

The Carew Centrifugal Filter (CCF), with its pneumatic filter-drying unit, is a useful adjunct to

readily available gasification units. Dried solids from the CCF are suitable for biofuel

production and turbo-electric power generation without accompanying particulate emissions.

The sanitized residue phosphates removed are useful as fertilizer.

In another CCF

application, the dried

solids are flash-pyrolysed

and converted to bio-oils.

Next, they are

catalytically converted to

hydrocarbon in a series

of centrifugal (CCF)

columns as illustrated on

the left. Gasoline and

diesel vapors can be

flash condensed as liquid

fuel or, along with light

fractions, fed directly in a

WATER TREATMENT

STARTUP

If processing 220 gallons of waste-

water, with an initial investment and

operating costs not exceeding

$225,000 over a 10-year period, this

results in $0.001/gallon total costs.

By comparison, typical municipal

and industrial waste treatment

averages $0.1/gallon, with

agricultural waste cost in the range

of $0.03/gallon.

REVENUE/PRODUCTION

RATES

Daily revenue is $9,319.50/day for

a 10 ton waste-to-energy process.

The systems efficiency is in the

order of 30, with coke and other

light hydrocarbon gasses by-

products.

BENEFITS

• Process efficiency

improvements,

• Reduce environmental liability

exposure,

• Solid waste to landfill volume

reduction,

• Energy recovery,

• Energy/Biofuel production,

• Process and drinking water

production.

turning environmental liabilities, into viable business opportunities

High Speed Centrifugal Filter for Waste and Air Remediation

FILTRATION TECHNOLOGY

ENERGY GENERATION

WASTE REDUCTION

COST SAVINGS

Carew Centrifugal Technology’s

innovations clarify waste water by

removing suspended solids to

submicron range without chemical

treatment. It extracts 99.9% of total

solids. The resultant effluent can be

further purified using the CCT in series

as required for human or animal

consumption, or applied to the

environment with no adverse impact to

the receiving medium.

It reduces the volume of waste to be

landfilled, saving transportation and

disposal costs. A high efficiency reactor

converts bio-solids to hydrocarbons for

transportation. Efficiency is between

30-60%, with a projected rate of return

of less than 2 years.

Different filter models and fuel

generation mechanisms have several

patents and other patents pending.

Patent numbers: 7,122,123 and

6,761,270.

2111 Golfside

Ypsilanti, MI 48197

734.572.1000 ph.

734.572.8815

www.quantum-carew.com

510 Granderview Dr.

Milford, MI 48381

248.766.5303 ph.

reclaiming waste, reclaiming money