Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment Module

Reactive Innovations, LLC (RIL) proposes a SBIR phase I program to demonstrate a modular wastewater treatment system to supplement Littoral Combat ship (LCS) wastewater capacity for increased or mission system demands. Wastewater treatment utilizing large storage tanks currently in use on cruise vessels and some Navy ships will not meet the requirements for a supplemental compact system. In addition, regulations governing effluent discharge into open waters are becoming increasing stringent as the intensification of industrial activities in the last 100 years has inevitably caused severe environmental pollution with dramatic consequences to the atmosphere, aquaculture, our water supply, and agriculture. Advanced wastewater treatments are currently being developed for water conservation and recycling in both centralized and decentralized applications. We propose a novel chemical oxidation system to treat graywater and blackwater onboard naval vessels. Our proposed approach will advance onboard treatment of wastewater by utilizing a flow through tankless reactor which both generates an extremely powerful oxidant and chemically reacts that oxidant with contaminated waste streams with no toxic byproducts.