Scaling Tornadic One Pass™ Wastewater Treatment Technology to Conserve Natural Resources

Industry is embracing zero liquid discharge (ZLD) as the water market moves to a moresustainable future driven by environmental economic and regulatory pressures. Micronic'sTornadic One-Pass (TOPâ„¢) previously referred to as MicroEVAPâ„¢ is the only technologythat enables ZLD of influent industrial waters economically. The market is growing at 8.5percent reaching nearly $12 billion ZLD by 2025 as water resources are depleted and demandincreasing.SBIR Phase I test results demonstrated removal of total dissolved solids and total solids by >99percent concentrating cheese waste chloride streams and creating clean product streamsprovided by our early adopter Grande Cheese.Grande Cheese validated its return on investmentto solidify the purchase of a 1500 gal/day TOP1500â„¢ unit and plans to purchase a unit for theirfacility in Juda WI as they look to achieve 100 percent water reuse. In collaboration withMicronic and Grande Cheese the EPA will be conducting test and evaluation in 2021.Micronic is applying for SBIR Phase II funding to conduct scalability engineering of a largerscale TOPâ„¢ wastewater treatment system to conduct:Component Modeling and Validation: Conduct computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelingof TOP1500â„¢ critical components and compare with performance of the system. Fabricate testand evaluate components at larger scales to validate how actual hardware performance comportswith CFD modeling at larger scale.System Value Engineering: Build a TOP1500â„¢ for internal testing evaluation and valueengineering. Key objectives are to simplify system design improve energy efficiency andreduce capital costs to enhance commercialization.System Scalability Modeling: Develop a mathematical modeling program to be used as a tool toproject critical specifications for larger capacity systems to support evolving customer scalerequirements.USDA strategic goals are met under this grant with conservation of natural resources andensuring lands and watersheds are sustainable healthy and productive.