Natural Gas & Electricity Magazine: Cogeneration for Industrial Wastewater Evaporation Has Rapid Payback

Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP), refers to the use of both power (electrical or mechanical) and thermal energy from a single source, such as a turbine or engine. Today, there are over 4,400 cogeneration systems in the United States in a variety of applications.

Today, an innovative wastewater treatment technology is enabling an entirely new category of cogeneration application, called “CoVAP”, which stands for Cogeneration for Industrial Wastewater Evaporation. CoVAP uses the waste heat from turbines and engines to evaporate challenging wastewaters. In many cases, the evaporation results in only solids remaining (this is called Zero Liquid Discharge.) CoVAP allows companies to realize significant savings associated with managing challenging industrial waste waters.

Power Magazine: Upheaval and Innovation in Wastewater Management

Novel evaporator. A flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater treatment/concentration pilot project at a 952-MW coal-fired power plant showed that Heartland Water Technology’s LM-HT Concentrator was able to use flue gas heat as an energy source to drive its evaporative process. The test concluded that the concentrator could treat and concentrate FGD wastewater, resulting in a net water volume reduction of 90% to 95% with total dissolved solid levels of more than 400,000 mg/L in the circulating fluid, and yielding a slurry containing 70% to 80% total solids. Fly ash within the flue gas provided a net benefit to the system by aiding in the management and stabilization of precipitated salts from the concentrated brine. Courtesy: Heartland Water

Cogeneration technology helps landfills reduce wastewater management costs

More than 60% of landfills dispose of their leachate by transporting it to municipal wastewater treatment plants.  Trucking costs, as well as municipal operators’ growing reluctance to accept leachate due to the challenges leachate brings to their treatment processes, are driving up costs of leachate disposal and the costs of managing a landfill.Many landfills over the past two decades have developed valuable waste-to-energy projects, generating renewable energy from the biogas created through the decomposition of organic materials within the landfill. The vast majority of these biogas-to-energy projects are ‘simple cycle’ power generation configurations – meaning the ample energy available in the hot exhaust produced by the power generation equipment is vented to atmosphere and not used beneficially. A landfill in the eastern US is using this hot exhaust energy from its biogas-to-energy plant to evaporate leachate on site using a novel solution by Heartland Water Technology. By using this freely available energy and treating leachate onsite, the landfill is taking positive control over its leachate management, generating even more value out of its renewable biogas, lowering its total cost-to-treat and significantly reducing its dependency on municipal wastewater treatment plants.
 

Heartland Water Technology Signs Contract with Mississippi’s Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority

Hudson, MA – December 19, 2017 – Heartland Water Technology, Inc. today announced that it has signed a contract with the Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority to install a Heartland Concentrator™ at the Three Rivers Regional Landfill near Pontotoc, MS to treat landfill leachate.  Heartland develops innovative technology to solve some of the world's most challenging waste water problems.

FGD Wastewater Evaporation Pilot Project at Large Power Plant

In the fall of 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated revised effluent guidelines for steam electric power generating units (EGUs). The 2015 Effluent Limit Guidelines (ELGs) final ruling (1) is now in place. While there is now some uncertainties as to the effective start date for the new guidelines, the tightening discharge limits will certainly impact a number of electric power plants across the United States. Particularly challenging wastewaters in this context include flue gas desulfurization (FGD) purge water and coal combustion residual (CCR) pond waters.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) conducted a study using a different evaporation technology installed at the Water Research Center at Southern Co.’s Plant Bowen, located in Cartersville, GA. The purpose of this project (2) was to evaluate the efficacy of an adiabatic evaporator for FGD wastewater treatment/concentration at a 952-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant. The system used flue gas from the power station as the source of thermal energy for evaporation.

The study revealed that the adbiatic concentrator technology, which uses a direct contact evaporation process, can be a particularly appealing option for sites implementing a ZLD treatment train and without many of the disadvantages experienced by more traditional technologies. Furthermore, there is potential for producing a concentrated slurry that can be stabilized (or solidified) for disposal without the need to add a crystallizer stage to the process. The study validated that the adiatic concentrator offered an alternative to reducing plant wastewater volumes and facilitating efficient capture and disposal of water contaminants in an environmentally responsible manner.

WASTEWATER CONCENTRATOR USES WASTE HEAT TO LOWER TREATMENT COSTS

Landfill leachate and other challenging wastewaters incur rising treatment and disposal costs. Technology developed by Heartland Water Technology, Inc. (Hudson, Mass.;  www.heartlandtech.com) can lower costs for treating wastewater by slashing wastewater volumes by 95% or more, using waste heat as an energy source, and reducing maintenance costs and downtime associated with more traditional evaporation technologies.

HEARTLAND WATER TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES ITS GLOBAL PUSH WITH TWO STRATEGIC HIRES

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Waltham, Mass., July 18, 2017 – Heartland Water Technology, Inc., a global technology company that develops products to solve some of the world’s most challenging waste water problems, today announced it is adding two executives to its leadership team.

Marek Herrmann-Nowosielski joins Heartland as the Senior Vice President for Product Management. In this role, Mr. Nowosielski will lead in developing and commercializing the company’s technologies and products, with a key focus on extending Heartland’s platform LM-HT® brine concentration process into new applications and geographies. Mr. Nowosielski comes to Heartland from Oasys Water where he held various roles including most recently, Senior Vice President, Technology. While at Oasys, Mr. Nowosielski led technology and product development from lab scale to delivery for five commercial projects in three markets: oil and gas produced water in North America, power plant zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in China and coal-to-chemical (CTX) wastewater in China. Prior to Oasys, Mr. Nowosielski held management roles at GE Water and DuPont Water. A resident of Newton, MA, Mr. Nowosielski holds a B.A. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, from Cambridge University (UK), a MBA from Babson College, and is a Registered Chartered and Professional Engineer.

“The potential to expand the applications for Heartland’s proprietary platform technology is what attracted me most to the company,” said Mr. Nowosielski. “It not only solves many of the operating challenges faced by more traditional evaporation technologies, it is able to run on waste heat, making it an extremely cost competitive solution,” he added.

Casey Cammann joins Heartland as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Mr. Cammann will lead the marketing function, and will also lead Heartland’s channel partnership development focused on engineering firms, system integrators and OEM manufacturers. Prior to joining Heartland, Mr. Cammann was Senior Vice President, Business Development of Innovative Foto, Inc. a division Dai Nippon Printing, a large Japanese printing and digital imaging company. Prior to Dai Nippon Printing, Mr. Cammann served as Vice President of Marketing at Phoenix Controls (a Honeywell company) that sold airflow control hardware and software for critical environments to Pharmaceutical, University and Healthcare customers. While at Phoenix Controls, Mr. Cammann led market research, product development, marketing communications and vertical market support functions and crafted the company’s first 5-year strategic plan. Earlier in his career, he worked as a management consultant with Accenture. Mr. Cammann holds a B.A. from Yale University, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and is a former professional basketball player. He resides in Andover, MA.
“Marek and Casey are both passionate and strategic leaders who share Heartland’s values and bring considerable skills, experience and capabilities that will supplement our already strong leadership team to help us drive our business both in the US and globally,” said Earl Jones, Heartland Water Technology’s Chief Executive Officer.

About Heartland Water Technology
Heartland Water Technology develops innovative solutions for treating the world’s most challenging waste waters. Its platform technology, the Heartland ConcentratorTM, has a proven ten-year track record of successfully treating difficult to treat industrial wastewaters including landfill leachate, Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) scrubber water, Brine and Ash Ponds and O&G Produced Water and Frac water. Moreover, the Heartland Concentrator can use waste heat to deliver zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in a single unit operation, with unparalleled reliability, little to no pre-treatment, and at a lower life-cycle cost than traditional evaporation technologies.
Inquiries and question about Heartland Water Technology should be sent to: Casey Cammann, Chief Marketing Officer at: ccammann@heartlandtech.com

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HEARTLAND WATER TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THE COMPANY ACCELERATES GROWTH IN THE ENERGY SECTOR AND CHINA

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Waltham, MA – June 1, 2017 – On the heels of closing a $12 million equity round in April of this year, Heartland Water Technology, Inc., a global water technology company that develops innovative products to solve some of the world’s most challenging waste water problems, today announced that it has named two high profile additions to its Board of Directors.

Kevin T. Knobloch was most recently the Chief of Staff to Secretary of Energy Ernest Monitz at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he led initiatives to meet multiple critical missions including clean energy technology, R&D and deployment; nuclear and toxic waste remediation; and energy infrastructure and security issues. He also managed the agency’s $30 billion budget and the 110,000 person workforce. Mr. Knobloch is currently Senior Research Associate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University where he is spearheading a new initiative on the role of the private sector in energy innovation. Prior to his role at the Department of Energy, Mr. Knobloch served as the President of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a national non-profit organization focused on bringing scientific integrity to policy and advocacy issues related to clean energy, sustainable agriculture, nuclear energy safety and nuclear weapons non-proliferation, a position he held for 10 years. He holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelors degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

“Kevin is a highly respected leader who brings to Heartland extensive knowledge of both established and breakthrough energy technologies, public-private collaborations and investments and energy and climate public policies at all levels.” says Robert Irwin, Director and Co-Founder of Heartland Water Technology.

Christopher Beaufait is a technology-focused business leader with deep global experience. He was most recently Group Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific & China for Vestas, the world’s leading wind power and services company. Prior to joining Vestas, he held a variety of senior executive roles within the General Electric Company including President of China Commercial Aircraft Programs for GE Aviation, President and General Manager for GE’s Avionics business, and served as the Global Business Development Leader for GE Corporate China, Aviation and Transportation businesses. While at GE, Mr. Beaufait led the creation of Aviage Systems, the first US-China joint venture focused on serving the global avionics market. In addition to holding multiple Six Sigma certifications, he has participated in the last two World Economic forums in China, with a focus on renewable energy and artificial intelligence/automation. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Mr. Beaufait is a former Naval officer and certified nuclear engineer.

“I couldn’t be more delighted that Kevin and Chris are joining our Board,” said Robert Cawthorn, Chairman of Heartland Water Technology. “Together, they bring a diversified world view, extensive global business experience and strong networks to help us shape our strategy and direction, particularly as we expand and grow in the energy sector and key markets outside the U.S including China.

“Kevin and Chris are passionate leaders who care deeply about the things we value most at Heartland – safety, the environment, innovation, integrity and teamwork. Collectively, they bring incredible experience to our Heartland team.” added Earl Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Heartland Water Technology.
 
About Heartland Water Technology

Heartland Water Technology develops innovative solutions for treating the world’s most challenging waste waters. Its platform technology, the Heartland Concentrator™, has a proven eight-year track record of successfully treating a variety of difficult to treat industrial wastewaters including landfill leachate, FGD scrubber water and oil & gas produced water. Heartland’s packaged systems are rugged, simple, and effective, and deliver the lowest lifecycle treatment costs.

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Inquiries and question about Heartland Water Technology should be sent to: John Weigold, Director of Marketing at: jweigold@heartlandtech.com