SWAT Technology (Salsnes Water to Algae Treatment) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

FP7 Priority Research for SMEs Programme Contract N°: 286840 SWAT Technology (Salsnes Water to Algae Treatment) www.swattechnology.no Contacts: Ivar Solvi (ivar.solvi@salsnes-filter.no) Ashish Sahu (ashish.sahu@aquateam.no)

Overall goal – Harvest Algae To achieve ≥ 95% TSS algae removal from water and utlise < 0.08 kWh/m 3 of algae Harvesting and Dewatering Drying Algae Production Algae Slurry Algae Cake Algae Drying Filter Mesh Polymer SWAT technology Concentrated algae for drying or direct applications water Flocculator Salsnes Filter unit RTDs: HERI, UK & SME 1:ASIO SME 2: Salsnes Filter LE: IGV, Germany Aquateam COWI, Norway Czech Rep. / Trojan, Norway Aqualia, Spain SME 3: Inwatec, Poland

Salsnes Filter bench scale apparatus 110 mm outer Ø 110 mm outer Ø Transparent PVC Top 550 mm 550 mm Screw coupling O-ring or to securely hold silicone gasket Sieve top and bottom cloth together during testing Bottom 50 - 60 mm ball valve

Pilot tests: Potsdam, Germany and Chiclana, Spain