PROJECT PRESENTATION OF THE OK-FILTER AN INVENTION TO IMPROVE THE WATER ENVIRONMENT
BACKGROUND AND GENERAL INFORMATION The inventor Asko Päiviö, Oksave Capital AB, started to The OK-filter device removes pollutants from liquids, develop a device and a method for removing pollutants such as storm water, wastewater and similar. from liquids in 2011 and applied for an EP-patent in The technology is to be used to absorb and filtering 2012. inside wells of drain pipes and storm water systems. The inventor created a join venture in September 2015 With re-configurations it can be used on outlets in to by involving a Project Manager and an Expert in e.g. tanks, channels, harbours, rivers, lakes or sea. environment and chemistry. The filter will have the capacity to absorb the Based on the patent EP2724986, the project team will pollutant substances (chemicals, heavy metals and develop prototypes and perform tests with the target to organics) listed in the WFD 2455/2001/EC launch the product commercially within 1-2 years. Drawing EP 2724986
THE CLEAN WATER CHALLENGE Together with global warming, clean water is perhaps Conventional solutions is to build large scale purification the most important environmental challenge of our time. plants or create sedimentation dams. OK-filter gives an alternative to use a small device close to the pollution In 2001 the European Parliament amended a directive sources. This reduces the risk of large scale environment of a water policy, 2455/2001/EC . The directive lists 33 disasters by removing the pollutions from the areas were pollutants, of which 25 are prioritized as hazardous normally is stored. substances; chemical, metallic or organic. The philosophy behind the OK-filter is to provide users These substances is to be considered as a general with a small device to be installed in existing stormwater threat to the environment, population and wildlife, to any drain wells without any adjustment or rebuilding. city, region or country around the globe. The OK-filter plan to be manufactured in standard sizes and The EU members, as well as many other nations, face have the capacity to absorb the pollutant substances listed a major challenge e.g. to adapt it’s infrastructure of in the 2455/2001/EC . clean storm water/industrial water treatment before it reaches an uncontrolled reservoir and in the end the The OK-Filter will also be easy to adapt in accordance with open sea. customer requirements and tailor made for machines, processes, constructions, buildings etc. where water/liquid needs to be purified. Photo from start prototype test Klippan & Lomma 2016 Drawing EP 2724986
SMALL IS BIG In urban areas, where storm water pass The pollution substances are easy to control, through a pipe and/or open system, rain analyse and eliminate as the absorber material water is collected in to a drain at an early can be destructed separately accordingly to it’s stage allowing the OK-filter to purify property, e.g. combust, decay and/or separation pollutants. process. The OK-filter design is unique and can be With analyses, local pollution souses can easier consider as a micro purification plant inside be mapped and identified . each stormwater well. The active absorbing material inside the filter is embraced with The device is to be fitted in large numbers of absorbing capability as well. The design existing systems, applications and configurations offers also a flexibility to contain serial in the urban areas from large cities to small numbers of different absorbing material. villages. The number of OK-filters to be used gives a Other target users are e.g. parking houses, natural redundancy and requires no rebuild process industry, power plants, work shops, of existing infrastructure. hospitals, airports, ships, car/vehicle etc. Photo from start prototype test Klippan & Lomma 2016
ABSORBING MATERIALS It is essential in the design and optimization to choose the right number of absorbing material. The figure to the right is shoow the maximum value in fractions when comparing two different absorbing material . The OK filter design contain normally 3-5 different absorbing materials. Currently if needed it’s flexible to use up to 7 absorbing materials. This materials will meet the EU water policy directive Metal analyst after first prototype test Klippan 2016
THE SUBSTANCES LISTS OF 2455/2001/EC DIRECTIVE
CONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS The conventional solution to purify stormwater is to lead it to either a soil wall or sedimentation dam. This creates a storage of pollutants over time in the areas where it should be removed. It pushes the pollution problem in to the future instead of being taken out of the environment orbit. Another way is to build large purification plants and reinvestment in the infrastructure of drain pipe system, which is costly and demands maintenance and creates huge amount of sludge that needs to be taken care of . Additionally to convection methods, the Ok-filter can with advantage be used as a pre-filter as a intergraded in the purification system, e.g: Relief stress on purification plant and reduce the hazard of a disaster if the plant is • subject to a breakdown. Minimize the contain of pollutions substances in the sediment in dams which reduce • the hazard and disaster if a dam wall would break during a heavy flood
MARKET FORECAST STATISTIC SOURCE: FROST & SULLIVAN
MARKET ANALYSIS The project team has made a basic market analysis based on statistics and assumptions available. Once the calculations are made it’s easy to be very optimistic about the potential market for the OK-filter. Hence the team has a modest estimate for the market share. The main target customer; - urban communities, can be expected to be price sensitive to hardware cost and periodical maintenance commitment. To be successful it’s essential that production cost is kept low, a balanced exchange frequency and a modest profit per unit is considered. The team is aiming at an exchange of minimum 1 per year and a average frequency of 2 filters per year. Main target customers: • Urban communities Second targets customers: It is not to be expected that a contract for a community is to cover Transportations infrastructure e.g. road and highways bridges. • a installation of 100%. Estimations are based to cover ~30% of • Parking houses and similar facilities • Process & Chemical industry the stormwater wells per city. This is due to that some areas can • Power plants have other solutions and be connected to e.g. sedimentation Numbers of stormwater wells in: Malmö (community area ~150 km 2 ): ~40 000 wells dams and/or large purification plants. Sweden: ~2 500 000 wells EU: ~70 000 000 wells
MARKET DEVELOPMENT & PROFIT Market estimation Main target customers: • Urban communities A cautious assumption with a contract of 30% share in a Second targets customers: city size of Malmö * would give 12 000 wells to be installed • Transportations infrastructure e.g. road and highways bridges. with a filter. A average exchange per year of 2 filter would Parking houses and similar facilities • give a total sale of 24 000 filter per annum. • Process & Chemical industry • Power plants On a Swedish market with a estimation to reach a 10% Numbers of stormwater wells in: market share within 3 years after introduction and a Malmö (community area ~150 km 2 ): ~40 000 wells exchange 2 per annum would give a sale of 500 000 filters Sweden: ~2 500 000 wells EU: ~70 000 000 wells per annum An estimated EU market based on similar assumptions with an exchange of 2 per annum and with a market chare of 5 % within 5 year after introduction would give a sale of 7 million filters per annum Profit Even with a modest profit margin the estimation give a early payback and good profit per annum. * Malmö the third town in Sweden according to population
CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE FOR THE PROJECT The project team have a ongoing focus to develop prototypes for test. Information regarding the project and to potential stakeholders The team also discuss to have access and perform test on real storm and/or investors. water wells. Contacts: Project manager: Leif Steffensen, Pen-D Consult AB Parallel with the tests, the team is working with design improvements. E-mail: leif@pendconsult.com Phone: +46 (0) 739 25 15 07 So also methods for a optimized filter production in large scale. Other team members The team is seeking stakeholders and investors preferred with Environment & chemist, expert: Anders Åkesson, Anders Åkesson Konsult AB, competencies in production, European and/or global marketing, sale and E-mail: anders@akesson.net distribution. Inventor: Asko Päiviö, OKsave Capital AB E-mail: askopaivio@gmail.com The investment budget in which the project like to attract is 1,5 Million Euro. As alternative the team consider to look for is maximum 3 different investors with a 0,5 million Euro each For one full investment the team consider to offer 30% share in the project. Part investment the team consider to offer 8% share each in the project. Expected return of investment (ROI), is expected 2-3 years after product been launch. Thereafter it is expected the product is finance it self.
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