Interesting that the BSHF folks from sunny Carlsbad, Caliphonya are marketing their system to beautiful sunny, sandy, downtown Dubai.
One might note that there's no mention of Biogas / Methane collection for plant use or export energy; readily available from even a low-performance digester at a typical wastewater treatment facility. AWWA digesters are truly whiz-poor examples of how to efficiently generate Biogas, but they have such tremendous volumes of throughput that running sizeable engine-generators or engine-pumps is just a 'gimme'.
If they chose to build one of these whiz-bangs above the Mason-Dixon line they would immediately be up to their freakin' wallet pockets in Union insulator and municipal CSI specification-grade insulation costs due to their totally exposed design. bioshaft.com And, the sludge they mention having so little of is an excellent soil amendment and nutrification agent for nearby farms, golf courses, airports, military bases, etc. Golly, I'm impressed.................. (Not)
No doubt they have truly top notch Silly-Con Valley marketing people to propell this magnificent improvement over the AWWA's cookbook to lofty Dot.Com heights before it joins the ranks of the also-rans who have negligible talent when compared to firms like UOP, Montgomery-Watson-Harza, Sargeant & Lundy, Burns-McDonnell, Black & Veatch, ABB, Inc., Thermodyne Corp., and other experts in WTP and WWTP design-build biz. Even GE builds package treatment plants than can kick these guys tushies right our of the ballpark on a low-bid competition.
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