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Use of Pressurized Ozone and Compressed Air Flotation with Membrane Filtration for Industrial Process Water Treatment at a Forest Products Facility

Project Objectives: To install, monitor, and demonstrate a novel integration of technologies for removal of total dissolved solids (TDS) from pulp and paper mill process water, and to evaluate the system impacts and disseminate the results to various process water intensive industries including but not limited to the pulp and paper sector.

Project Approach, Scope and Methodology: The overall project approach is to leverage STAC funding by building and expanding upon the existing NYSERDA-Pactiv project which will install and demonstrate an ozone system at the Pactiv Molded Fiber Mill in Plattsburgh, NY – the expanded effort, which will occur only if STAC funding is awarded, will include the integrated installation and demonstration of a membrane filtration system at the Pactiv mill.

Benefits of the Project: This project will advance the understanding of performance of integrated technologies for removal of TDS from industrial process waters. Process water use is a great concern to the Pulp and Paper Industry and other water intensive industries. Pertinent issues include fresh water procurement, energy aspects of water heating, effluent treatment/disposal costs and environmental implications, production efficiencies and product quality, and global competitiveness which is particularly pertinent to the older mills found in the States of New York and Michigan. Mill water has a considerable amount of embedded energy (in the form of heat) – technologies which facilitate greater recirculation of mill water (i.e., minimize effluent disposal) provide opportunities for recovering such embedded energy. Extraction of TDS from industrial process water presents an exceedingly difficult challenge to mill water recirculation.

Project Budget (i.e., estimated costs) and funding organizations with funding share: The total estimated project cost is $848,132. The total applicant cost share is $467,382 or 55% applicant cost share. Thus, $380,750 is being requested as Department of Energy STAC grant funds.

Contact:

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
17 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 11203-6399
(518) 862-1090 x3377
Contact: Dana Levy
Email: DLL@nyserda.org

Partners:

Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services
Pactiv Corporation

Cost:

Total project cost: $848,132
STAC-DOE portion: $380,750
Participant portion: $467,382

Statement of Work and Status

Quarterly Reports

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Last Updated: 05/01/08