High voltage with electrokinetic disintegration
BioCrack
- Significantly higher gas yield from digester towers and digesters
- Significantly lower electricity consumption by pumps and mixers
- Lowest energy costs and low investment costs
- Easy and flexible to retrofit
- No regular maintenance, no inspections: always ready for use
How the BioCrack electrokinetic disintegration works
The operating princinple
A BioCrack module consists of the BioCrack housing, which acts as the treatment chamber and external electrode, and the internal electrode in the middle of the housing. This is supported in connecting pieces at each end, which hold it in position. The electronics are installed in the head of the internal electrode; the energy is provided by the corresponding power supply. The medium flows through the treatment chamber where a high voltage field with tens of thousand of volts is generated between the internal electrode and the stainless steel external electrode. As the medium flows through the high voltage field, the electrical forces applied break down flocculant structures and clumps such as aggregates and colloids made up of dead organic matter and bacteria. It also boosts enzyme activity. Altogether, this ensures that the nutrients are far easier to access for the digesting bacteria, and the organic content can be transformed and broken down better. That ensures a higher gas yield, reduced viscosity of the medium and makes sludge easier to drain.