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Organic odour control

Non-thermal plasma

Organic odour control
This new odour treatment system is based on “Non Thermal Plasma” technology and is available to treat a wide range of industrial, large volume, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and odorous air emissions such as those found in composting applications. The system works by neutralizing pollutants, using only electricity. The odour and VOCs, typically hydro-carbon compounds, are transformed into harmless H2O and CO2. Other compounds, such as H2S, chlorofluorocarbons and other gas phase pollutants and odours are also oxidized and/or reduced by the system so that they are harmless and inoffensive.

Third generation “Non Thermal Plasma” (NTP) technology incorporates a patent pending, high energy electrical NTP field with an integral catalyst system. This energized combination is able to disrupt ionic and covalent bonding in the complex pollutant compounds passing through the field resulting in the conversion of VOC emissions into harmless compounds.

The system is very compact, typically eight feet by eight feet, by eight feet, and converts the odour and gas phase organic compounds to CO2 and H2O. Air Phaser can treat air volumes from 10 cfm to 1 million cfm and more, using only electricity – usually around 20 kW or less for 5,000 cfm. A suitcase sized, demo pilot unit that can continuously process up to 30 cfm is used to perform onsite evaluation for any process.

Applications where this technology is effective include composting, biosolids, manure, and anywhere there are organic odours. Air Phaser is also effective on paint fumes, printed circuit board, and for process factories for food, pet, fish, and animal feed odour for drying and cooling air venting.

The system can treat air volumes from 50 to over 1,000,000 cfm using only a modest amount of electricity. A compact size permits retrofitting to existing processes, with an attractive ROI when operational savings on liquid chemicals or fuel usage is compared.