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Fluorine-containing organic compounds treatment plant
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Development of an organic fluorine compound treatment plant
1. Highly active radicals generated by water plasma cut and decompose the strong bonds of PFAS.
2. Water plasma creates an ultra-high temperature field of approximately 20,000°C, which promotes the decomposition of persistent substances.
3. After decomposition, it inhibits recombination into harmful fluoride, preventing secondary pollution.
4. The zero-emission design does not require treatment materials such as adsorbents, and does not generate secondary waste.
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Permanent chemicals
Organofluorine compounds, including PFAS, are known to be extremely difficult to decompose, and dealing with them at various sites, including wastewater, liquids derived from cleaning processes, and concentrated water, is a challenge. The problem is that there are many types of target substances, and the difficulty of treatment varies greatly depending on conditions such as concentration, water quality, coexisting components, and flow rate. Therefore, even if the same "PFAS-compatible" approach is being adopted, the treatment design required will differ for each site.
Current methods for dealing with PFAS include the widespread use of methods such as adsorption and membrane separation to recover, separate, and concentrate the target substances. While these are important measures, in many cases, they tend to be processes that "collect and transfer" rather than "eliminate" PFAS, and issues remain regarding how to ultimately dispose of used adsorbents and concentrated liquids. In other words, the reality is that on-site issues often arise where "even if it is possible to separate them initially, it is difficult to design an integrated system for further processing."
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"Beyond Separation and Concentration"
To address the challenges beyond separation and concentration, HELIX Environmental Development utilizes technology to generate plasma from water to propose treatment options, including decomposition. The key point is that rather than requiring major modifications to existing facilities, the current collection and concentration flow can be utilized, and the method can be considered as an addition to the latter or final stage as needed. This makes it easier to consider introducing it as a point-of-use (treatment where needed) or as the last mile of treatment, while reducing the cost of large-scale renovations to existing facilities.
Furthermore, HELIX Environmental Development places emphasis not only on the performance of the equipment itself, but also on the design of treatment processes that can be used on-site, taking into account the properties of the target liquid, flow rate fluctuations, connectivity with existing facilities, installation space, utilities, and maintenance operations.By viewing PFAS response not as "removal and that's it," but as "a comprehensive design that takes into account further treatment," we aim for realistic implementation that leads to PoC, demonstration, and introduction considerations.
Going beyond PFAS " removal ."
The answer is " disassembly " as the final process.
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