Onsite PFAS Destruction using Electro-oxidation (EO)

BREAK FREE FROM PFAS™

 

Obreak, Ovivo’s patented Electro-oxidation (EO) System, featuring E2metrix technology, leverages more than a decade of experience in developing, designing, fabricating, and delivering commercial EO solutions for a wide range of applications and contaminants.

 

All features from our commercial EO reactors – robust industrial design, optimized hydraulics from CFD modeling, ease of maintenance, automated and remote operations, high energy efficiency – have been incorporated into Obreak™ Electro-oxidation for Onsite PFAS Destruction.

In electrochemical oxidation (also known as electro-oxidation), an electrical current is passed through water being treated continuously in an EO reactor. Direct electron transfer at the anode surface, and oxidants generated in the water lead to breaking these C-F bonds into carbon dioxide (CO2) and fluoride (F), both which are harmless at these low levels. When EO is integrated with concentration and polishing steps, this integrated treatment solution can significantly reduce the treatment costs vs current adsorption only approaches. Moreover, EO can be easily operated at the site of capture, avoiding transportation and liability concerns.

Stepwise
degradation

High destruction efficiencies
are achievable using Obreak™
in a wide variety of water treatment
applications.

Drinking water
plant

Landfill leachate
treatment
(onsite or offsite)

Municipal wastewater
plant

Groundwater
remediation

Water reuse
plant

Industrial wastewater
(ex. Surface finishing, semiconductors,
PFAS manufacturing)

EO for onsite PFAS destruction can be configured (e.g. anode selection) and adapted to meet your technical, regulatory, and financial needs. More importantly, EO is one tool in Ovivo’s toolbox of concentration, destruction, and polishing unit operations. Ovivo can provide a single processing step or the complete, overall integrated PFAS treatment train, your best bet for a cost-effective solution.

CONCENTRATION

DESTRUCTION

POLISHING

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CONCENTRATION

C

DESTRUCTION

C

POLISHING

Obreak has been shown
to be highly effective on destroying PFAS
on concentrated streams, such as :

  • Foamate from foam fractionation
  • Concentrate from ion exchange resin regeneration
  • Concentrate from reverse osmosis (RO)

Selected Destruction Performance

WATER MATRIX

MARKET

RO Concentrate
Drinking Water, Municipal
Foamate
Drinking Water, Municipal
IX Resin Regeneration Solution
Drinking Water, Municipal
Contaminated groundwater
Site Remediation (AFFF)
Raw Leachate
MSW Landfill
Foamate
MSW Landfill
INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

Ovivo’s commercial
Obreak systems are available NOW.

 

EO systems can be delivered in a container
or a trailer or can be a fixed installation
inside a building.