“We’re excited that World Water Works have decided to manufacture and distribute our devices throughout their international customer base,” said Riggs Eckelberry, OriginOil CEO. “This is a major first step in our plan to integrate the algae production process for our customers.â€
World Water Works’ Algae Harvesting Technology Optimized (AHTO) system is a patent-pending version of the company’s wastewater industry high rate Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) process, specifically tailored to algae harvesting.
It separates suspended solids (flocculated algae) from the water by a process of dissolving air into water under pressure. Upon release of that pressure, micro-bubbles form. These micro-bubbles interact with the particles to cause them to float to the surface of a vessel where they are skimmed off.
The company says the process brings significant performance and cost advantages over other algae harvesting systems on the market, yielding up to 20% algae concentrations at low operational and capital costs.
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