Frequently Asked Questions
What the human health and safety concerns with working in a busy environment like a refinery?
An environment like a refinery always requires caution and planning. Our NewaveŽ system is extremely safe and posses little human safety concern. Our case studies for our in-situ work was performed in the middle of the main operating area of the Ashland St. Paul Park, MN refinery.
What effects does the NewaveŽ operations have on equipment or communications in a refinery area?
There has been no effect on communication, pumping, or any operating equipment during fifteen years of operations on two different areas within the refinery.
How does the NewaveŽ interact with underground tanks and pipelines?
The NewaveŽ simply bounce off any metal in their pathways.
In what soil types does the in-situ technology work?
This process will work in any soil type that technologies such as pump and treat or soil vapor extraction will work. As with these technologies, the hydraulic conductivity will determine the speed at which this process will work.
What types of contaminants do the NewaveŽ system affect?
Presently, we know that any hydrocarbon-based contaminant will be affected. Further testing is needed to analyze the entire range of contaminants that will be remediated by NewaveŽ in the future.
What applications is your system best suited for?
That's a question with many answers. For in-situ, the NewaveŽ system speeds up the recovery time and the recovery volumes, thereby decreasing the amount of time before a site is completely remediated. Sites where time is of the essence would be wise to look into ERI's in-situ process.
Anywhere that you have an air or water stream with organics that need to be removed, our process is perfect. Benzene in water, air etc. GAC removes these organics at 99.99%. The problem in the past with GAC has been regeneration, thus keeping it off larger sites. With our NewaveŽ regeneration we solve this problem and regenerate the GAC onsite with no waste stream whatsoever.
The sludge process is ideal at a facility were large volumes of oil/water emulsions are being accumulated or treated. The process is a batch treatment, so it becomes more cost effective the higher the volumes treated in a given day. With one unit we can typically treat around 30,000 gallons per day.
