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A VERSATILE WATER TREATMENT

INDUSTRIAL WATER/WASTEWATER
PROCESS WATER • REUSE • SAFE ENVIRONMENTAL DISPOSAL

Most manufacturing industries generate wastewater. The concerns are varied and numerous. To comply
with local or federal government emissions, however, each industrial effluent has to be treated in order to be
reused, stored on-site for eventual solids disposal, or disposed of in the local sewer system. The distinctive
characteristics and requirements of each industry make their treatment specific to the application.

A treatment method that has been used successfully for decades is Electrocoagulation (EC). This method
can dramatically reduce suspended solids without the use of chemicals. In doing so, it can economically
increase the on-site potable water supply for process water, reuse, maintaining production and preserving
the surrounding environment without discharge problems into municipal sewage systems.
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EC’s advantages include:

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Ease of operation with few moving parts
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Treats a broad range of contaminants
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Kills bacteria and pathogens.
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Breaks emulsions
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Remove suspended solids
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Meets discharge requirements in a single treatment.

Traditional EC’s main downside, however, is its susceptibility for anode and cathode passivation and scale
buildup which can cause operating efficiencies, premature shutdowns and higher electrical usage.

HOW THINCELL® WORKS TO TREAT WATER IN INDUSTRY

Thincell’s Process – Stage 1- Thincell’s Process – Stage 3 Thincell – “The Conductivity

2 Bridge”
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Suspended, stabilized and
emulsified contaminants
exist in fluid
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Patented proprietary Anode
and Cathode prevent
electrode passivation
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Suspended and stabilized
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Sacrificial electrodes
completely dissolve and
releases metal ions to form
in-situ coagulant
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Contaminant particles react
with in-situ coagulant and
form floc.
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Hydrogen and oxygen
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Patented non-passivating
anodes and cathodes – 6”
spacing
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Bi-polar Sacrificial
electrodes separated by
water molecules form a
“conductivity bridge”

contaminants are bubbles formed at the 

Thincell treatment is
destabilized, and break into proprietary cathode and efficient in low conductivity
smaller particles.  anode carry floc to top of environment
Emulsified fluids are de- chamber for removal. 
Low conductivity treatment
emulsified is not hindered by 
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Bi-polar “Sacrificial passivation.
Electrodes” release metal
ions to form in-situ
coagulant

Water Vision’s Thincell EC technology adds a new dimension to EC treatment. Thincell provides a cost
effective on-site solution to contaminant removal.

THINCELL ADVANTAGES
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Low capital costs
HOW DOES

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Inexpensive to operate
THINCELL TECHNOLOGY
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Increased flow rates
WORK?
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Minimal maintenance
downtime
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Small equipment
footprint
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Eliminates passivation
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Fewer & thinner plates
reduce weight
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Treatment of multiple
contaminants
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Low power
requirements
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Minimal operator
engagement needed
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Improved personnel
safety
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Eliminates trucking of
water for disposal
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Not limited by process
volumes 
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Consistency of
operation
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No chemicals required
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Modular design
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Variety of automated
packages available

THINCELL WORKS IN MANY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Food

Food processing is varied and has a broad spectrum of challenges. The effluent is non-toxic and
biodegradable but has a high concentration of biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids. In dairy-
based, fruit and vegetable, and other processing facilities Thincell by Water Vision provides a one-step
solution to both reduce contaminants and disinfect wastewater. After solids are removed, it de-emulsifies
fats, oils and greases, coagulating the total suspended solids for further removal downstream. The
wastewater does not require the addition of chemicals so that it is then available for reuse in the facility
and the flocculant/sludge might have commercial value as source materials for other food products.
Multiple Water Vision studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Thincell in contaminant removal.

PPM Before PPM After %

Parameters Source of Water
Treatment Treatment Removal

TSS (Total Suspended Solids) Dairy 520 12 98%

TSS (Total Suspended Solids) Dairy 3480 14 100%

BOD (Biological Oxygen

Dairy 4250 2600 39%
Demand)

BOD (Biological Oxygen

Dairy 6840 >188 97%
Demand)

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Dairy 1110 13.2 99%

VSS (Volatile Suspended

Dairy 33,665 6 100%
Solids)

BOD (Biological Oxygen Fruits and

22500 2070 91%
Demand) Vegetables
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 PPM Before PPM After %
Parameters Source of Water
Treatment Treatment Removal

Fruits and
TSS (Total Suspended Solids) 10900 <4 100%
Vegetables

BOD (Biological Oxygen

Grease Trap 1000 248 75%
Demand)

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Grease Trap 1300 2.5 100%

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Grease Trap 18000 86 100%

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Grease Trap 25000 134 99%

BOD (Biological Oxygen

Chicken Processing 1,000 248 75.2%
Demand)

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Chicken Processing 1,300 2.5 99.8%

BOD (Biological Oxygen

Tanker Wash Out 96,000 150 99.8%
Demand)

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Food Processing 25,000 4 100.0%

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Food Processing 18,000 86 99.5%

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Animal Processing 5,700 90 98.4%

FOG (Fat, Oil, and Greases) Rendering 4,200 54 98.7%

WHAT ELSE CAN THINCELL HANDLE?

DAIRY WASTE 

Reduction of contaminants in in dairy processing facilities is an excellent application for Thincell. The
technology disinfects the waste water in a single step.

THINCELL EC TREATMENT – FOOD PROCESSING

APPLICATIONS: DAIRY BASED WASTE

WATER AND PROCESS

WATER
 Reduction of contaminants from dairy based Milk , Ice Cream, Cheese, Yogurt Processing
food processing facilities is an excellent Plants
application for the Thincell EC system. The
Untreated Treated %
Thincell process reduces contaminants and Parameters
PPM PPM Removal
disinfects the waste water in one step.
TSS (Total
The Thincell system de-emulsifies the fats oils Suspended 520 12 98%

and greases (FOG) and coagulates total Solids)

suspended solids (TSS) for separation and TSS (Total

removal in downstream processes. Suspended 3480 14 100%
Solids)
The treated water can be discharged or reused
BOD
as part of the facilities process.
(Biological
4250 2600 39%
Oxygen
The separated floc can be dewatered and Demand)
disposed or recycled. Since Thincell does not
BOD
require the addition of chemicals, the
(Biological
6840 >188 97%
floc/sludge by-product may have commercial Oxygen
value as a source material for other food Demand)

products. FOG (Fat, Oil,

1110 13.2 99%
and Greases)

VSS (Volatile
Suspended 33,665 6 100%
Solids)

VEGETABLE AND FRUIT PROCESSING 

GREASE TRAPS 

THE METALS 

METAL PLATING 

MACHINING WASH WATER 

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