Drilling rigs wastewater:

With water being more and more costly due to scarcity, more operators become aware that not only is reusing treated wastewater
wastewate
cost efficient but also key to sustain our environment. As these drilling locations can be sometimes far away from cities and water
sources are therefore many miles away, water can be very expensive. This makes it even more important to reuse water. In addition
addi
to that, the drilling companies become less dependent on outside sources that control the water
water.

Advantages of our ClearFox products:

 Low operation/energy cost
 Very mobile, e, no infrastructure required (only solid ground)
 It is flexible, as systems can be designed as complete waste water treatment plants or hybrid systems, depending on the
requirements
 Odorless
 Fully automatic with little input of operator required
 Can be easily
sily dismantled and relocated to a new location
 Minimum of maintenance, can be taught to anyone
without experience in this sector

 Can also be rented/leased

 Made in Germany, very robust against all weather influences
 Warranty of 20 years

Water uses in the oil & gas industry:

In drilling operations, water is used for the mixing of drilling mud, boiler feed water, cement and many more. It is safe to say that
water is a necessity for many of the drilling operation functions.

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ClearFox® CFC-Flotation Unit

DAF (dissolved air flotation) modular system
Compact DAF-unit, designed for efficient treatment of any type of industrial wastewater
Application: Industrial wastewater treatment
Application Sizes: 1m³ /h to 250m³ /h wastewater (20 h operation)
Retrofitting: yes
Datasheet: ClearFox DAF
Manufactured in: Germany

Special features are:

The ClearFox® dissolved air flotation series is characterized by its
extremely robust, space-saving design. It can be supplied skid mounted
or fully containerized. The great success of this technology is based on
its simple and cost effective operation. The systems have been installed
in many major European food producing facilities and industrial
wastewater applications globally. The ClearFox® DAF modules can be
supplied with other ClearFox® modules as part of a larger solution or
as standalone solutions.

Benefits of the ClearFox®flotation technology are as follows:

 Highly efficient in COD/BOD/FOGs reduction (up to 99%)
 Self cleaning patented design [no mechanical scraper required for many applications]
 Two stage DAF – not just single stage like standard DAF systems
 Lower chemical requirements than standard DAF systems
 Made from PP which has a higher resistance to many liquids/chamicals when compared to SS
 Totally automatic operation
 Standardized manufactured models
 Compact design with smaller footprint than standard DAF systems
 Clog-free saturation system
 Pre thickened flotation sludge produced
 Easy to service

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Flotation plants are especially suitable for wastewaters from operation

and production processes such as:
 Meat processing / Slaughterhouses
 Dairy factory / Milk production
 Wine / Juice production
 Breweries
 Canning factory
 Commercial kitchen / Canteens
 Restaurants
 Cosmetics production
 Food transport company
 Chemical industry
 Pharmaceutical industry
 Petrochemical industry
 Textile industry
 Paper industry
 Municipal wastewater cleaning

Options:

 Containerised
 Skid mounted
 pH adjustment module
 Precipitation module
 Flocculation module
 GSM/Remote monitoring

Functionality:
The ClearFox flotation plant is fully automatic. A specific, clog-free helical rotor pump leads the water from
the collection container (collection tank or skimming tank provided by the customer) to the reactor.
The wastewater flows through a pH-regulation section where pH-fluctuations are compensated. Then,
wastewater flows continuously into the reactor. Additives are developed in a polymer preparation station in
order to aid the flocculation and flotation process.

These are mixed fully automatically into the inflowing waste water with flocculators. A multiphase pump
saturates the outlet of the water continuously with air, which is then recirulated into the reactor. The pressure
release causes a flotation of the floatable particles. These accumulate in the upper section of the reactor and
are separated by a self cleaning process, or with a scraper for special applications. Flotation sludge is
removed via a cone-shaped opening with compressed air.

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Operation:
The plant is fully automated and depending on the waste water flow, a high quality effluent quality is
achieved at all times. The system is very robust, and uses no clearing devices with movable chains or
scrapers (needing lubricants etc.), that require constant maintenance.
The Systems have proven their reliability in many industries over the years, particularly in the food industry.

Cleaning efficiency:
The Cleaning-efficiency depends on how high the degradation rate of the waste water is and operator
behavior.
The effluent is largely free from fats and purified to an indirect discharge quality, pH 6.5-7, COD 1.500 mg /
l, BOD 1.000 mg / l, TSS 500 mg / l. There is no change in temperature as a result of the process, and the
effluent quality is suitable for biological post-cleaning.

Typical cleaning performances in the milk / meat industry in the DELIVERY / PROCESS are as an example
[mg / l] COD ZU: 3000-7000 / AB: 1000-1500, BOD ZU: 2000-3500 / AB: 700-1000, TSS ZU: 300-700 /
AB: 250-500

Installation:
The DAF System includes:

 flotation reactor
 feed pump eccentric screw for inflow
 feed pump eccentric screw for sludge feed
 small interim sludge storage tank
 dosing / mixing line
 polymer mixing station
 dosing pumps (2 x)
 suction lances for chemical canister
 multiphase pump
 pH neutralization
 room aerator and heater (frost protection)
 control unit

If not installed in a container, the scope of supply consists of three parts that can be set up freely and are
mounted on skids. These parts (pump station, flotation station, dosing station), as well as the control cabinet,
can be easily transported with forklifts.

The base area for the system components must be firm and level (foundations), the environment dry,
covered, dew protected; in closed structures with multiple air changes according to the regional regulations.

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Consumer materials:
In order to regulate the pH in the water, acids or alkalics are added into the system. The system also has a
metering system for fission products (flocculant) and polymer (flocculant-help). The specific consumption is
determined in the laboratory and this is optimized by us after the start up of system.

Residues, sludge:

In the ClearFox® dissolved air flotation system, fats and oils along with other dissolved substances which
are extracted, are removed from the wastewater as flotation sludge. The resulting amount is dependent on the
concentration of such substances in the wastewater. It can be assumed that about 40 to 60 liters of flotation
sludge per m³ of wastewater are produced at average concentrations. This is approximately 4 to 6 % of the
volume of the waste water entering the DAF system.

The flotation sludge further dehydrates during storage, thus the longer it is stored, the less water content the
sludge has. It is recommended to use enclosed structures /systems to avoid odour problems.

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ClearFox® FBS Plant

ClearFox® FBS (Fluidised Bed System)

Application: Domestic – Municipal – Industrial treatment

Retrofitting: Yes

Manufactured in: Germany

Functionality:
The plant always includes:

 Primary cleaning stage

 Fluidized bed reactor
 Secondary sedimentation chamber

In the FBS there are free floating support medium (small plastic form parts) or particles (produced from UV-stabilized
polyethylene), on which bacteria grow. A biological layer (micro-organic colonization) forms on this medium after a start-up
period. The biofilm which consists mainly of aerobic organisms, transforms the organic contaminants contained in the wastewater
into sedimentary and mineral substances. The wastewater is serrated intermittently and the aeration system installed in the tank
supplies the organisms with sufficient oxygen and in addition, the aeration process causes a current that moves the fluid containing
the biofilm medium and the entire content of the reactor is blended.

This technology requires no rotating parts in the wastewater. Return sludge is transported via maintenance-free airlift-pump,
operated with compressed air. The blower supplying the oxygen is placed outside the container near the control cabinet.

Mechanical cleaning stage:

Prior to the FBR biological stage, the raw wastewater is separated in this first stage by either mechanical separation or primary
settlement depending on the project size. Particles in the wastewater that are smaller than 3mm pass through the screen and enter
the FBS. The natural wastewater accumulation flows freely through the plant. An integrated restriction valve controls wastewater
flow to prevent shock loading and to make sure that the flow is equalized in order to optimize the physical and biological
processes.

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Fluidized bed reactor:

In the fluidized bed container there are free floating support media
(small plastic form parts) or particles (produced from UV-stabilized
polyethylene), on which bacteria grow. A biological layer (micro-
organic colonization) forms on this medium after a start-up period.
The biofilm which consists mainly of aerobic organisms transforms
the organic contaminants contained in the wastewater into
sedimentary and mineral substances. The wastewater is aerated
intermittently and the aeration system installed in the tank, supplies
the organisms with sufficient oxygen. The aeration also causes a
current that moves the fluid containing the biofilm medium and the
entire content of the reactor is blended.

This technology requires no rotating parts in the wastewater. Sludge

is transported via a maintenance-free airlift-pump, operated with
compressed air back to the primary settlement zone. The blower supplying the oxygen is placed outside the container near the
control cabinet.

Secondary sedimentation chamber:

In the secondary sedimentation chamber, the cleaned wastewater is separated from the bio mass by sedimentation. At
preprogrammed intervals, an airlift-pump returns sedimented biomass as surplus sludge back into the pre-chamber as programmed.

Benefits of fluidized bed plants:

 Low sludge volume
 Good cleaning performance
 Good cleaning performance even with underload
 Simple retrofitting possible
 Maintenance required only once per year
 Proven system
The main advantage of a ClearFox fluidised bed procedure is the high biomass concentration (>21gTS/L) which allows for a small
reactor design. This saves costs while reaching a high cleaning performance.

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ClearFox® Containerised systems

Modular sewage treatment plant

A containerized mobile waste water treatment plant is

a packaged system where all wastewater treatment
equipment is completely preinstalled in ISO shipping
containers.

The modular container system with the various

components of a waste water plant are adjusted to
customer requirements and can be easily transported
by land and sea. As all the waste water treatment
equipment is preinstalled and factory tested, onsite
installation work is limited and basically Plug & Play.
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Application Size:
There is no limit or restriction on the size of the project
that our containerised systems can be utilized for, as the
system is modular.

Waste water treatment systems from 50 to 20.000

persons, or 8-800m3 of wastewater per day have been
commissioned. For larger applications it may become
more financially viable to make use of SBR equipment
solutions in tanks and structures that are constructed
onsite. Any effluent quality can be achieved.

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Advantages of a ClearFox® packaged wastewater treatment:

 Market leading, state of the art technology is built into our container solutions, which are manufactured in a
quality controlled environment and are factory tested.
 The complete system with all its components is provided from one supplier, thus limiting financial risk.
 It is made in Germany, with 20 years warranty on new packaged waste water treatment systems.
 The waste water container treatment plants are suitably designed for all climate zones and achieve maximum
efficiency in each process step.
 The system can easily be transported by land or sea and is easily setup in isolated remote and off the grid
areas.
 Low costs for scheduling and construction, as no infrastructure or buildings are required. Only a solid base or
foundation is needed on which to place the containers.
 The solution is modular, fully automatic plug & play and can be tailored to the specific local conditions and
project requirements.
 Rapid installation and setup of the system as it is delivered with all equipment preinstalled. Simply connect
the system to the electricity supply, then connect the inlets and outlets.
 It can be rapidly dismantled to be quickly and easily relocated to a new location.
 Low energy costs due to the integrated energy saving mode.
 Imperceptible noise as the entire container treatment plant is enclosed.
 Standard, locally obtainable spare parts can be used for maintenance, thus saving time and money.
 Can be used as a fixed or temporary solution for any existing treatment plant, in a supporting function, during
improvements being undertaken [new, upgrade, bypass].
 The modules can be added on to upgrade existing WWTPs to meet new emission limits.
 It is flexible, as systems can be designed as complete waste water treatment plants or hybrid systems,
depending on the requirements.
 Designed for waste water treatment, sludge treatment and industrial water treatment for different medium
and large scale applications such as the food industry or for remote communities without access to a
municipal sewage system.

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Applications are:
 Industrial
al waste water treatment solutions for any industrial wastewater [food, drink, dairy, auto, etc]
 Municipal: during upgrade or maintenance work on existing sewage treatment plants
 Communal: remote communities without access to a municipal sewage system
 Replacement
acement or relief overflow of pond treatment plants
 For regional tourist facilities to provide extra capacity
 Complete solutions for medium scale applications such as hotels, resorts, housing developments, schools,
hospitals, etc.
Remote tourist facilities,, lodges, camping sites and military camps.
 Refugee, asylum and worker camps
 Offshore applications eg. on oil rigs
 mobile solutions for remote construction sites, drilling and mining sites
 Agricultural: Treatment of slurry and digestate from Biogas plants
 Emergency wastewater treatment following catastrophes and disasters
 Infrastructure for large events
 Temporary solutions, rented sewage treatment plants, leased sewage treatment plants
 In connection with portable toilets or washroom container
 Specialist industrial
ustrial wastewater solutions and pilot scale WWTPs for non standard applications [landfill, oil
and gas, power plants, etc]

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