Factories, Paper Mills, Chemical Plants

Paper Mills, Chemical and other Process Plants and factories must meet clean air standards and require various scrubbers/oxidizers and other pollution control equipment to prevent the emission of hazardous gasses into the outside air.

ActiveOx™ Bipolar Ionization and Reduced Energy Costs in Industrial Applications

In industrial process manufacturing many dollars are spent and energy used to control exhaust emissions. To conform to US clean air standards and the state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations on permissible outdoor exhaust emissions, many manufacturers have had to incur significant costs to control emission concentrations and /or modify their manufacturing processes. The most common systems in use in the US employ a catalyst or oxidizer to burn off the emissions and reduce VOC concentrations that would pollute the outside air. These systems use large amounts of electricity and either natural gas or oil to perform their function. Also, because of the extended ramp up time they require to function, when these systems are down for maintenance or service, significant production time is lost waiting for systems to come back on line.

ActiveOx™ bipolar ion emission control systems have been used for many years throughout Europe to perform the same emission control functions. There are significant cost saving benefits with these systems as they require no fossil fuels, use less electricity and can be taken down and brought back on line quickly when maintenance or service is required. See the chart below for a comparison of a typical thermal oxidizer system used to control exhaust emissions and an ActiveOx™ Bi-Polar ionization system to perform the same function:

Comparison of Thermal Oxidizer to ActiveOx™ Bipolar Ionization Scrubber
Thermal Oxidizer Index = 100

ActiveOx™ Bi-Polar ionization provides an attractive option for both commercial buildings and industrial manufacturing facilities in their efforts to reduce energy costs. In commercial applications ActiveOx™ Bipolar ion technology can allow the operator of a building to reduce energy costs by minimizing outdoor air introduction without compromising indoor air quality and the occupants' comfort and productivity. In industrial manufacturing, ActiveOx™ Bipolar ionization systems provide a cost saving option to allow manufacturers to comply with emissions regulations and with minimal impact on their businesses.

Our ActiveOx™ bipolar ion technology provides the building with the most economically advantageous position by dramatically reducing the cost of energy, as the facility will no longer be forced to draw large amounts of outside air into the HVAC system in order to minimize the effects of smoking, garbage and other odors and therefore very quickly pay for the system through a reduction of energy costs.

Aside from dramatic cost savings and the removal of all odors, including VOC emissions, the ActiveOx™ system will remove mold spores, dust, allergens, mold, bacteria, viruses, all forms of smoke and also neutralizes static electricity, ultimately providing the clean fresh scent of mountain air and accomplishing these vital results without producing any harmful ozone.

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