Robbing Paul to pay Peter. Spending dollars to save nickels. In acid management technology terms it means saving acid at the cost of excessive waste generation and utilities consumption. Treating the waste generated from the acid recovery and filtration process isn’t free, nor is the energy to operate the system in terms of cooling water, steam and electricity. Ongoing replacement costs for wearing and consumable items such as ion exchange membranes and filtration media also need to be factored into the operating cost equation.

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How Scanacon can help

Scanacon systems, by virtue of their robustness, simplicity of design and operating principal are the most efficient systems in terms of operating costs.

Competing systems generate vast quantities of acidic wastewater that requires treatment. This high waste volume is typically generated from cleaning the multi-media filtration apparatus. Identifying and understanding wastewater generation from filters as a customer concern over a decade ago, Scanacon has perfected the use of cross-flow filtration technology that not only achieves superior solids removal, but also does so at a fraction of the wastewater volume generated by competing designs.

Our experience and success as an acid management systems supplier has proven that when filtering and recovering waste acid minimizing ancillary equipment such as heat exchangers not only simplifies the operation and maintenance of the system but also reduces operating costs 25-40% over competing designs. When factoring in water and waste treatment costs, the margin of savings increases further.