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The first full-scale plant designed & commissioned by us!
We are happy to share with you a video compilation on the large microalgae-based effluent treatment plant that we have set-up at our customer facility. As you will see, this is a low-cost, scalable design ideally suited for large-scale deployment in the effluent treatment industry.
Our Own test-bed, pilot facility
With our technology garnering significant interest, there are several prospective customers who are interested in exploring our services. However most of them would like to See it first, before deciding to invest in the development and designing phases. While asking us to set-up a pilot plant at their facility can help them thoroughly validate the technology for extended periods of time, it can be both time-consuming and expensive.
Therefore, we are now coming up with a test-bed pilot facility at Nashik, where our prospective customers will get to SEE our technology working under the sun. This test-bed facility will also give them an opportunity to reduce the time and investment required for evaluating this technology on their own wastewater streams by conducting pilot studies at this site.
About OUR TECHNOLOGY
What is Environalgae all about?
- Offer you Microalgae-based effluent treatment and carbon capture process plants
- Help you transition to sustainable and profitable management of wastewater and process effluents
- Help you enhance your sustainability and circularity quotients
- Help you generate revenue streams and attractive ROI through effluent treatment
What are microalgae?
- Primary source of oxygen in all aquatic systems including the oceans
- Autotrophic microbes that can capture carbon from air and water, to convert into renewable algal biomass
- Most nutrient-rich whole-food with high levels of proteins, antioxidant pigments and heart-healthy fatty acids
How do microalgae look like under the microscope??
- This video slide shows a population of microalgae in various stages of its 1-3 days lifecycle: Large but yet to divide cells, cells about to divide and just divided small cells.
- These 1-3 micron sized algae, owing to the tremendous surface area available per cell for photosynthesis, are able to simultaneously utilize sunlight and dissolved pollutants (COD/ organic carbon, nitrogen and other elements) to produce oxygen and more of such algae. What results is purified oxygen-rich water and renewable-useable algal biomass.
Why use microalgae for effluent treatment?
- Microalgae use sunlight to convert pollutants into algal biomass and free oxygen.
- Improved sustainability in effluent treatment.
- Improved circularity through recycling of carbon, nitrogen and other elements as feed, food, fertilizer or fuel
How does our microalgae-based process differ from other ETP options
- Highly sustainable process that can also help you attain your other sustainability goals.
- Oxygen is generated by the algae rather than being needed to be supplied
What are the key advantages of microalgae over other ETP options
- A well-rounded, sustainable process
- When tailored for certain applications, this can be the most cost-effective solution
- Operating costs are always low
- Worth exploring for your wastewater treatment application.
When to connect with us?
- If organic carbon, COD, nitrates, ammonia or heavy metals are proving difficult to manage at your ETP, please connect with us.
- If you want to improve sustainability of your manufacturing plant talk to us.
- If effluent treatment costs are eating up most of your margins, microalgae can help you generate additional revenue streams
- We can help you identify if microalgae-based processes can provide the right fit for your effluent treatment or carbon capture needs
- We believe in science, technology and engineering based demonstration of a solution before offering it as a commercial solution
Typical sketch for an algae-based effluent process
- Process utilizes the natural potential of microalgae to mitigate pollutants with sunlight as the energy source
- Pollutants are metabolized into algal biomass while oxygen is released to the atmosphere.
- Treated water can be recycled while the produced microalgal biomass can generate revenue
How does algae-based wastewater treatment work
- It's a process that utilizes the ability of microalgae to simultaneously utilize sunlight and pollutants to generate renewable biomass, pure oxygen and clean water.
Why work with us?
- We are driven by our passion for the environment
- We are a science & technology driven business rather than an equipment supplier. We put our knowledge at stake!
- We do not believe in selling our words. Instead, we offer phase-gated solutions from concept, to lab, to pilot, to demo to full-scale applications. We wont ask you to invest in something until it is proven at all stages of development at your location!
Why should you consider giving us a chance?
- Preliminary techno-economic evaluation of this option is FREE!
- This is one of the most sustainable effluent treatment option that you may find! After all, how many other processes can emit oxygen as a by-product!
- The Primary energy source for this process is sunlight. So if you have some land (marked "green zones" or even terraces) at your factory, why not utilize the sunlight?
- Do you know that as a biomass commodity, microalgae command high value in the market (aquaculture feed, organic fertilizer, etc.)? So you can possibly make the best out of your wastes!!
techno-economics and environmental impact
Our Vision
At Environalgae, we strive to be a leading environmental consulting firm that inspires and empowers individuals and organizations to take action towards a more sustainable future.
Do you know?
Synergy between algae and bacteria
By using microalgae for your effluent treatment you can explore the synergy between algae and bacteria for attaining high rates of pollutant mitigation. This is because bacteria needs oxygen for removing pollutants, which the algae provide. On the other hand, bacteria produce carbon-di-oxide which the algae utilize. While doing so, both end up removing the pollutants from your wastewater.
Our Lab Facility at Kharghar
What do we do here?
- Conduct algal assays on customer wastewater samples for testing the suitability of microalgae for treating it
- Conduct process development work for eventual scale-up to pilot and commercial levels
- Create a bank of algal cultures for treating variety of effluent streams
Algal Bioassay studies are carried out on "Free-Of-Cost" basis
- We do not sell any wastewater treatment technology/ process until we have identified the possibility of microalgae being suitable for the said application
- While it is not necessary that all successful algal bio-assay studies will scale-up into commercially viable processes, the chances of failure at the later stages are reduced if algal bio-assay results are satisfactory
Meet our team
Namrata Vispute
A post-graduate biotechnologist by training who loves working on complex bioprocesses that can help solve environmental problems.
Sakshee Salvi
A recent Chemical Engineering graduate who is keen to apply her academic training in the industry.
Sarang Patel
An experienced professional from the wastewater product marketing sector who provides us with the required customer outreach and product trials experience.
Divya Kale
A post-graduate in Biotechnology who is passionate about the environment and wants to be part of a winning team!
Dinesh Rathod
A post-graduate in Biotechnology who is passionate about what we does and loves working on applications of biology that solve Environmental problems.
Gaurav Kadam
A recent Chemical Engineering graduate who loves to work on scaling up unit operations and processes.
Dravid Katre
A recent Chemical Engineering graduate who is passionate about data generation and scale-up.
Sunil Dhumak
A young Chemical Engineer who has previously worked elsewhere as Process Engineer. He is now posted at our at Nashik.
Dr. Rahul Patel
(Chief Technologist)
A PhD in Agriculture with over 11 years of experience in algal biofuels and large-scale microalgae cultivation and processing. Rahul brings in unique blend of science, development, application and operations.
Dr. Ninad Gujarathi
(Founder- Environalgae)
A Chemical engineering technology and business professional with over 19 years of experience in renewables, wastewater treatment, biofuels and chemicals sector. Experience in conceptualizing, designing and setting-up some of the largest microalgae-based process plants in the world.
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Environalgae
Environalgae, 1101, Millennium Empire, Plot 47, Sector 15, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 410210, India
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Open today | 09:00 am – 05:00 pm |
Please call me at 8600140949 to fix up a meeting.
