Proceedings

Accelerating the S-curve

• Adoption of any new technology is characterized by the ‘Rogers bell curve’
• The ultimate goal of any technology company is to accelerate the ‘s-curve’ − Recovery of development costs as well as establish
  profitability
• In the water industry – adoption of novel technologies is ‘complicated’ − Inherent conservatism − Many partners (MFRs, Utilities, Engineers, Contractors, Regulators, etc.)

Process intensification is booming

• In the past decade, numerous process intensification technologies have been released
• Intensification − Faster, xHigher x- bigger, Stronger – Together.
• Examples…
  − Aerobic granular sludge − Mixed liquor densification − Membrane aerated biofilm reactors − Mobile Organic Biofilm (MOBTM)