Cellruptor or "BugBuster" (PATENTED)

Water / Wastewater

Technical Information

For anaerobic digestion, the feedstocks, ideally containing up to 10% solids, is pumped to pressures greater than 1 barg and a small volume of biogas is introduced to the feed. The gas,due to its rapid rate of diffusion is transported into particulate material and across cell walls as a result of the high concentration gradient.

Through subsequent mixing, equilibration and depressurization steps, the continuous process results in dissolved gases "exploding" the cellular material. This releases soluble cell components and exposes cell wall and organelles, making subsequent digestion much faster as the feed moves forward to the anaerobic digester.

The process is simple and effective in enhancing the reduction of volatile solids and increasing in overall biogas generation, without significant energy requirement and operational cost.