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Contact Details:For further information enquire at info@baleen.com or telephone Yuri Obst on +61 (0)8 8354 4511.“With rising commodity prices, recovery of resources from wastewater – especially oil, precious metals and industrial fats, oils and greases – is becoming increasingly feasible.” Lux Research, 2014The following examples introduce but a few applications where Baleen is used:RECOVERING LOSS IN FINE ORE CIRCUITSUse of screen bowls, hydrocyclones and Jameson cells equates to lost ore!Baleen is readily integrated into existing operations via gravity-fed piping with oversize (clean product) dewatered by vacuum belt filter and undersize (gangue) gravity returned to the thickener.RECOVERING LOSS IN FOOD PROCESSINGUse of decanters, hydrocyclones, DAF and Save-Alls means lost profits!Baleen is readily integrated into existing operations via gravity-fed piping with recovered screenings (clean product) made ready for cartage and lean filtrate returned for secondary treatment or re-use.ENHANCING BIOGAS PRODUCTION EFFICIENCYBiogas volumes are maximised by thickening feedstock to a solids concentration of 8-12 per cent DS. Direct capital and operating benefits include reduced AD vessel volume requirement, increased energy recovery and onsite water re-use opportunity.ENHANCING PROCESS WATER TREATMENT EFFICIENCYOpportunities exist in other market applications where centrifuges, membranes and drying beds are commonly in service, all of which lose product. Examples include filter backwash reclamation (municipal & agricultural), crude or biomass from decanter centrate (fuel & municipal), mineral ore from beneficiation circuits (including precious metals) and foodstuff from wastewaters (starch, poultry & meat).The choice to use Baleen is a matter of simple economics – separated waste has value while filtered water (containing free fertiliser in the form of nitrates and phosphates) has re-use value. These deliverables highlight opportunities for a green future in wastewater infrastructure with circular economies.Yuri Obst, Founder and CEO of Baleen, explains: “Visualise a future in which the Earth’s natural cycles and urban economies co-exist. Marine outfalls transformed into sewer mining facilities with micro-plastics and other non-biodegradables (recyclables) recovered separate from energy-rich organic ‘waste’ (as carbon-negative feedstock) and nutrient-laden ‘water’ reclaimed for irrigation.”Baleen already plays a critical role in advancing re-use opportunities. In comparison to Membrane Bioreactors (or MBR), Baleen requires just one-third of the footprint and capital and just 5 per cent of the operating cost while still complying with the most stringent of water requirements (such as California Title 22 for re-use).ENDING MARINE POLLUTION: A “SOLUTION” TO CLIMATE CHANGEThe UN estimates that the amount of wastewater produced annually and discharged to marine “ENDING MARINE POLLUTION IS NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT IS CRITICAL TO OUR SURVIVAL ”086 OCEANS