Yes. According to the US centre for disease control and prevention the microbes we use are Biosafety Level 1, meaning if a healthy person ingests it will
not do any harm. The microbes used are indigenous and will not cause any harmful outbreaks. The microbes will not eat any living cells, only dead cells.
No. The microbes are all natural. There is no risk of the microbes mutating from its original form.
The microbes digest the waste and turn it into carbon-di-oxide and water. This is very clean and green technology.
The reaction that occurs (aerobic)
No, in anaerobic systems, CO2 will also be produced. However, the big difference is with Aerobic systems, no methane is produced.
Methane is 21 times more dangerous than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
Reaction (anaerobic)
Biocleaner is much more efficient than other biological systems; it is an entire treatment system. Other microbes such as efficient
microorganisms (EM) are in the form of powder or liquid. This needs to be applied regularly and microbes need to be bought regularly.
Ems are not as efficient because the microbes are washed out, which is why new microbes need to be used. Furthermore, other microbes
such as EM do not digest sludge waste. With the Biocleaner, microbes are constantly being produced and oxygen is being injected to
ensure the microbes are given the right conditions to flourish; this makes the system more efficient.
The Biocleaner can digest all biodegradable organic sludge. This includes items such as tissue, however breaking down tissue is a slow process.
Yes. The Biocleaner can achieve water to levels for reuse in toilets, urinals, washing clothes, washing cars and irrigation of plants.
Yes. The entire system can be engineered to treat water to potable levels. Besides the Biocleaner, UV is needed to kill all the pathogens.
The microbes cannot instantly digest the waste; it needs time to treat the water.
If there is limited retention time, then more Biocleaner units can be used in the same tank to speed up the process. If there is no time for
the microbes to treat the water, more units are put in.
In most cases, the Biocleaner can be retrofitted to existing systems. Furthermore, no or minimal modification is needed for the Biocleaner system to work. If an existing
system is failing to pass regulatory standards, the Biocleaner can be used to treat waste.
Yes. Odor will be eliminated from the system because of the breakdown of hydrogen sulphide (H2S). Hydrogen Sulphide is responsible for the foul rotten egg smell from faeces.
The microbes will break the bond between the hydrogen and sulphide and will digest the sulphide leaving no odor.
This is because the Biocleaner’s power consumption is low. Furthermore no methane is produced, which is 21 times more worse than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
Yes. Typically the capital expenses are low. Furthermore operation and maintenance costs are low.
The media can last for over 10 years. However due to the currents in the water, the media will gradually erode.
pH between 4 and 9; if the pH of the waste water s too high or low, the microbes will die. The pH of the waste water needs to be neutralised.
Temperature between 30 and 35 degrees centigrade; the microbes flourish in this temperature, but it can work from 15 to 42 degree centigrade.
None. The Biocleaner is a very simple yet effective way to treat wastewater. Just put the Biocleaner in the tank or lagoon, turn it on and leave it alone.
The Biocleaner can decrease the biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), oil and grease, surfactants etc.
Also it will increase the dissolved oxygen (DO) in the wastewater.
Micro bubbles increase the oxygen exchange to the wastewater and are much more efficient than regular aeration. This is because all the micro bubbles
combine to have a higher surface area enabling more oxygen transfer to the wastewater.
That is to preserve the media from breaking. If the media were placed above the aeration grids, the water flow through the bioreactor would be more
violent, causing the media to break apart quicker. The aeration of the Biocleaner creates a vacuum from water below it and at the same time sucks
up microbes that are made. This way, the media is not disturbed as much and will have longer life.
Yes. It was a logical decision to place the blower above the Biocleaner frame so that it would follow it with changes in the inflow. However, the blower
can be positioned differently.
1 mtr headspace would be sufficient for regular usage.
The Biocleaner can run much more efficiently if it sits level in the water of the tank or lagoon. More oxygen exchange and mixing can be done.
Different waste water stream needs different set of microbes, for calculations and quotations we prefer you send your information at [email protected]
The Biocleaner works best with wastewater depths of 3 to 5 meters. The minimum is 1.5 meters; and beyond 5 meters the effectiveness is reduced.
About one or two hours.
A holding tank to keep the treated water is needed. In addition, separate pipes may be needed to be installed to toilet water tanks or urinals.
Equalization or contact tank is usually the first tank used. It is used to regulate surges in the inflow as well as acting to start the anaerobic
treatment process. It is just an empty tank.
Aeration tank is where the wastewater has air added to it. Diffusers usually blow air into the wastewater. This uses microbes as well, however is
not efficient because there may not have the right microbes or enough microbes.
Clarifying or settling tank is used to let the sludge accumulate at the bottom of the tank.
Yes. The microbes do not eat coliform itself, instead the microbes eat all of the coliform’s food source. The microbes outcompete the coliform so that the
coliform bacterium dies. It is after the coliform dies do the microbes eat the coliform.
No. Biocleaner microbes only eat dead cells.
It is about 74 kgs
45 lbs or 20.41 kgs
A low maintenance, high efficiency blowers that comes in 115, 220 or 440v, single phase or 3 phase.
The media is made in the US. The frame and diffusers are made in China, but designed in the US.
Yes, in the same way it treats coliform. The Biocleaner microbes and the algae have the same food source. The microbes outcompete the algae
and the algae die off. It is when they die do the Biocleaner microbes eat the algae.
Yes, with the same process. Septage is much more concentrated with BOD of 3000 to 9000
It is highly not recommended, but the microbes can survive for 1 to 2 hours without aeration.
Yes, aside from the foul smell hydrogen sulphide can cause death in large doses.