The Nyex Ellenox™ water treatment system is a tertiary polishing step and is a finely tuned electrochemical oxidation process. It is designed to remove hazardous organic chemicals.
Nyex Ellenox can remove hazardous or banned organic chemicals such as Triton X-100 to trace levels.
We can preferentially remove chemicals such as phenol to trace levels. This means the Nyex system can be used to protect other processes which are sensitive to hazardous chemicals.
Our systems can reduce COD and colour to low levels for water reuse or safe discharge.
The Nyex Ellenox™ treatment process is an electrochemical oxidation process, similar to Nyex-e, but more efficient, smaller footprint and able to handle higher flow rates.
Nyex Ellenox™ destroys organic contamination in water by producing powerful hydroxyl (·OH ) radicals. During treatment, the high concentration of ·OH radicals indiscriminately attack even hard-to-adsorb compounds.
This technique of water treatment is tried and tested but what makes a huge difference to the process efficiency is the internal design and materials used. We have refined our design over a number of years and the result is a reliable, highly efficient water treatment process.
Unlike Nyex Rosalox, this water treatment process does not rely on adsorption. Because of this, it is most effective in treating industrial wastewater with higher conductivity.
None of the Nyex systems require chemical dosing and can fit seamlessly into an existing water treatment plant to enhance the wastewater treatment capabilities.
Rhys Davies
Wastewater consultant
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The Nyex Ellenox™ water treatment process is designed for use in an industrial manufacturing facility for the removal of recalcitrant organic chemicals. The Nyex Ellenox™ process is designed to manage a higher load of contamination and allows rapid removal of background COD. It can be very effective to pre-treat wastewater prior to further treatment by the Nyex Rosalox system or other water treatment products.
By positioning Nyex as part of an integrated solution at the source of contamination, recalcitrant compounds are prevented from mixing and reacting with one another in final effluent and potentially becoming more complicated to treat.
Applications of Nyex Ellenox™ include:
Reduce COD from high concentrations
Ellenox™ water treatment process is very effective at removing chemical oxygen demand (COD) levels <10,000mg/L to low levels for low flow rates.
Removal of colour and taste
Ellenox™ is very effective at removing colour and taste from water.
Conductive pollutants
Impressive efficiencies can be achieved when treating highly conductive water with Ellenox™.
Hydrophilic and hydrophobic pollutant treatment
Ellenox™ is effective in treating water with either hydrophilic or hydrophobic pollutants.
Organic contaminants
Both Nyex water treatment processes are designed to treat organic pollutants. To treat water containing both organic and inorganic chemicals or metals will need another treatment process to handle the metals/inorganics.
Suspended solids
Although Ellenox™ will not reduce TSS, it will tolerate water with suspended solids. This means you can use Ellenox™ to reduce COD from water which has TSS.
Final polishing step
Ellenox™ is a final polishing step for COD and is often used to support other treatment processes.
ZLD and water reuse
If you have Zero Liquid Discharge targets, Ellenox™ can be used as part of the water treatment solution, enabling water to be reused.
Tell us what organic compounds you need to remove from your water and our consultants will give their recommended approach which might involve:
✓ No chemical dosing
Avoid handling costs of chemicals, including H&S training for maintenance team, time spent completing COSHH and risk assessment paperwork and negative environmental impacts.
✓ No waste
Many other water treatment processes produce a secondary waste stream, which essentially means the problem has not gone away, just concentrated in a toxic sludge. Nyex Ellenox™ does not produce any sludge.
✓ Onsite treatment
With Nyex Ellenox™ you benefit from onsite treatment which means you don’t need to transport or incinerate waste. It is self contained unit, with minimal operational overhead.
✓ High up-time
Nyex Ellenox™ can run continually because there are no membranes to clean or replace and no secondary waste to remove.
✓ Low operational maintenance
Because there is no chemical dosing and no moving parts, operating Ellenox™ is very safe operation. Reduces H&S training for the maintenance team.
✓ Safe water reuse and ZLD
If you have a Zero Liquid Discharge target, Nyex Ellenox™ could be a useful addition to your process train. It uses no chemical dosing so does not suffer the same restrictions in water reuse that other processes have.
✓ Modular flexible design
Nyex Ellenox is a modular system which means treatment capacity is flexible. Modules can be turned on and off to suit your demand.
✓ Complementary technology
Integrates well with other technology to make other water treatment processes more efficient.
