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World-Class 1980 1990 2000

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RenoCell was developed over
the past two years by Renovare
International, Inc. and is now
available through value-added RenoCell
resellers in North America, 1997 License to Renovare
Europe, and Asia.
RenoCell is descended from a
long line of electrolytic products
developed during the past three
decades in the United Kingdom
by EA Technology Limited Porocell
(EATL). EATL focuses on • Metal Recovery
electrical and energy-related • Effluent Streams
technologies and is one of the • Custom Product Manufacture
most successful industrial by EA Technology
research laboratories of its
kind in the world.
DEM Cell
• General Purpose
• Synthesis,
Waste Treatment
• Product 1984

Chemelec cell
• Metal Recovery
• Effluent Streams
• Product 1981

The Economic Revolution is defined as
Revolution in a sudden or momentous
Industrial change in a situation, and
Wastewater just such a change is
Treatment shaking the foundations
of the industrial waste-
water treatment industry.
Today, as both the cost of
process water and the cost
to treat effluent continue
to escalate, the issues of
waste minimization and
water recycling are taking
center stage.
The heavy metals that
are pervasive in most
industrial process
operations traditionally
have been difficult to treat.
This fact, combined
with the convergence of
economic factors that are
driving the revolution, has
pushed the worldwide
demand for more robust,
efficient, and cost-effective
wastewater treatment to
an all-time high.
Today’s global economic
and environmental reali-
ties are directly addressed
by the breakthrough tech-
nology and design
employed in RenoCell.
RenoCell alone sets new
standards of operating
performance, reliability,
and cost-effectiveness
that are unmatched for
wastewater treatment
and metal recovery.
 RenoCell currently
recovers 20 specific
metals and has the
potential to recover
6 additional ones.

The Next RenoCell is a new electro- The technology employed RenoCell is equally
Generation of chemical cell based on in RenoCell gives it an effective for effluent
Wastewater revolutionary, patented operating range with treatment and metal
Treatment and technology that employs respect to metal ion con- recovery and is
Metal Recovery a three-dimensional, centrations that is two to designed to either
Products porous carbon element three orders of magnitude replace or enhance
as a component of the beyond that of conven- existing systems.
cell cathode. This tech- tional electrochemical
nology is the culmination cells with a greater than
of three decades of elec- 10 times improvement
trochemical cell research in current efficiency.
and development.
 Rugged, sealed design ensures
unsurpassed reliability in the
harshest industrial environments.

Compact size is easily integrated

into new or existing waste
treatment systems.

Revolutionary Conventional electro- RenoCell’s revolutionary, In addition to constantly

Technology at the chemical cells employ three-dimensional, porous achieving sub-PPM metal
Heart of RenoCell technology that, at best, carbon element, which ion concentrations,
Smashes the can only be described is a component of the RenoCell offers more
PPM Barrier as primitive. The two- cell cathode, provides than 10 times greater
dimensional metal plate performance that consis- energy efficiency than
or mesh cathodes used in tently pushes metal ion conventional cells and
conventional cells limits concentrations down to it recovers metals in
their ability to achieve the sub-PPM range. elemental form that are
metal ion concentrations ready for sale or reuse.
to the 150-50 parts per
million (PPM) range.
 Removable cathode cartridge
for easy maintenance
and replacement.

Constructed from industry-

standard components.
Revolutionary three-
dimensional porous
carbon element, with
500 times more plating
area than conventional
two-dimensional cells,
recovers metals in
elemental form.
Point Source Treatment of Replace or Enhance
Baths and Drag-out Rinses Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater
to Be Treated

Plating Bath

Rinse Tank
RenoCell
Solution
Maintenance
Final Effluent

RenoCell

Ion Exchange Ion Exchange

Pre-treatment Regenerant Reuse

RenoCell Ion Exchange

System
RenoCell
Ion Exchange
System
Ion Exchange
Regenerant Tank

Typical RenoCell The applications for • Enhance existing In these applications,

Applications RenoCell in industrial membrane systems RenoCell has the potential
wastewater treatment (e.g., reverse osmosis) to completely change a
and metal recovery plant’s process flow sheet
• Enhance ion exchange
are fivefold: by simplifying processes,
treatment
and by reducing floor
• Point source treatment
• Replace or enhance space, reducing capital
of baths and drag-out
other metal waste equipment, and
rinses
treatment processes reducing operating
• Replace existing and maintenance costs.
electrowinning and
precipitation systems
 RenoCell is easily
integrated into new
or existing waste
treatment systems.
Compact, Modular RenoCell is similar in
Design Adapts to shape to a cartridge filter
All Industrial vessel and pump system.
Environments It uses industry-standard
components in a modular
design that make it com-
pact, robust, and flexible.
The physical properties RenoCell easily accom-
and operating charac- modates the space
teristics of RenoCell make limitations of any
it the ideal complement treatment operation.
to industrial-grade waste- And, if floor space is
water treatment and metal unavailable, RenoCell
recovery process systems. is capable of being
RenoCell’s rugged, sealed wall-mounted.
design provides unsur-
passed reliability in
the harshest industrial
environments.
 Cost per Pound of Copper Recovered
in PCB Manufacturing
US$35
Annual Operating Cost
$30
Total Annualized Cost

$25
$20
Cost Comparisons and
RenoCell’s Economic $15
Benefits in Selected
Market Segments $10
As a point source treatment $5
for a printed circuit board
(PCB) operation line, RenoCell $0
reduces annual copper removal
operating expenses up to Precipitation Tank Electrolytic Fluidized Bed Electrolytic RenoCell
70 percent by eliminating and Ion Exchange and Ion Exchange
hazardous sludge and the
costs associated with secondary
treatment and disposal.
For silver recovery, RenoCell Cost per Troy Ounce of Silver Recovered
is an on-site treatment that
uses no chemicals and
in Photochemical Operations
minimal consumables US$7
to recover valuable silver Operating Cost:
from photochemical solutions. $6 Refining
Transportation
Operating Labor
$5 Consumables

$4 Capital Equipment

$3
$2
$1
$0
Chemical Precipitation Metallic Replacement and Drying RenoCell

The Bottom Line: RenoCell’s ability to meet
RenoCell Saves and exceed process and
Money environmental compliance
standards faced by printed
circuit board and elec-
tronics manufacturers
and by metal finishers is
impressive. Even more
impressive, however, is the
positive economic impact
RenoCell can have on
waste treatment operations
in these market segments.
For precious metal opera-
tions, RenoCell offers the
added value of elemental
metal recovery in addition
to impressive cost savings.
For example, the treatment
of 300,000 liters of process
liquor containing 50 ppm
platinum and 55 ppm
palladium in a very acidic
chloride matrix requires
only eight compact
Renocells to reduce the
metal content to below
detectable levels.
In this type of application,
a small uncomplicated
RenoCell system can plate
nearly 1000 troy ounces
of elemental platinum and
palladium over the course
of one month. These
recovered precious metals
are immediately available
for resale, or they can be
used to substantially
reduce in-process
metal inventory.
 Ten Compelling • Proven world-class • Greatly improved • Regulatory compliance
Reasons to technology and design. electrical efficiencies virtual elimination of
Consider RenoCell and life-cycle cost hazardous sludge by
• Effective metal ion
reduction. recovering elemental
treatment down to
metals ready for sale
the sub-PPM range • Robust, modular design
or reuse.
surpasses conventional using industry-standard
electrodeposition components. • Highly reliable opera-
methods by two to tion in harsh industrial
• Easy metal removal;
three orders of environments.
quick and easy cathode
magnitude.
replacement; and low • Compact size, capable
• Three to five times operating and mainte- of being wall mounted.
more cost-effective- nance costs.
ness than electrode
• Ability to treat
position systems
anodically sensitive
currently in use.
solutions.

Proven world-class RenoCell system design, integration,

and support provided by:

Renovare International, Inc.

was formed in 1996 to exploit
the advantages of a unique
electrochemical technology
called Porocell. The company
now markets that technology
in the form of RenoCell products
in North America, Europe,
and Asia.
RenoCell products are available
only through Renovare-autho-
rized, value-added resellers.

Renovare International, Inc.,

Walnut Creek, California, U.S.A.

© Copyright 1999 Renovare International, Inc.

Data subject to change without notice.
RenoCell and the RenoCell logo are registered
trademarks, and Renovare is a trademark of Renovare
International, Inc. U.S. patent number 5,690,806
and other foreign patents.