STORS Wastewater Treatment Plant, Shenzhen, China
Key Data:
STORS - operating temperature
315°C
STORS - sludge volume reduction
90%
STORS - biofuel energy value
18.5MJ/kg to 23MJ/kg
ARP - ammonia removal efficiency
80% to 90% removal from concentrated wastewater in laboratory tests (correlating to 35% to 40% total N-load at WWTP)
Colton plant capacity
20,000m³/d
Colton project cost
$3 million
Project Timeline:
ThermoEnergy formed
January 1988
Colton pilot project began
September 1998
APR won technology award
August 1999
STORS independent evaluation began
May 2000
STORS evaluation ended
October 2000
Colton pilot concluded
November 2000
Chinese letter of intent signed
19 June 2002
Chinese letter of intent lapsed
31 December 2002
King County evaluation contract announced
12 May 2004
Key Players:
Technology owner / developer
Battelle Memorial Institute
Technology licensee
ThermoEnergy Corporation
Investment and financial advice
Prospect Street Ventures
ThermoEnergy Environmental partners
ThermoEnergy and Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation JVC
Shenzhen intended JV partner
Shenzhen Fuhaoheng Investment Co
Colton demonstration / pilot plant DBO
Foster Wheeler Environmental
Colton demonstration / pilot plant funding
US Environmental Protection Agency
Other parties involved in Colton demonstration / pilot plant
City of Colton, Civil Engineering Research Foundation
King County evaluation partners
Camp Dresser & McKee
