Progress 01.28.22

On January 26, the Borough of Phoenixville welcomed members of the PXVNEO hydrothermal carbonization project team for an on-site meeting at the wastewater treatment plant.

In this first pre-construction kick-off meeting every integral member, representing companies from PXVNEO’s component manufacturers, suppliers, engineers, and contractors, were on hand to determine and discuss the layout, installation, and commissioning of the new system. With most of the equipment now on site, installation is expected to commence in the third week of February.

The Borough of Phoenixville welcomed representatives for the following companies integral to the PXVNEO design, installation and functionality including the Engineering firm of Record Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., construction contractors Eastern Environmental Contractors, system designer SoMax BioEnergy, SoMax manufacturing partner Gregio AG, and SoMax controls and monitoring partner Scherrer.tec.

As the project advances we expect to highlight each of these firms and the roles they’ve played in the successful manifestation of the hydrothermal carbonization wastewater treatment plan for the Borough of Phoenixville.

Pictured in front of the system’s brand new hydraulic filter press are (from left to right) Ed Zalewski (Sherwood Logan), Barry Conrad (Eastern Environmental Contractor), Doug Muller (Eastern Environmental Contractor), Joe Dietrich (Eastern Environmental Contractor), Simon Scherrer (Scherrer.tec), Andreas Mehli (Gregio AG), Jeremy Taylor (SoMax), Dan Spracklin (SoMax), Jonathan Ewald (Borough of Phoenixville), Brian Watson (Borough of Phoenixville), Yves Pollart (HRG), Jeff Harman (HRG), and Matt Moore (HRG).

The Bucher hydraulic filter press, manufactured in Switzerland, employs extreme pressure to dewater industrial sludge to produce a medium with the lowest possible moisture content. PXVNEO will profile the Bucher press in detail as well as each of the impressive machine components that comprise our revolutionary HTC system.