Microwave Sludge Drying  from Burch BioWave ®

Overview
The Burch BioWave ® is a patented high-efficiency process utilizing a dual-fuelled microwave system to remove water or other liquid from a variety of waste materials. It has Municipal, Industrial, and Agricultural applications and is recognized by the USEPA as a system capable of producing Exceptional Quality Biosolids. The process eliminates pathogen content while reducing weight and volume of the material. The end product is environmentally safe, nutrient rich and has a variety of beneficial uses.

Our qualified staff can design a unique system tailored to your specific needs. We place special focus on quality customer service and product innovation to create a cost-effective solution to waste management in today’s world.

The Burch BioWave ® provides a method of protecting human health and the environment. Burch BioWave, Inc. can assist municipalities, industry and agriculture in creating facilities that are in harmony with the environment, while simultaneously serving the needs of the community. Air, water and land quality are principal environmental considerations faced by everyone today. The Burch BioWave ® patented process focuses on proving that waste is not always the price of doing business and that waste is not the inevitable outcome of production and consumption. We believe that a quality future for generations to come requires the dedicated sustainable use of our resources.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
State and federal governments are continuously demanding nutrient management plans, tougher regulations, and more accountability in waste handling. The Burch BioWave provides a cost effective, reliable means of helping to provide an environmentally responsible solution to improving our environment and avoiding public concern for waste handling processes that are not consistant with the safe-guarding of the said environment. The patented process produces a waste product that eliminates the necessity of landfills, addresses air emission concerns, and at the same time achieves a reduction in volume of waste, transforming a waste material into a valuable resource. The financial, social and environmental benefits associated with this microwave patented process effectively turns your waste handling problem into a benefit for your facility.

Process
The Burch BioWave ® is a new and patented continuous-flow process for drying and pathogen destruction in various byproducts including municipal biosolids. The process utilizes a high-efficiency multi-mode microwave system specifically designed to remove moisture and destroy the pathogen content of byproducts resulting from a variety of municipal, industrial, and agricultural operations. The Burch BioWave ® process is currently in use both in the United States and Europe and is recognized by the USEPA as a process that has the ability to produce Exceptional Quality biosolids. Burch BioWave ®  equipment is available in a variety of sizes, each with the ability to dry a certain throughput of material. Equipment sizing is dependent on the amount of material to be dried and the amount of water to be removed.

BURCH BIOWAVE® FEATURES:
  • All stainless steel construction
  • Safety systems that meet or exceed OSHA requirements
  • Complete system automation utilizing up to date Allen Bradley programming software
  • Touchscreen controls
  • The ability to dry materials with initial moisture contents as high as 85% to moisture contents as low as 10%
  • Complete one-year system warranty
  • Operator Training
BURCH BIOWAVE® ADVANTAGES:
  • Drastic reduction of weight and volume
  • Nutrient value of material is unaffected
  • Pathogen destruction
  • Can produce Class A, Exceptional Quality Biosolids and is recognized by the USEPA
  • Energy efficient
  • No warm up or cool down period required
  • Heating of material is volumetric
  • No dust control or air permits required
  • Minimal maintenance required
  • Easily added to existing dewatered waste processing streams
  • Minimal usage of gas
  • Systems sized for specific throughput needs
  • No additives required for processing
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