The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed the TADOX Technology and Trademark License (TTLA) agreement with Dew Projects and Chemicals, Noida, for the commercialization of TERI’s patented wastewater treatment technology for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and reuse in New Delhi.
The economics of adequate treatment of wastewater, reuse and mandate to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD) has long been a challenge for industries. Advanced oxidation technologies like TADOX offer an economically viable and widely applicable solution to tackle the problem by making the process sustainable and energy efficient, noted Dr Vibha Dhawan, director general, TERI.
TADOX involves UV-photocatalysis as an advanced oxidation process (AOP) leading to oxidative degradation and mineralization of targeted pollutants. It also uses novel approaches which result in reduced use of chemicals in the overall treatment, as well as minimizing the quantum of sludge, preventing secondary pollution, and providing highly resource and energy-efficient treatment.
Shashi Kant Thakur, director, Dew Projects and Chemicals, Noida, highlighted, “Through TADOX we will be able to solve two of our biggest challenges of energy use and capex and opex.”
Dr Praveen Arora, Scientist-G and head, water technologies cell, Department of Science and Technology, government of India, said, “It will act as a model for development for other technologies for water treatment.”
Dr Suneel Pandey, director, environment and waste management division, TERI, said, “Once taken to commercialization it can help solve several challenges related to wastewater treatment.”
Recently a 20 KLD TADOX wastewater treatment plant has been commissioned in a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) of a textile cluster in Kanpur through the funding support of the Namami Gange program. The plant was inaugurated by G Asok Kumar, IAS, DG-National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI.
Dr Nupur Bahadur, senior fellow and associate director, environment and waste management division, TERI, and head, NMCG-TERI Centre of Excellence on Water Reuse and the inventor of TADOX emphasized the role of ecosystem and funding support through DST and NMCG, which helped her and the team to reach here.
