TMCAqua

TMCAqua's patented technology improves boiler efficiency by recovering water and energy from exhaust stacks. Licensed from the Gas Technology Institute, the easy-to-install industrial application improves energy efficiency and reduces water usage by up to 80 percent.

How It Works

Patented nano-ceramic membranes seamlessly attach to boilers used by the consumer packaged goods industry, dry cleaners, or in large buildings like schools or government offices. The membrane condenses and recovers water and then filters it for reuse.

Condenser

Condenses and recovers available water

Heat Exchanger

Recovering enthalpy, both latent and sensible.

Filter

Filtering the recovered water to deliver clean water

Planetary Benefit

When TMCAqua™ is attached to a typical manufacturing plant boiler, it can recover as much as 400,000 gallons of hot water annually. The result is reduced carbon emissions and cost savings through reduced energy use. With steam continuously recirculated, companies in water-scarce regions can ensure continuity of operations. Adopters of the technology may also be eligible for various energy-efficiency grants that vary from state to state.

Applications

Package Boilers Used in Universities

TMCAqua recovers about 50% of energy and water used in this natural gas combustion system. The water recovered is clean hot water at 175 DegF (77 DegC) and can be directly piped back into boiler feedwater. The result? Total boiler efficiency of up to 95%

Utility Gas Boilers

Utility gas boilers burn natural gas to produce steam that in turn generates electricity. TMCAqua recovers water from exhaust gasses and returns them to the process for use as make-up water into boiler feedwater – improving boiler efficiency.

Did you know?

Over the past decade many coal boilers have been re-powered with gas. Such coal-to-gas conversion boilers face challenges related to capacity and efficiency since the heat transfer surfaces that were optimized for coal combustion are not designed to deliver the best results for gas combustion. Such conversions range from large boilers, wall or T-Fired to stoker boilers. TMCAqua is particularly useful in such situations where the hot water recovered can help improve and recover some of the efficiency losses.

Industrial Spray Dryers

A Spray Dryer is a piece of equipment where a liquid or slurry feedstock is dried to produce a powder. The moisture contained in the liquid or slurry is evaporated into a hot humid gas stream which is then passed through a cyclone and/or baghouse and exhausted up the stack. The moisture content in spray dryer exhaust can be as high as 50% and TMCAqua can deliver water and energy recovery by up to 80%.

Paper Drying Machine

In the paper making process, the paper dryer is a critical piece of equipment where the moisture in the paper is driven out and exhausted from the stack. The moisture content of this stack is typically about 50% and TMCAqua can recover as much as 80% of the water and enthalpy contained in these stack gasses.

“TMCAqua is the only technology of its kind that we know of that is designed to meet the climate needs of today and tomorrow. Water and energy are two critical, precious and limited resources across the globe, and TMCAqua helps corporations, large and small, in practicing better stewardship of these resources.”

Phil Walton, President of TMCAqua at GreenSwans

NEWS AND UPDATES

The latest on TMCAqua

Aquatherm Technologies Announces Appointment of Philip H. Walton CEO

Today, Aquatherm Technologies (AQT), a Pittsburgh, PA-based water and energy sustainability technology company announced the appointment of Philip H. Walton as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

May 19, 2022

New Joint Venture for Ballast Water Reception Services in US Ports

Today, BAWAT A/S (a Denmark based ballast water technology and systems provider), Green Swan Partners, LLC (a Pittsburgh, PA USA based venture builder), and Monstrant Viam, LLC (a Halletsville, TX based ballast water reception company) announced the formation of a Joint Venture, Freedom Ballast, LLC (Freedom) based in Pittsburgh, PA.

February 6, 2022

Green Swan Partners Announces Formation of Aquatherm Technologies, a Sustainable Green Technology Company

Today, Green Swan Partners LLC (GSP), a Pittsburgh, PA, based venture builder announced the formation of a technology spin-out, Aquatherm Technologies, LLC, (www.aquatherm.us) which will commercialize GTI’s Transport Membrane Condenser (TMC) technology for the recovery of enthalpy and water from moisture-laden gas streams.

November 1, 2021