Effluent Decontamination System
Opposed to batch-processing methods of waste treatment such as traditional kill tanks, the STERIS CED Continuous Effluent Decontamination System uses unique upstream solid waste separation/sterilization and alkaline pre-treatment process with smaller space and energy requirements for continuous waste treatment in research, biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturing applications.
HOW THE CED CONTINUOUS EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM WORKS
Effluent stream is gravity drained or pumped to a buffer tank. If present, solid particles are removed from the effluent stream and sterilized prior to entering the buffer tank. Decontamination unit starts and stops automatically, according to user-definable start and stop levels of the tank. Effluent is pressurized and pumped through plant steam heat exchangers to raise temperature to a minimum of ≥150 °C with exposure to achieve decontamination efficiency equal to 45 minutes in a sterilizer, or higher. Effluent is cooled down to customer specific outlet temperature by using cooling water heat exchangers. Decontamination process and system status are continuously monitored and recorded by the self-diagnostic automatic control system.
WHY CED CONTINUOUS EFFLUENT DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS?
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Ease of Use - Automated operation and self-diagnostics.
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Productivity - Up to 24 hours of continuous uptime.
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Cost Savings - Heat recovery reduces energy consumption.
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Flexibility – Requires considerably less room space than traditional kill tanks.
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Easy to Validate – Documentation includes full protocols and methods to meet highest industry requirements.
For more information regarding the use of STERIS' CED System in vaccine production, please view the following recorded webinar:
"Continuous Effluent Decontamination: The Evolution of Effluent Decontamination"
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