Municipal Biosolids
Develop long-term treatment pathways through modular Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) infrastructure designed for changing regulations, rising disposal costs and evolving utility requirements.
Why utilities are reassessing biosolids management
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Transportation, handling and third-party disposal costs continue to increase.
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Utilities are preparing for evolving PFAS regulations and changing community expectations.
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Land application, landfill and other pathways face growing constraints in many jurisdictions.
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Many utilities are seeking resilient infrastructure that provides greater certainty for future biosolids management.
For decades, many utilities relied on a limited number of disposal and beneficial reuse pathways. Today those pathways are facing increasing regulatory, economic and operational pressure.
Why utilities are considering Advanced Thermal Treatment
Advanced Thermal Treatment is increasingly being evaluated as part of diversified biosolids strategies, helping utilities build resilient treatment capacity while reducing dependence on conventional disposal pathways.
Treatment Pathway Certainty
Develop long-term treatment capacity that reduces dependence on increasingly constrained land application, landfill and third-party disposal pathways.
Reduce Biosolids Volumes
Reduce handling, storage and transportation requirements while simplifying downstream residuals management.
Recover Useful Energy
Recover useful thermal energy to support drying, plant operations or other beneficial uses while reducing overall treatment costs.
Supporting Municipal Biosolids Infrastructure
IQ Energy's modular Advanced Thermal Treatment platform can be deployed across a range of municipal biosolids applications, from individual wastewater treatment plants through to regional treatment facilities.
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
Integrating Advanced Thermal Treatment into existing municipal wastewater and biosolids infrastructure.
Regional Treatment Facilities
Supporting regional treatment hubs serving multiple wastewater utilities and municipalities.
Capacity Expansion & Population Growth
Modular infrastructure that can expand as biosolids production and treatment requirements increase.
Infrastructure Renewal
Replacing or supplementing ageing biosolids infrastructure with modern Advanced Thermal Treatment systems.
Advanced Thermal Treatment is becoming an important part of future biosolids strategies. IQ Energy combines engineering expertise, modular infrastructure and purpose-built technology platforms to help utilities develop practical, long-term treatment solutions.
Why Utilities Choose IQ Energy
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Our G-Series hybrid pyro-gasification platform has been developed specifically for difficult, high-moisture biosolids, addressing the operational and energy challenges associated with municipal sludge treatment.
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Our Advanced Thermal Treatment platform incorporates a high-temperature gas treatment system to support the thermal destruction of PFAS and other organic contaminants while helping utilities prepare for evolving regulatory expectations.
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Every project begins with feedstock characterisation, treatment objectives, plant integration and business case development before selecting the most appropriate Advanced Thermal Treatment platform.
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IQ Energy offers both hybrid pyro-gasification and pure pyrolysis platforms, allowing the treatment approach to be matched to the feedstock, project objectives and desired outcomes.
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Deploy modular systems from 100–1000 kg/hr as standalone facilities or scalable treatment infrastructure that grows with future biosolids production.
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Our commercial demonstration facility in Alberta provides utilities and engineering partners with an opportunity to evaluate the technology, support project development and reduce implementation risk as the platform progresses into commercial operation.
Matching the Technology to the Application
IQ Energy develops Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) systems for municipal biosolids. Our technology portfolio includes two complementary platforms, allowing us to match the treatment solution to the feedstock, project objectives and desired outcomes.
G-Series
Hybrid Pyro-Gasification
IQ Energy's preferred Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) platform for most commercial applications, developed for municipal biosolids, industrial and organic residuals, and many PFAS destruction applications where energy recovery, volume reduction and operational flexibility are key project drivers.
HTP-Series
Pure Pyrolysis
A specialist Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) platform for applications where pure pyrolysis is the preferred treatment pathway. By offering both hybrid pyro-gasification and pure pyrolysis, IQ Energy can match the technology platform to the feedstock and project objectives.
Every utility has different treatment objectives, infrastructure and regulatory considerations, but the goal is often the same: develop a resilient, long-term biosolids management solution.
From individual wastewater treatment plants to regional biosolids facilities, IQ Energy works with utilities and engineering partners to develop Advanced Thermal Treatment solutions tailored to each project's objectives.