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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS), San Diego, has introduced PERSES, the new name for the company’s commercial waste destruction system formerly known as the iSCWO (industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation) system.
PERSES builds on GA-EMS’ decades of experience, the company says, utilizing its proven iSCWO technology to effectively destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and more than 200 hazardous and nonhazardous waste medias with 99.99 percent and greater efficiency.
“We are excited to introduce the PERSES brand name in recognition of our system’s highly effective capability to efficiently and sustainably destroy PFAS and numerous hazardous and nonhazardous waste streams,” GA-EMS President Scott Forney says. “We specifically chose the name PERSES to exemplify the system’s transformational technology and destructive force to destroy PFAS with no harmful side effects to the environment. In a single process, PERSES destroys PFAS and PFAS waste with co-contaminants, leaving behind only water, salts and carbon dioxide, which can be safely released into the environment with no post-treatment requirement.”
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PERSES systems are scheduled for shipment to two sites this year for installation and industrial-scale destruction demonstrations of a variety of government and commercial-sourced PFAS and PFAS-impacted waste streams, the company says. GA-EMS was awarded contracts to conduct testing and on-site PFAS destruction demonstrations from the Department of Defense Environmental Security Technology Certification Program through the Defense Innovation Unit and from Bay West LLC, which is funded by the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center by the Army Corps of Engineers.
GA-EMS says it is actively engaged with waste and remediation companies, interested agencies and waste facilities across the federal, state and local levels to deliver PERSES to communities looking to end the cycle of PFAS contamination.
PERSES offers greater throughput capacity and a proven ability to process impacted PFAS waste medias, according to the company, including concentrated PFAS Aqueous Film-Forming Foam, diluted feed “ground water”, biosolids, pure or concentrated leachate and solid media including granular activated carbon and resin beads from PFAS filters. GA-EMS has had commercial systems in the field since 2012 and has successfully tested the system to destroy more than 200 waste streams, the company says.
