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Solving What Matters Most™
Steven WinbergProgram ManagerBattelle Global Laboratory OperationsPittsburgh, PAOctober 30, 2014
This is Battelle
Our Founding Mission
• Established by steel industrialist, Gordon Battelle
• Nonprofit, charitable trust formed in 1925 in Columbus, Ohio
• Profits reinvested in science & technology, and in charitable causes
“Bring business and scientific interests together as forces for positive change”
Gordon Battelle’s last will and testament
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• Consumer & Industrial
• Energy & Environment
• Health & Analytics
• Laboratory Management
• National Security
• Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices
• STEM Education
Serving a Broad Range of Clients
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Battelle addresses the most challenging shale water treatment problems1. Water sourcing – Battelle-developed
technology removes metals and sulfates from mine wastewater, converting an environmental pollutant into a source of water for hydraulic fracturing, while reducing freshwater consumption
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2. Water treatment –Cutting edge brine treatment solution
3. Technology selection – Identification and deployment of specialized water treatment solutions
Battelle Water Treatment Technology
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Cascade Reverse Osmosis Enables Processing of High-Salinity Brine
• Battelle is currently piloting a novel membrane process for brines with TDS as high as 150,000 mg/L or higher without assistance from evaporation.
• Cascade RO may also be applied for much higher yield and lower discharge volume from lower-TDS brines.
• There is currently no membrane technology that can cost-effectively treat and extract water from salt solutions above about 50,000 – 80,000 mg/L TDS
• Cascade RO provides additional two-inlet, two-outlet counterflow membranes for staged exchange and extraction of water that enables use of existing membranes at much higher TDS levels.
Solution In
Concentrate Out
Permeate Out
Inventor & Patent Holder
Emerging Technology Providers(Producer & Midstream Interface Realities)
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• Who is your customer?
• Be clear on what you needMoney
Demonstration site
Both are difficult but, oddly enough, money is sometimes easier.
• Does your process/technology create a potential additional liability?• Are you truly at TRL 7?
• Must avoid customer fatigue• Does your process provide enough value to overcome the hassle
factor?• Best to have a back-up customer because priorities change quickly.
Emerging Technology Users• The Value Proposition
Staying ahead of the herd
Technology can solve most challenges
• Know where your interest liesInvestment?
Solving a specific problem? – probably best to use a 3rd party consultant and commercially-available technologies
Getting and staying ahead of the herd?
• The Challenge – Sifting through all the “opportunities”Ask for non-confidential information
Ask for a heat & mass balance
Ask for references
Send them to a website to complete a technology description template
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