Summary
20-40% Dryer Press Cake, plus increased pH = better performance
100 mg/L compared to 135 mg/L lime and 138 mg/L of caustic soda
Cations? Thioguard alkalinity to make wastewater more treatable and improves biosolids
Thioguard vs Caustic Soda/Lime Slurry 15%-25% reduction in solids/sludge. No pH "spikes" and greater efficiency
Thioguard in my System 75% becomes water. Cations and OH-anions provide double benefit
Case Study Tyler, TX Improved Biological process Lower Disposal Costs
  Lime slurry is similar to Thioguard...Huh?!

  Customers have relayed to us that they are being told that lime slurry is similar to Thioguard-Magnesium Hydroxide and can be used as an alternative in the many applications in which Thioguard is used.

If by "similar" they mean DIFFERENT, then yes, they are "exactly the same." Confused? That's what our competitors hope.

The simple fact: Thioguard, lime slurry and caustic all have different physical and chemical properties that affect how each responds to and reacts with the systems to which they are added. And, because of these differences in properties, the impacts they impart and the utility for their use are starkly different.



Reactor systems treated to an initial pH of 8.5 using Thioguard, caustic soda and lime. Equivalent amounts of acid added to each over time.






Reactor systems treated with an equivalent amount of Thioguard, caustic soda and lime. At the elevated pHs for caustic and lime, solids and scale begin to form and cause problems.


The Practical Choice: Thioguard


Effect Thioguard Lime Caustic Soda
Sustainable pH YES NO NO
pH Spikes Above 9.0 NO YES YES
Alkalinity Supplements Above
25 mg/L without pH spike
YES NO NO
Produces sludge NO YES NO
Metabolic Stimulant YES NO NO
Enhances Clarification and Dewatering YES YES NO
Improves cake solids YES MAYBE NO
Stabilizes biosolids NO YES NO
Hazardous to handle NO YES YES