WHERE WATER IS

REBORN

Metabolic Network Reactor (MNR)

for decentralised, intensified

wastewater treatment and urban

environment creation

03 December, 2018 London

FROM LIVINGMACHINES TOLIVING FACTORIES

A personal story from John

Todd’s Living Machines

through Organica Plants to

Biopolus Metabolic Hubs

2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERED ECOSYSTEMSmore than 100 facilities from 500 to 500,000 p.e. capacities on 4 continents

Latest generation living machine technology, in the Netherlands called The Biomakery

conventionalsewage treatment

same capacitybetter efficiency

water recycling + biological factory +

community functions

47,000 m3/d WWTP Concept Design in Japan

Water treatment & RecyclingEnergy & Nutrient Recovery

Community Functions

METABOLIC NETWORK REACTOR (MNR)

Engineered ecosystem

using 2-3,000 species

artificial roots

biofilm on natural

and synthetic roots

Aquatic Plants’ Natural Roots

One of Nature’s perfect substrate

Active transport of complex molecules and nutrients between the plant and

the biofilm, serves best whenhormones, pharma residues and

cosmetics needed to be degraded

3 - 5 cm thickfilamentous biofilm

Biofilm on Artificial Roots: loose structure with

excellent mass transfer and attachment characteristics

A NEW GENERATION biofilm

SUPERINTENSIVE BIOLOGY A R T I F I C I A L R O O T S

A R E M A S S - P R O D U C E D

B I O F I L M C A R R I E R S

ARTIFICIAL ROOTS: MANUFACTURING IN MASS SCALE

Injection molded frames Custom-made special textile Assembly line

A FEW FROM THE 3,000 SPECIES

COMPARED TO THE STATE-OF-THE ART

COMPARISON TO CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE

CAS MNR SAVINGS

CAPEX 100 25 %

ENERGY 100 35 %

SLUDGE 100 32 %

REACTOR VOL. 100 41 %

FOOTPRINT 100 > 75 %

an independent study ordered by the Association of the Dutch Waterboards

STOWA, Verkenning Zuiverend Kassen, Rapport 2017-45

A concept design by Biopolus in cooperation with VolkerWessels for the waterboard HHNK to replace an existing 75,000

person equivalent, 11,000 m3/d capacity municipal sewage treatment plant in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, with an odor-

free and architecturally pleasing building based on the Biopolus MNR (Metabolic Network Bioreactor) Technology, freeing up

94% of the 3.3-hectare area for further development. The value of the freed up land is estimated as 3x the investment cost

of the new facility

REPLACING INNER CITY PLANTS FOR LAND

HIGH RETURN BUSINESS

URBAN CIRCULARITY INNOVATOR

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is the most

influential organization in the world in the

promotion of the Circular Economy. Its highly

prestigious CE100 elite club represents the most

circular enterprises and organizations , including

such names as Google and Apple.

Biopolus has been invited to this group of

companies as one of the top emerging innovators

in urban circularity, which not only gives us direct

access to information and high level industry

contacts, but it uniquely positions the company in

the water business where water recycling and

resource and energy recovery is at high priority.

BIOPOLUS is also an invited and the first non-

Dutch member of the Circle Economy Foundation

in the Netherlands, the number one urban

circularity hotspot in the world.

UNIQUE POSITIONING

Wastewater

Organic Waste

Phase 1

Phase 2

MODULAR-SCALABLE-EXTENDABLEPHASE 1

Biopolus Hubs are designed as

the highest efficiency wastewater

treatment units which can be

modularly scaled up in capacity

and for water recycling

PHASE 2

Just like adding apps to a smart

phone, Biopolus Hubs designed as

a platform technology to add

additional modules to recover

energy, materials and to convert

wastewater and organic wastes

into useable products

Pro

du

cts

Propagating materials

Phyto-chemicals

MINERALS

ENERGY

WATER

PROTEINS

BIOREFINERY

BIOSOLID-FRACTIONING

SEWAGE

SURFACE WATER

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER

ORGANIC WASTE

GREEN WASTE

SLUDGE

CARBO-HYDRATES

LIPIDS

GROUND-WATER

INPUT BIOMAKERYPRODUCTION

PLATFORMPRODUCTION PLATFORM PRODUCTS

Drinking Water

Process Water

Irrigation Water

Display Water

Thermal Energy

Biogas

Food

Flowers

Biofuels

Feed

Food

NPK fertilizer

Struvite

CelluloseLivestock

Food

Industrial proteins

Feed

Detergents

Biopolymers

BIOPOLUS WATER

TREATMENT

INTERMEDIARYPRODUCTS

FINAL, SELLABLEPRODUCTS

PRODUCTION FACTORIES

WATER FACTORY

VFAFACTORY

PROTEINFACTORY

ALGAE FACTORY

PLANT FACTORY

PRIMARYTECHNOLOGIES

WASTE STREAMS

The Hub serves four functions:

• Industrial & Municipal WastewaterTreatment Facility

• NEXTGEN H2020(large scale demo site)

• ESA (test bed for closed habitat study)

• Dutch Waterboard(open innovation platform)

THE FIRST DUTCH METABOLIC HUB

wastewater treatment & recycling

groundwater treatment

energy recovery

biological manufacturing

community functions

SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Eindhoven, NL - 2019

FUTURE PROOF

SPACE TECHNOLOGY: DOWN TO EARTH