PHOTOCATALYSTS for WATER REMEDIATION (nanocatalysts)

PI: Perena Gouma

Assoc. Professor

Lead: Jusang Lee

Graduate Student

Mentor: Clive Clayton

Director of Industry- University Center (SPIR) and Professor

• Aim to commercialize our visible light activated nanocatalysts (Nanogrids™ © )

• Invented breakthrough nanotechnology offers inexpensive, extremely fast and efficient hydrocarbon decomposition

• Uses in oil decomposition and environmental remediation (c) copyright 2011

•Industrial nano-manufacturing providers

•IP validation

•Partner/other distribution channels

(c) copyright 2011

•Suppliers of precursor material

•Building a brand •Pilot Studies

•Distribution

• New Product•Green

• Decomposes oil

•No energy cost to use

•Fast Remediation

•Recoverable

•Customizationn•Risk reduction

•Convenience/usability

•IP protection

•R&D capability

•Brand

•Expertise

•Marketing

•Distributors

•Dealers/Partners

•Marketing

•R&D costs

•Expanding their services

•Continuous/long term

•Sale of nanogrids™ © per square foot

• First to market; premium revenues

•Licensing other IP

•Remediation of Petroleum-based oil polluted water

•Manufacturing costs

•Remediation of ”Produced Water”•Water

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Sources of Petroleum Inputs to the Sea

Natural seeps

Petroleum Extraction

Petroleum Transportation

Petroleum Consumption

These sources add annually (on average) 76,000,000 gallons of petroleum to the waters off North America

380,000,000 gallons are spilled to the sea worldwide

70% of petroleum release in oceans are from anthropogenic sources

Vast majority of petroleum consumption occurs on land

Rivers, waste- and storm-water streams are key sources of petroleum to the marine environment

NationalResearchCouncilof the National Academies Report 2003

External Sources of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Point sources Spills (vessels, platforms, pipelines, facilities) Rivers “Produced water” Coastal refinery wastewater

Diffuse sources Natural seeps Atmosphere on open seas Coastal urban runoff Marine transport operations Recreational boating

NationalResearchCouncilof the National Academies Report 2003

Key Customer Segment

“Produced water”: Discharged in off-shore oil-producing areas

Fracking creates large amounts of wastewater

Current energy exploration and extraction in US creates 15-20 billion barrels of produced water / year

Worldwide, estimates top 50 billion barrels

Energy companies pay between $3 – $12 to dispose of each barrel of produced water

Produced water is usually treated to remove most free oil

Need to treat the remaining amount of soluble and volatile petroleum hydrocarbons

BTEX average concentration remaining about 5mg/L Allowable limit of BTEX in drinking water 1mg/L

WHAT IS BTEX? BTEX is the abbreviation used for four compounds found in petroleum products. The compounds are benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes.

Produced Water

What is the Problem We Solve?

• Our product contains the volatile petroleum hydrocarbons (e.g. benzene) and subsequently decomposes them either in-situ or off-site

• It can be used as the final remediation step in the “produced water” clean up

• It can, in principle, turn “produced water” from wastewater to drinkable water while treated on-site

• New laws are expected to cancel the Energy Industry’s exception from the Clean Water Act, thus favoring “new, self-contained, on-site water treatment”

• The current market for treating produced water is estimated to exceed $4.3 billion for next 5 years

What Partners Will We Need?

• Dealers: YES

–We need them to secure government contracts (AES)

–We need them to get access to the international marketplace (Ultratech)

• Distributors: YES

–We need them to bring our first products to market (Spilltech)

• Co-developers: MAYBE

–NRC and/or NALCO as customers/co-developers of certain oil remediation solutions

• Collaborators: YES

–Partner with emerging businesses in the water remediation field with complementary interests (e.g. water desalination; frack wastewater cleaning /recycling companies, such as ALTELA)

What are the Risks

Dealers/distributors:

–They do not promote our product as needed

–They sabotage our product promoting other solutions that bring them higher profit

Co-Developers:

– They claim ownership of our ideas/prototypes

– They put our technology “on the shelf”

• Collaborators

– They might not appreciate that further clean-up with our product offers potable as opposed to just recyclable water;

–They might have conflicting interests due to other partnerships with landfills, etc

Why will they Partner with You?

We Offer Innovative and Green Products/Solutions

We Address a Niche rather than the Whole Market

We Meet the Need of Anticipated Environmental Regulations on the Energy Industry

We will Bring New Customers to Their Businesses

We will Grow Further Together

We will Help them Produce Truly Clean Water

We will Help Improve the Image of the Industry

Cost of Partnership

Dealer:

– We’ll need to sell the product to them at lower prices so our profit margin is low

Distributor:

–We’ll need to pay commission fee on exclusive contract

Co-developer:

– We’ll need to share our know-how with them

Collaborator:

–We’ll need to share the cost of processing facilities

Income Statement for Business Model*

Income Statement

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Net Sales $4M $7.25M $10M

Cost of Goods sold

$1.6M $3.2M $4M

Expenses: Salary

$1.2M $1.2M $1.5M

Expenses: Other $ 0.2M $0.3M $.5M

Total Expenses $1.4M $1.5M $2.0M

Net Income $1.0M $2.55M $4M

•This statement is based on very conservative estimates of introducing a new product in a niche market; the market segment is a multi-billion dollar one and it is growing fast; it is anticipated that our company will grow very fast after the 3rd year sales

Revenue Chart

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 40

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First year revenues:20 SME of $100,000 sales/year= $2M2 LC of $1M /year =$2Mfirst year revenues : $4M

Second year revenues:75% retention of SME15 SME of $150,000 sales/year= $2.25M2 LC: $5M sales/yearsecond year revenues $7,25M

Third year revenues:maintain the domestic levels with existing customers but expand international sales to $3.5MThis will set us over $10M

Fourth year revenues:Add new line of products for existing market; expand into adjacent markets(off-site remediation; water purification; etc)Revenues to reach $50M