Waste to Value Solutions

Waste to Value Solutions

Illustration of the multi product matrix

Strategic Metal Recovery

Strategic metals are essential for modern technology and industry but often come from sources susceptible to disruption. Technologies like jet engines, lasers, X-ray equipment, long-life batteries, glass, and high-strength steel parts all utilize these critical metals.

Using our patented process, we remove 75% of the ash material, encapsulating the valuable metals within the remaining 25% carbon fraction. This results in a unique and rich ore body, presenting significant opportunities for energy and metal extraction 

Silica Flour

Silica flour is a high-value byproduct formed in the carbothermic reduction of high-purity quartz with carbonaceous materials like coal, coke, and wood chips in electric arc furnaces. It is an effective pozzolanic material due to its extreme fineness and high silica content. 

  • Reduces Permeability to Chloride Ions: Protects concrete reinforcing steel from corrosion. 
  • Ideal for Harsh Environments: Coastal regions, humid continental roadways and runways, and saltwater bridges. 

Proppants and Enhanced Oil Recovery

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the high-pressure injection of “fracking fluid” to create cracks in bedrock formations, allowing natural gas, petroleum, and brine to flow more freely.

Our process creates engineered, uniform particle size, high-value proppants ideally suited for the oil and gas industry. These proppants keep fissures open longer and possess higher compressive strength than traditional sand.

Cenospheres

Cenospheres are lightweight, inert, hollow spheres filled with air or inert gas produced as a byproduct of coal-burning power plants. They provide buoyancy due to their low density and have a variety of applications. 

  • Low Density: Reduces the weight of formulated products. 
  • Versatility: Improved properties for a variety of finished consumer products.

The SonoAsh process liberates trapped cenospheres, creating another valuable revenue stream from waste products along with other valuable technology metals.