AquaCritox® Milestones

• Year 1980 - Research begins in super critical water oxidation. This research is driven by the increasing environmental concerns around the world.
• Year 1984 - Eco Waste Treatment Inc, a company based in Texas USA begins research into commercial applications of super critical water oxidation. EWT sponsor research at the University of Texas at Austin Texas.
• Year 1994 - The world's first commercial plant is commissioned by Eco Waste Treatment Inc. (EWT) for Huntsman Chemicals in Texas. The process is protected by a large number of patents.
• Year 1995 - Chematur Engineering of Sweden license SCWO technology from EWT.
• Year 1998 - Chematur Engineering of Sweden acquire Eco Waste Treatment Inc. (EWT) giving Chematur Engineering world wide rights to the AquaCritox® super critical water oxidation technology.
• Year 1998 - Based on the significant engineering development work carried out over a number of years, Chematur build a large scale demonstration AquaCritox® plant in Karlskoga Sweden capable of processing 250kg per hour.
• Year 2000 - Chematur Engineering in conjunction with a Japanese company build a 45,000 pop equivalent AquaCritox® plant for demonstration purpose. The plant is located in Japan.
• Year 2004 - The world's largest SCWO plant is commissioned by Chematur engineering for Johnson Matthey in Brimsdown UK. This plant is an AquaCat® plant for catalyst recovery.
• Year 2005: SCFI begin negotiations to license the AquaCritox® technology from Chematur Engineering AB.
• Year 2007 - Super Critical Fluids International (SCFI group) acquire the Super Critical Fluids division of Chematur Engineering.
• Year 2007 - SCFI Group expands the processing range of the AquaCritox® technology and introduces effective power generation from the AquaCritox® process. The AquaCritox® process is now competitive with the practice of thermal drying followed by land spreading.
• Year 2008 - SCFI Group commission their 250 kg/hr demonstration AquaCritox® plant in Cork, Ireland.