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VEC has been providing water and waste treatment solutions to clients from 1993 onwards when we were just a research group under the direction of Prof.H.S. Shankar Dept of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay.Vision Earthcare (VEC) is a technology company, committed to delivering eco-friendly products and solutions in the area of water treatment.
The technology of VEC is Soil Biotechnology (CAMUS SBT), developed at IIT Bombay after nearly two decades of research. CAMUS-SBT uses the ecology of soil media and biological reactions within a constructed bio reactor to treat waste water. This is a giant technological leap forward from the current technologies which rely on the aquatic ecology for treatment. This technological advance allows VEC to offer an energy efficient, low maintenance, aesthetic water treatment solution, whose output water standards are far superior to any other in the market.
VEC has been incubated in the “Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at IIT Bombay and has been licensed to deploy this technology in various sectors to users globally.
The technology has been developed by the research group at Indian Institute Of Technology (Powai), and the same has been patented US Patent granted no. 6890432 B2
SINE has been extending the role of IIT Bombay by facilitating the conversion of homegrown research into entrepreneurial ventures.
Vision Earthcare is driven by the commitment to design processes and to develop systems which provide a complete water purification solution. Soil Biotechnology - SBT from Vision Earthcare is evidence of this commitment.
Founders
Prof H S Shankar
Chief Innovator
BTech Chemical Engg, IIT Bombay
PhD Monash University
Prof Shankar has promoted Vision Earthcare as a part of Entrepreneurship initiative of IIT Bombay. He has been involved in SBT patent and several plants have been set up under his able guidance.
Dr S Chandrashekar
Director- Technology
BTech, Chem Engg, IIT Bombay
Ph.D University of Michigan
With his vast knowledge in waste water treatment field, he has developed new designs of SBT Plants to fit industry requirement.
We have well qualified professionals from industry and from reputed institutes in the field of Engineering, Management and Technical.
Media Coverage
SBT from Vision Earthcare has been recognized as:
- The most innovative technology by India Innovation Programme organised by Seimens Venture Capital.
- The Wizards of Water: Vision Earthcare by 'Starting Up - ET NOW', a weekly program on new start-ups.
- A Green Technology by Water Digest.
- Working wonders with sewage water by 'The Hindu'.
- Vision Earthcare: Turning Sewage to Potable Water by 'The Economic Times'
SBT was featured on the History Channel telecast "India Innovates", a documentary on pathbreaking technologies of India, by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.India Innovates is featured every Friday/Saturday at 5 pm on the History Channel. Click here to view the telecast
Rainbow Drive Layout, Bhoomi Network for Sustainable Living and Biome Environmental Solutions had together organised a talk by Dr Chandrashekar from Vision Earthcare on May 30th 2010 at the Rainbow Drive Club House on Sarjapur Road.
Vision Earthcare has a team of experts in IIT Bombay for pathbreaking research in the field of Biotechnology, Environment and Chemical Engineering.
About Us
Founded in 2004, Vision Earth Care is committed to work towards a green tommorrow by providing the most effective eco-friendly solutions to water treatment across all scales. The technology used is no more complicated than the one used in your lawn, however the results are no lesser than the best you can expect. We call it VisionE Soil Bio-Technology (SBT): an evergreen everlasting biological purification engine.
The technology has been developed by the reasearch group at Indian Institute Of Technology (Powai), and the same has been patented.
US Patent granted no. 6,890,432 B2
We are located at SINE, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, hosted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
SINE has been extending the role of IIT Bombay by facilitating the conversion of homegrown research into entrepreneurial ventures.
Our technology is based on a bio-conversion process where fundamental reactions of nature, namely respiration, photosynthesis & mineral weathering take place in a media housing micro & macro organisms which bring about the desired purification. SBT is an oxygen supplying biological engine and so the process can treat all types of water – domestic municipal & industrial. SBT is suitable for treating water with salinity <10,000 mg/L. Moreover, there has been developed an advanced version of SBT called "CAMUS-SBT" which is capable of even higher levels of purification.
The process requires mesophyllic temperatures; so where the ambient temperatures are low/ very low a greenhouse infrastructure appropriate for the local conditions houses the SBT plant. However the process can work at high ambient temperatures.
Our facilities consist a raw water tank, bioreactor containment , treated water tank and where appropriate a greenhouse and associated piping, pumps & electrical.
Water or waste water is pumped over the bioreactor; the suspended solids are removed by the top media which is scrapped and discarded into municipal solid waste. The water trickles into the bed and treated water collects in the filtrate tank. Recirculation pumps are provided to obtain desired hydraulic retention times; in general purification to desired quality is achieved in one pass and so these recirculation pumps are not used.
Dean's Approval Letter
Process flow description:
CAMUS-SBT is an oxygenation engine that outperforms conventional technologies
Like Activated Sludge Process (ASP), Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR) and Moving Bed Bio-reactor (MBBR). Our technology harnesses a special set of bio-chemical reactions to deliver the oxygenation required for effluent treatment.
In conventional technologies, aeration is achieved mechanically, which is very energy intensive. At higher ambient temperatures (like in India) the solubility of oxygen in water is low, therefore energy requirements of mechanical aeration used by conventional technology increases. Moreover, air contains only 20% oxygen, the rest being nitrogen that is passed into water wastefully, further adding to process inefficiency.
CAMUS-SBT resolves this problem using a bio-chemical method of oxygenation, which not only uses the atmospheric oxygen, but also uses the nitrogen from the atmosphere in a specially engineered ecology to achieve the desired level of purity.
In addition conventional technologies generate large amount of sludge for which additional disposal facilities have to be created. CAMUS-SBT does not face any such problems.
We are at SINE of IIT B which has been set up as an umbrella for homegrown technologies.
We work in close association with IITB and we have ready access to the latest innovation relating to the technology developed by Prof H.S.Shankar of Chemical Engineering Department.
Services
Our capabilities
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Design and Turnkey execution of SBT and CAMUS-SBT plants for STP and ETP applications.
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Retrofit of pre-existing STP/ETPs with SBT/CAMUS-SBT systems.
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Laundry Effluent Treatment.
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Distillery spent-wash treatment.
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Coffee Effluent treatment.
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Hotels and Resorts waste water treatment and recycling
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Hospitals waste water treatment and recycling
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Recycling of railways Coach wash water
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Abattoir waste water treatment for disposal
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Design Consultancy for Water and Waste Streams Auditing, targeting Zero Discharge Norms.
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Energy Auditing and Pinch analysis of heat sources to reduce energy consumption.
Product
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Sewage Treatment Plant
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Effluent Treatment Plant
Enquiry / Contact Us
Vision Earthcare Pvt Ltd
Mr.Uma
Shop #1, Neel Empire Bldg Sector 25, Nerul
Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra,400069,IN.