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PROJECT PRESENTATION OF THE OK-FILTER AN INVENTION TO IMPROVE THE WATER ENVIRONMENT

BACKGROUND AND GENERAL INFORMATION

The inventor Asko Päiviö, Oksave Capital AB, started to develop a device and a method for removing pollutants from liquids in 2011 and applied for an EP-patent in 2012. The inventor created a join venture in September 2015 by involving a Project Manager and an Expert in environment and chemistry. Based on the patent EP2724986, the project team will develop prototypes and perform tests with the target to launch the product commercially within 1-2 years. The OK-filter device removes pollutants from liquids, such as storm water, wastewater and similar. The technology is to be used to absorb and filtering inside wells of drain pipes and storm water systems. With re-configurations it can be used on outlets in to e.g. tanks, channels, harbours, rivers, lakes or sea. The filter will have the capacity to absorb the pollutant substances (chemicals, heavy metals and

• rganics) listed in the WFD 2455/2001/EC

Drawing EP 2724986

Together with global warming, clean water is perhaps the most important environmental challenge of our time. In 2001 the European Parliament amended a directive

• f a water policy, 2455/2001/EC. The directive lists 33

pollutants, of which 25 are prioritized as hazardous substances; chemical, metallic or organic. These substances is to be considered as a general threat to the environment, population and wildlife, to any city, region or country around the globe. The EU members, as well as many other nations, face a major challenge e.g. to adapt it’s infrastructure of clean storm water/industrial water treatment before it reaches an uncontrolled reservoir and in the end the

• pen sea.

THE CLEAN WATER CHALLENGE

Conventional solutions is to build large scale purification plants or create sedimentation dams. OK-filter gives an alternative to use a small device close to the pollution

• sources. This reduces the risk of large scale environment

disasters by removing the pollutions from the areas were normally is stored. The philosophy behind the OK-filter is to provide users with a small device to be installed in existing stormwater drain wells without any adjustment or rebuilding. The OK-filter plan to be manufactured in standard sizes and have the capacity to absorb the pollutant substances listed in the 2455/2001/EC. The OK-Filter will also be easy to adapt in accordance with customer requirements and tailor made for machines, processes, constructions, buildings etc. where water/liquid needs to be purified.

Photo from start prototype test Klippan & Lomma 2016 Drawing EP 2724986

In urban areas, where storm water pass through a pipe and/or open system, rain water is collected in to a drain at an early stage allowing the OK-filter to purify pollutants. The OK-filter design is unique and can be consider as a micro purification plant inside each stormwater well. The active absorbing material inside the filter is embraced with absorbing capability as well. The design

• ffers also a flexibility to contain serial

numbers of different absorbing material. The number of OK-filters to be used gives a natural redundancy and requires no rebuild

• f existing infrastructure.

SMALL IS BIG

The pollution substances are easy to control, analyse and eliminate as the absorber material can be destructed separately accordingly to it’s property, e.g. combust, decay and/or separation process. With analyses, local pollution souses can easier be mapped and identified. The device is to be fitted in large numbers of existing systems, applications and configurations in the urban areas from large cities to small villages. Other target users are e.g. parking houses, process industry, power plants, work shops, hospitals, airports, ships, car/vehicle etc.

Photo from start prototype test Klippan & Lomma 2016

ABSORBING MATERIALS

It is essential in the design and optimization to choose the right number of absorbing material. The figure to the right is shoow the maximum value in fractions when comparing two different absorbing material. The OK filter design contain normally 3-5 different absorbing materials. Currently if needed it’s flexible to use up to 7 absorbing materials. This materials will meet the EU water policy directive

Metal analyst after first prototype test Klippan 2016

THE SUBSTANCES LISTS OF 2455/2001/EC DIRECTIVE

CONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS

The conventional solution to purify stormwater is to lead it to either a soil wall or sedimentation dam. This creates a storage of pollutants over time in the areas where it should be removed. It pushes the pollution problem in to the future instead of being taken

• ut of the environment orbit.

Another way is to build large purification plants and reinvestment in the infrastructure of drain pipe system, which is costly and demands maintenance and creates huge amount of sludge that needs to be taken care of. Additionally to convection methods, the Ok-filter can with advantage be used as a pre-filter as a intergraded in the purification system, e.g:

• Relief stress on purification plant and reduce the hazard of a disaster if the plant is

subject to a breakdown.

• Minimize the contain of pollutions substances in the sediment in dams which reduce

the hazard and disaster if a dam wall would break during a heavy flood

MARKET FORECAST STATISTIC

SOURCE: FROST & SULLIVAN

MARKET ANALYSIS

The project team has made a basic market analysis based on statistics and assumptions available. Once the calculations are made it’s easy to be very optimistic about the potential market for the OK-filter. Hence the team has a modest estimate for the market share. The main target customer; - urban communities, can be expected to be price sensitive to hardware cost and periodical maintenance

• commitment. To be successful it’s essential that production cost is

kept low, a balanced exchange frequency and a modest profit per unit is considered. The team is aiming at an exchange of minimum 1 per year and a average frequency of 2 filters per year. It is not to be expected that a contract for a community is to cover a installation of 100%. Estimations are based to cover ~30% of the stormwater wells per city. This is due to that some areas can have other solutions and be connected to e.g. sedimentation dams and/or large purification plants.

Main target customers:

• Urban communities

Second targets customers:

• Transportations infrastructure e.g. road and highways bridges.
• Parking houses and similar facilities
• Process & Chemical industry
• Power plants

Numbers of stormwater wells in: Malmö (community area ~150 km2): ~40 000 wells Sweden: ~2 500 000 wells EU: ~70 000 000 wells

MARKET DEVELOPMENT & PROFIT

Main target customers:

• Urban communities

Second targets customers:

• Transportations infrastructure e.g. road and highways

bridges.

• Parking houses and similar facilities
• Process & Chemical industry
• Power plants

Numbers of stormwater wells in: Malmö (community area ~150 km2): ~40 000 wells Sweden: ~2 500 000 wells EU: ~70 000 000 wells

Market estimation A cautious assumption with a contract of 30% share in a city size of Malmö* would give 12 000 wells to be installed with a filter. A average exchange per year of 2 filter would give a total sale of 24 000 filter per annum. On a Swedish market with a estimation to reach a 10% market share within 3 years after introduction and a exchange 2 per annum would give a sale of 500 000 filters per annum An estimated EU market based on similar assumptions with an exchange of 2 per annum and with a market chare

• f 5 % within 5 year after introduction would give a sale of

7 million filters per annum Profit Even with a modest profit margin the estimation give a early payback and good profit per annum.

* Malmö the third town in Sweden according to population

CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE FOR THE PROJECT

The project team have a ongoing focus to develop prototypes for test. The team also discuss to have access and perform test on real storm water wells. Parallel with the tests, the team is working with design improvements. So also methods for a optimized filter production in large scale. The team is seeking stakeholders and investors preferred with competencies in production, European and/or global marketing, sale and distribution. The investment budget in which the project like to attract is 1,5 Million

• Euro. As alternative the team consider to look for is maximum 3 different

investors with a 0,5 million Euro each For one full investment the team consider to offer 30% share in the

• project. Part investment the team consider to offer 8% share each in the

project. Expected return of investment (ROI), is expected 2-3 years after product been launch. Thereafter it is expected the product is finance it self.

Information regarding the project and to potential stakeholders and/or investors. Contacts: Project manager: Leif Steffensen, Pen-D Consult AB E-mail: leif@pendconsult.com Phone: +46 (0) 739 25 15 07 Other team members Environment & chemist, expert: Anders Åkesson, Anders Åkesson Konsult AB, E-mail: anders@akesson.net Inventor: Asko Päiviö, OKsave Capital AB E-mail: askopaivio@gmail.com