Advanced technology valuation of the industrial utilization of nanotechnology

Abstract

This article focuses on valuation of biological wastewater treatment (WWT) technology with the application of nano-fi brous carrier. The economic analysis and assessment of this developing technology is based on the data from the technology using ™ carriers. The fi rst part describes the methods of valuation of technol- ogy. The following analyses are presented: cost analysis, depreciation model, model of production chemical agent DPG and cash fl ow model. There are sensitivity analyses exploring the impact on the price of chemical agent DPG, increase of its production, price of applied carriers and accident frequency, and pro forma income statement. Results show that the application of WWT technology with the nano-fi brous carrier is a right choice in compliance with long-term economic and ecological indicators in relation to the sustainable growth of the Nowadays, the evolution of the nanotechnology is having a great impact on most of the industrial branches. This article focuses on the application of nanotechnology in the branch of industrial waste- water treatment. This paper describes the application of nano-fi brous carrier of biomass in biological wastewater treatment facilities. This technology is being tested in a research phase at one of the projects of the Advanced Remediation Technologies and Processes Center of the Technical University in Liberec (Czech Republic). The research is being developed on the basis of diverse disciplines such as chemistry, engineering of natural resources, development of textile materials, and mathematic modeling, among others. The economic valuation of the mentioned technology is based on the comparison with the already applied technology for wastewater treatment using carriers Anoxkaldnes ™ . Because of the exist- ence of sensitive data, we decided to keep the company in anonymity and call it Company A for the purposes of this work. The aim of this article is to describe the issues and methods concerning valuation of progressive technologies focused on the industrial application of nanotechnology. We also intend to defi ne advantages and disadvantages of the application of the valuation methods in order to make a sug- gestion for further work on research and practical application of nanotechnology at the industrial branch. The whole work was developed under the aid of MS Excel in order to allow actualizations and interconnections among different parts of the model. This might lead to better orientation through the results and will, therefore, ease the decision making process. We selected the methods according to the criteria shown on Table 1.