The Future of Wastewater Treatment Is Being Built in India
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Indra is a Thane-based cleantech company that treats wastewater with electricity rather than chemical-heavy primary treatment.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - What Indra Does
03:33 - Understanding How ElectroX Works
09:17 - Doing an ElectroX Demo
17:07 - Visiting the Indra Reactor Dynamics Lab
31:15 - The Electrical Panels Powering Indra's Reactors
38:06 - Exploring Indra Water's Demo Units, ElectroX & PhloX
43:12 - Indra's R&D Prototyping Space
45:40 - ISO Certification
46:31 - Sitting Down With Amrit Om Nayak and Krunal Patel
Indra was founded in 2018 by Amrit Om Nayak (CEO) and Krunal Patel (COO) after they studied mechanical engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. Early work was incubated through RiiDL at Somaiya Vidyavihar and SINE IIT Bombay was supported by a NIDHI PRAYAS (Department od Science and Technology Gov India) grant. Indra Water's factory is at Bhumi World Industrial Park in Bhiwandi, on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Thane. They have four patents for their technology, and two patents pending. Indra Water's core product is ElectroX, a patented modular reactor that uses non-contact micro-electrolysis. The company says six reactions run in one reactor: electrocoagulation, electroflotation, electroflocculation, electrodisinfection, electro-oxidation, and electrosorption. Electricity through specialised electrodes destabilises solids, oils, colloids, metals, and such pollutants, lifts material with gas micro-bubbles, forms flocs, generates oxidants in situ, and reduces pathogens. Target pollutants include dyes, surfactants, heavy metals, COD and BOD, nutrients, petrochemical waste, fats, oil, grease, and pathogens. Systems are sold as plug-and-play skids for treatment at source, in series or parallel. Flagship modules such as ElectroX L02 are listed at up to about 250 kilolitres per day per module, with larger plants built by stacking units. Indra Water's machines require no chemical dosing in primary treatment, offer up to about 90% smaller footprint, up to about 99% water recovery for non-potable reuse, roughly 70% less sludge, and lower lifecycle cost and energy use. Treated water is reused for flushing, irrigation, cooling towers, boilers, laundry, and industrial process water. Cumulative treated volume has been reported in the billions of litres as the installed base grew. In January 2024 the company raised about $4M in Series A funding led by Emerald Technology Ventures and Mela Ventures with Peak Sustainability Ventures and The Climate Angels.
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The Future of Wastewater Treatment Is Being Built in India
RuntimeBRT
146,227 views
Indra is a Thane-based cleantech company that treats wastewater with electricity rather than chemical-heavy primary treatment.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - What Indra Does
03:33 - Understanding How ElectroX Works
09:17 - Doing an ElectroX Demo
17:07 - Visiting the Indra Reactor Dynamics Lab
31:15 - The Electrical Panels Powering Indra's Reactors
38:06 - Exploring Indra Water's Demo Units, ElectroX & PhloX
43:12 - Indra's R&D Prototyping Space
45:40 - ISO Certification
46:31 - Sitting Down With Amrit Om Nayak and Krunal Patel
Indra was founded in 2018 by Amrit Om Nayak (CEO) and Krunal Patel (COO) after they studied mechanical engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. Early work was incubated through RiiDL at Somaiya Vidyavihar and SINE IIT Bombay was supported by a NIDHI PRAYAS (Department od Science and Technology Gov India) grant. Indra Water's factory is at Bhumi World Industrial Park in Bhiwandi, on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Thane. They have four patents for their technology, and two patents pending. Indra Water's core product is ElectroX, a patented modular reactor that uses non-contact micro-electrolysis. The company says six reactions run in one reactor: electrocoagulation, electroflotation, electroflocculation, electrodisinfection, electro-oxidation, and electrosorption. Electricity through specialised electrodes destabilises solids, oils, colloids, metals, and such pollutants, lifts material with gas micro-bubbles, forms flocs, generates oxidants in situ, and reduces pathogens. Target pollutants include dyes, surfactants, heavy metals, COD and BOD, nutrients, petrochemical waste, fats, oil, grease, and pathogens. Systems are sold as plug-and-play skids for treatment at source, in series or parallel. Flagship modules such as ElectroX L02 are listed at up to about 250 kilolitres per day per module, with larger plants built by stacking units. Indra Water's machines require no chemical dosing in primary treatment, offer up to about 90% smaller footprint, up to about 99% water recovery for non-potable reuse, roughly 70% less sludge, and lower lifecycle cost and energy use. Treated water is reused for flushing, irrigation, cooling towers, boilers, laundry, and industrial process water. Cumulative treated volume has been reported in the billions of litres as the installed base grew. In January 2024 the company raised about $4M in Series A funding led by Emerald Technology Ventures and Mela Ventures with Peak Sustainability Ventures and The Climate Angels.