EKOGRID™

TECHNOLOGY

Eko Harden Technologies Oy

Huopalahdentie 24, 00350 Helsinki, Finland
EKOGRID has been used in all continents and 17 countries

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Company information
• Eko Harden Technologies Oy (Ltd) develops and provides systems for environmental
remediation in a sustainable manner under EKOGRID™ Technology brand name. The
Technology is protected by international patents in 56 countries.
• The Company was established in 2009 and the Head Office is located in Helsinki,
Finland.

• Eko Harden Technologies Oy is privately owned and the founding partners hold the
majority ownership in the company.
• The EKOGRIDTM technology has proven to be an ecological, sustainable and cost-
efficient solution for soil, ground water and sediment remediation.
• We operate globally with collaborative partners appointed on a geographical or
business sector basis.
EKOGRID Technology
• EKOGRID™ technology is a solution for ground, ground water and sediment
remediation to remove various organic pollutants

• Effectiveness has been proven in several tests and pilots

• Technology has been used in all continents and more than 17 countries

• Commercial application available

• Competing or complementary solution for more traditional solutions such as

dig & dump as well as other in-situ technologies
EKOGRID™ Applications
Soil and ground water remediation
▪ To remove various organic pollutants by
oxidation
▪ In situ or ex situ

Treatment of drilling or tank bottom

sludges
▪ Crude Oil, Diesel Inverts, etc.

Treatment of underwater bottom sediments

▪ To remove organic pollutants
▪ Increasing the density of soft, muddy
sediments and improving water quality
▪ In situ
EKOGRID™
INSTALLATION PRINCIPLE OF THE GRID

• Cost effective installation of electrodes and

cabling (low CAPEX)
• Low energy consumption (low OPEX)
• No depth limitation for the electrolytic reaction
• Electrode spacing typically 5 m
• Pulsed current goes through polluted soil
(marked reaction paths), and oxidizing
chemicals are formed by electrochemical
reactions at particle surfaces
• EKOGRID™ amplifies the remediation power of
nature
EKOGRID™
Remediation Water
Mechanisms Electrolysis
on Soil
Surfaces

OH*
Movement
H+ e- Cracking
and Mixing
and EKOGRIDTM of Ions and
Desorption
Water

Enhanced
Bio-
remediation
Photo gallery

EKO CONTROL UNIT INSTALLATION IN NEW YORK INSTALLATION IN SANTOS BENCH TEST IN CANADA

SOIL REMEDIATION SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM IN ALBERTA SLUDGE SAMPLING IN ECUADOR SOIL SAMPLING
UNDER AN APPARTMENT IN FINLAND
BUILDING IN ESTONIA
RESULTS
The EKOGRID™ technology has successfully performed soil remediation of organic pollutants in a
number of properties worldwide, including old industrial sites, petrol stations, parking lots,
manufacturing locations, chemical and other factory locations. Schedules have varied depending on
the level of contamination and the soil from few months to few years.

The technology has proven to work on a substantially wide range of organic pollutants in the
ground, ground water and bottom sediments, including:

▪ Aliphatic hydrocarbons (gasoline, petrol, diesel, heavy oil)

▪ Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes (BTEX compounds), MTBE, ETBE and TBA

▪ Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

▪ Chlorophenols

▪ Chloroethenes (TeCE, TCE, DCEs and MCE)

8 EKO / HARDEN Huopalahdentie 24, 00350 Helsinki

EKOGRID™ VS. OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES
Effective to treat most of the hydrocarbon based pollutants in soil and water

Aliphatic Aromatic Polyaroma Chlorophe PCE, TCE

HC HC tic nols
C6-C40 BTEX PAH PCP, TCP
Soil GW Soil GW Soil GW Soil GW Soil GW
X Applicable
EKOGRID – X X X X X X X X X X
Electrokinetic Oxidation
(X) Possible within certain
Dig and Dump X X X X (x) limitations
Soil Vapor Extraction (X) (X) (X)

Soil Flushing (X) (X) (X) (X)

In-Situ Chemical X X X
oxidation
Thermal Desorption X X X X X

Pump and Treat (X) X X X (x)

EKOGRID™ VS. OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES
Estimates for over 5.000 cubic meter site with clays/ silt soils and
GW layer contamination
Multi-Phase
Mass
Factors Transfer
Extraction ISCO EKOGRID
(MPE)
Cost

Time
Not Applicable/ unfavourable
Operations & Maintenance factor

Possible within certain

Energy consumption limitations / relatively good

Waste generation Applicable

Utilization of Chemicals

Sustainability

Feasibility under built infrastructure

Feasibility in saturated zone/ GW

EKOGRID™ TECHNOLOGY
Sustainable, Safe, and Economic Remediation Technology
• Solution can be installed almost anywhere and is very cost efficient to use in porous ground
with deep contaminants or under build infrastructure such as buildings
• Roads and railways or even logistic centers and buildings with on-going operations feasible
for remediation
• Remediation between and under submerged structures, etc.

EKOGRID
Control
Unit

11 EKO / HARDEN Huopalahdentie 24, 00350 Helsinki

Example of installation schedule
TYPICAL PROJECT EXECUTION TIMELINE FOR A SMALL SIZE REMEDIATION SITE WITH EKOGRID

TOTAL DAYS
Task Breakdown/Shifts (each square = 4 hrs) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 Site survey

2 Underlying infrastructure mapping (utility lines, tanks, etc) 2

3 Electrode position marking 2
4 Ground/asphalt cutting and preparations

5 Drilling of electrode bore holes

6 Installation of electrodes, fitting and backfill of bore hole 3

7 Cabling and electrode connection surface preparation

8 Rigging and installation of EKOGRIDTM Control Unit 1

TM
9 Commissioning of EKOGRID Control Unit and grid testing 1
10 Re-paving/Landscaping 2
11 Remote Monitoring 1
Project Manager 1
TOTAL PEPOLE

Surveyor 2
Drill operator 3 2
Electrician 1
Eko Harden Technologies 1

NOTES
This represent a small site where the remediation projects consists of 60 electrodes in a 45 x 25 m grid at a depth of 12 m each. Total soil volume is 13 500 m3

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Electro Osmotic Transfer
• In normal remediating mode
EKOGRID™ pulses are equally timed
to both directions between the
electrode rows
• The low voltage current makes the
charged contents of the pore water
move back and forward with short
electro-osmotic pulses
• EKOGRID™ control unit can be used
in transfer mode, where longer pulse
to one direction is applied
• Transfer mode utilizes electro-osmosis
to move soil cations and water with
everything water soluble

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Saturated Saturated

DRAWING A – Drill tube electrodes with perforation at DRAWING B – Drill tube electrodes with perforation both in
the depth of GW layer unsaturated and saturated zone
• Water and nutrients pumped to electrodes • Same as in option A, but injection system extended to
• When injecting (water and nutrients pumped to the unsaturated zone
tubular electrodes) EKOGRID™ electric field is • Injections can be started with EKOGRID™ electrodes and
adjusted for transfer pulse (e.g. 6-24 hours longer complemented with irrigation from ground level (e.g. drip
pulses to one direction and then same time to lines between electrodes)
another)
• When not injecting the pulse for induced electrolysis
is used. The induced electrolysis pulse should
enhance the ARD and ISCR and has similar chemical
effects on its own.
Note: Anode and Cathode in drawings are alternating and adaptable depending on targeted direction
Pictures from selected sites
• Apartment building in Tallinn

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Pictures from selected sites
• Gas station in Finland

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References
Source of
Date Status Country Pollutant Volume Client Description of the Results
pollution
Former Oil Tank 90% of the polluted area reached the target level 1 000
2008 - 2010 Finished Finland Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 15 000 m3 ST1
Farm area ppm. Original contamination between 2 000 and 57 000 ppm
Xylene and other BTEX
2009 Finished Sweden Compounds in Ground 2 000 m3 Leakage DSM 60 to 95% of the Xylene removed - Approved by Authorities
water
Demo; Former Petrol More than 50% of the hydrocarbons removed successfully
2012 - 2013 Finished Finland Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Nurmes Town/ST1
3 m3 station during short demo performed under a building
Heating Oil in lake C5-C35 removal from 1600 ppm to 10 ppm in 6 months at a
2012 - 2014 Finished Sweden 3 000 m3 Leakage Ängelholm Town
bottom sediment rainwater collection pond sediment and embankments
Very high concentration of TCP 120 mg/kg removed totally
2013 Finished Sweden Chlorophenols 1 m3 Lab test EKO HARDEN
in a month
Tank Bottom and
2014 Finished Ecuador 400 m3 Crude oil sludge Lamor/Corena 90% reduction of the crude oil content
Drilling Sludge
Aliphatic hydrocarbon removal from 1000 ppm to 20 ppm in
2014 Finished Brazil TPE 200 m3 TPE Confidential client
4 months
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons The content of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons and PAH compounds
2014 - 2015 Finished Brazil 1 000 m3 Chemical waste Lamor/Haztec
and PAHs went under the measuring range
2014 – 2016 Finished Norway PFOS test Bench test PFOS RVS/Ramboll/ Avinor 25% of PFOS removed after one month
Laurel environmental
Petrol Station
2015 – 2016 Finished USA VOCs 1 000 m3 associates/ Removal of VOC's from 1000 ppm to 25 ppm in 6 months
leakage
Confidential partner
2015 – 2016 Finished Norway Heating oil 100 m3 Tank spill RVS AS Under state guidelines

2015 – 2016 Finished Norway Heating oil 600 m3 Tank spill RVS AS Under state guidelines
Successful pilot completed with removal from 10 000 ppm to
2016 - Active Canada VOC's and BTEX 50 000 m3 Gas condensate Signum
1 500 ppm in 1 year
Remediation of BTEX from 40 ppm to 1 ppm, PAH from
2016 - Active Canada Creosote Bench test Storage tank spill Signum 2 500 ppm to 10 ppm, Aliphatic Hydrocarbons from 12 000
ppm to 50 ppm and PCP from 45 ppm to 1 ppm

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 References
Source of
Date Status Country Pollutant Volume Client Description of the Results
pollution
Sulfolane spill from
2016 – 2017 Finished Canada Sulfolane Bench test Signum 100% reduction in sulfolane concentrations
tanks

Diesel type Lamor/ Confidential Oil Reduction of TPH in soil from 13 000 ppm to 130 ppm in 10
2016 – 2017 Finished Ecuador 25 000 m3 Pipeline spill
hydrocarbons Company months

Sulfolane reduction from 3.12 ppm to 0.02 ppm and DIPA

2017 Finished Canada Sulfolane + DIPA Bench test Industrial activity Signum
reduction from 5.4 ppm to 0.5 ppm

2017 - Active Canada Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 500 m3 Gas station spill Lamor/ Griffin

Vast spill on
2017 Finished Nigeria Crude oil 4 000 m3 Ministry of Environment Field test completed and results better than even expected
farmland

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Historical pollution

2017 - Active Finland and sediment 1 000 m3 of former industrial City of Helsinki
compaction zone

Historical asphalt Rakennus-palvelut/J. Remediation of C10-C40 hydrocarbons from 3 000 ppm

2017 – 2018 Finished Finland C10-C40 and PAHs 2 500 m3
pollution Nordstrom down to 460 ppm. PAHs 1 700 ppm to 12 ppm in 9 months

Historical Boiler Remediation of PAHs from a maximum concentration of 250

2018 Finished Estonia PAHs 800 m3 Private Developer
room storage spill ppm down to 2.1 ppm in 4 months
Gasoline, BTEX and Confidential oil Starting concentrations of MTBE, BTEX and some C5-C10 of
2018 - Active Finland 16 000 m3 Gas station spill
MTBE company 21 mg/kg.
Starting concentrations of <C12 Hydrocarbons at 50 ppm.
Aliphatics, MTBE and >C12 Hydrocarbon concentration of 500 ppm and
2018 - Active Italy 2 100 m3 Gas station spill Mares
ETBE Groundwater concentrations of MTBE at 2.5 mg/l and ETBE
at 1.5 mg/l

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 COMPLETED PROJECTS

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1. Joensuu, Finland – Former Fuel
Storage
EKOGRID™ technology was used to remediate ground in a former tank farm that was abandoned more than 20
years. Prevalent high pollution levels were indicative of a slow speed of natural bioremediation on site.
Pollutants consisted mainly of C10-C21 fractions (Diesel) and heavier fractions C21-C40. The total volume of soil
was about 15 000 m3 and consisted mostly of sand and silt.
Solution:
▪ 149 electrodes to 3 m depth and one control unit
Results:
• During in situ remediation 90% of the polluted soil was remediated
• Remaining contamination consisted of organic peat layer that was remediated by excavation.
2. Ängelholm, Sweden – Storm Pond
EKOGRID™ technology was used to treat a storm water pond
(approx. 80x50m) contaminated with fuel oil leaking from a nearby
industrial area
Focus was on treating bottom sediments that were not remediated
by a previously installed “pump and treat” system
Solution:
▪ 150 vertical electrodes at a depth of 1m in the sediment and
connected together with horizontal steel rods
▪ 1 EKOGRID™ control unit was used to manage the remediation
process.
Results:
▪ Remediation of the oil based hydrocarbons, i.e. diesel type
heating oil, reached the target values
▪ Most sampling locations showed concentrations of contaminants
below detectable levels.
2. Ängelholm, Sweden – Storm Pond
▪ After final sampling, the client’s independent environmental
consultant working for Toxicon AB, wrote in his report:

• “With reference to the effect (of EKOGRID™) to composition

and thickness of the bottom sediment layer. In the Ängelholm
pond the clay is now stone hard and sediment layer thinner
than before (from 50cm to 15cm), and sediment is now very
loose (has no tendency suck the foot deeper). It is easy to walk
over the pond, quite a difference to the situation in December,
when people stuck in the clay. This situation can be explained
with the fact that EKOGRID™ decomposes composed organic
material and clay layer will be compressed ie its water content
decreases?
Thomas”
3. New York, USA – Shopping Center
Commercial and residential parking lot in Queens, New York, that had
suffered from leakage from a near-by underground fuel tank
Significant amount of contaminants measured both in soil and ground
water
Site had been attempted to be remediated with chemical oxidation
without significant results (2010 – 2012)
Solution:
▪ 28 electrodes to 15 meter depth and one EKOGRID™ control unit
Results:
▪ Significant and rapid decrease in organic contaminants
▪ VOCs concentration reduced from a maximum of 1.000 mg/kg to
below 200 mg/kg
4. Santos, Brazil – Railway Logistics
In a railway logistics center under full operation, a large area (>1
hectare) was found to be polluted with PAH compounds at depths
ranging between 1 - 2m. A small area was selected for a
demonstration pilot project.
The client required the site activities to not be disturbed in any
form
Solution:
• 9 Vertical electrodes (steel rods) at 2 m depth
• 1 EKOGRID™ control unit was used to manage the system
Results:
• Results were followed with sampling and measurements in 7
locations for 4 rounds
• Fast remediation (4 months) at all sampling points
• Highly successful thanks to soil properties and local
environment al conditions
5. Alberta, Canada – Creosote Bench
Tests
Box test in Canada, few cubic meters of homogenized creosote soil with PCP in small container
Solution:
▪ 2 electrodes in opposite corners of the container. Irrigation with nitrogen additives.
▪ 1 EKOGRID™ control unit.
Results:
▪ Frequent sampling from soil for less than a year. Results were excellent. BTEX compounds decreased in one
month, PCP in nine months, PAH and aliphatic hydrocarbons in less than a year. Total decrease was about 1500
mg organic contaminants / kg/month
5. Alberta, Canada – Creosote Bench
Tests
6. Tallinn, Estonia – Apartment Building
The EKOGRID™ technology was used to remediate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminants
(naftalene and fenantren) on a newly built apartment building on a location of a former local boiler-house together
with an oil reservoir in Tallinn, Estonia. Soil PAH concentrations exceeded guidelines for dwellings in Estonia and
highest measured concentration was 250 mg/kg.
Despite an initial mass transfer of some 200 tons of contaminated soil, contamination was later observed below
the building in the natural fine sand layer before its release to be inhabited. This required a non conventional way
to remediate the soil, such as the EKOGRID™ System.
Solution:
▪ 30 electrodes installed (of which 23 drilled through
the basement flooring) to the sand layer
▪ 1 EKOGRID™ control unit
Results:
▪ The EKOGRID™ treatment lasted from January 22, 2018
to May 7th, 2018 (5 months)
▪ Site was remediated to meet the local authorities
guidelines (under 20 mg/kg PAH)
▪ Drop in PAH concentrations from as high as 250 mg/kg
to <5 mg/kg
 6. Tallinn, Estonia – Apartment Building

Site sampling results performed by the local

consultant (Maves) show how critical points
went below the local guidelines for PAHs of
under 20 mg/kg in just 4 months.
The most important points to highlight are
the following:

▪ (10) Decreased from 250 mg/kg to 2,1

mg/kg (taken at point 36 in April 2018)
▪ (33) Decreased from 120 mg/kg to 0,2
mg/kg
▪ (35) Decreased from 120 mg/kg to 0,1
mg/kg

Site sampling performed by Maves on February 2018 (Left) and April 2018 (Right) that
shows critical control points below local pollution guidelines after EKOGRID Treatment
 7. Helsinki, Finland – Konala Land
Remediation for Redevelopment
When a former parking lot was found to be contaminated by Aliphatic Hydrocarbons (C21-C40) and Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) prior to redevelopment into a self storage facility, the owner of the project had to
find a viable and economical solution against a more traditional and risky mass transfer approach.
In response to this, in November 2017, an EKOGRID™ Solution was engineered and installed onsite to remediate
the contamination at a comparable price to the lowest estimates of excavation and mass transfer. Doing this
ensured a final decontamination of the site with minimum environmental impact in just 9 months (achieving results
despite the operation of the system on winter months)
Solution:
▪ 72 electrodes installed down to the deepest level of contamination
▪ 1 EKOGRID control unit for the treatment of 2 500 m3 of soil
Results:
▪ The EKOGRID treatment lasted from November, 2017 to
August, 2018 (9 months)
▪ C21-C40 Hydrocarbon concentrations dropped from 3000 ppm to 460
ppm
▪ PAH concentrations dropped from 1 700 ppm to as low as 12 ppm
 8. Ecuador, Pipeline Spill
EKOGRID™ solution was used in a combined solution with microbiological augmentation to treat a maintenance
pipeline spill in natural reserve area in Ecuador. End client had identified a diesel type oil spill in their pipeline. The
affectation was expressed as Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) concentrations in soil and water; the obtained
values correspond to 13.000 mg/kg and 1.370 mg/l respectively.

Solution:
▪ The combined technology consisted from EKOGRID™
electrokinetic oxidation system with one control unit and grid
of some 150 electrodes installed directly inside the
affected area, plus a well-studied bio-augmentation
procedure based on a treatability study.
Results:
After four (4) months of operation of the combined system,
a complete sampling campaign (8 soil and 6 water samples)
were developed inside the affected area to evaluate the results:
▪ a diminution of 89% of hydrocarbon content in soil, with
a result of 1.367 mg/kg in 4 months, and a reduction of 99,33%
in 10 months, with final result of 82,65 mg/kg of TPH in soil.
▪ In water, a 99% of contaminant elimination was observed with
a TPH result of 15,43 mg/l.