Mixaerator sterilises water without chemicals

Queensland inventor Mike Lewis has developed an impellor that uses the same principles as salmon, bath water and tornadoes, however his ground-breaking technology is revolutionising water sterilising and providing environmentally-friendly methods to clean up toxic damage. Mike’s invention- Mixaerator- with the Twin Vortex Advantage (TVA) works using dual vortices, like the ones that occur when you pull the plug from the bath, or those found in the air currents of tornadoes.

"Salmon use similar vortices to my machine. That's how they leap up water falls, their fins send out mini whirlpools that create immense force to push them up," Mike said.

Mike's background is in bio-agricultural science and the treatment of contaminated water and he has managed an environmental clean up business for over 15 years.

He recently won an AUD $85,000 grant from the QLD State Government's Innovation Start Up Scheme (ISUS) to further develop his technology.

"We have just completed negotiations with Brisbane Water who will now manufacture our equipment. This is very exciting because we are discussing formally entering an alliance with them for the market entry of the technology into government and major water users such as power stations,” said Mike.

Mixaerator's applications are seemingly endless. Its versatility has been proved in areas such as liquid fertiliser and pesticide manufacture, drilling muds, toothpaste products, polymer and lime mixing, chemical free foaming and odour elimination, improved operational efficiency of biological sewage plants and treatment and destruction of sterilising chemicals in septic tanks.

But most of his work goes on in silence, contracted "on the quiet". Occasionally however he is taken into the limelight. The 1995 Woodford Folk Festival was about to be cancelled due to blue green algae contamination of the water supply. Mike was called in and within 24 hours the show was back on track and a huge success

More recently however, Mixaerator proved its capabilities in the clean-up of blue green algae contamination in over 100 million litres of recycled sewage water. NATA certified tests, confirmed that Mixaerator is up to 50 times more efficient than current methods available. "A staggering result which surprised even me,” said Mike.

However, the inspiration for the first prototype was to remove the stench from a grease trap at a popular shopping centre in Sydney.

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