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Membrane Technology August 2014
FEATURE
cess is tailored to meet current water quality can be handled as easily as that taken from
needs, whether that is for de-alkalised water the mains.
for soft drinks manufacturing, purified water
for pharmaceuticals, demineralised water for
A typical temporary or mobile plant might
consist of pretreatment systems in trailers,
Elga Process Water
high-pressure boilers or even ultrapure water using multi-media filtration, organic scaveng- changes its name
for semiconductor manufacturing. If the treated ing or granular activated carbon adsorption;
water quality needs to be upgraded, it is an easy RO in a second trailer and even mixed-bed to Veolia Water
matter to change the trailer for one using
a more advanced treatment process.
ion-exchange polishing, carried out by a third.
Temporary tanks and pumps also can be pro-
Technologies
vided in trailers together with all interconnect- Having traded as Elga Process Water for
ing flexible hoses, water meters and fittings, over a decade with Veolia as a parent, the
Case study: and, of course, mobile generators to make the company now feels that it is in a strong
waste plant system completely stand-alone. position to fully rebrand as Veolia Water
Technologies.
In this example, energy from a waste plant, This is part of an overall rebranding of
which incinerates 225 000 tonnes per year
Membrane-based Veolia Environnement, which will be known
of non-recyclable domestic waste, produces degassing process simply as Veolia and will represent the
400C superheated steam in a 46-bar water three business activities of water, waste and
tube boiler. This steam drives a turbine The latest addition to the range is Remox (see energy.
that generates electricity for export to the Membrane Technology February 2014, page 5).
National Grid. This membrane-based degassing process
Make-up water for the boiler is produced removes carbon dioxide and oxygen from water.
New identity
by an on-site ion-exchange demineralisation Dissolved CO2 reduces the efficiency of ion- Commenting on the new identity, Martyn
plant that consists of cation exchanger, anion exchange and continuous electro-deionisation Fisher, Managing Director, Process Water,
exchanger and mixed-bed polishing. However, processes. Membrane degassing works by Veolia Water Technologies, said: We are
this was failing to meet the 20-g/l silica water passing the water across a gas-permeable mem- transforming the business into one that
quality requirement. brane, on the other side of which is a flow of is focused on building partnerships with
The initial solution to this problem was to atmospheric air. CO2 transfers across the mem- customers, developing and delivering new
provide three mobile, temporary mixed-bed brane from the gas-rich water to the CO2-lean products, providing market-leading cus-
polishers to treat the water from the demin- inert gas. The process reduces dissolved CO2 tomer services and service support. Our
eralisation plant mixed beds and reduce the to less than 0.3 mg/l. Replacing the air with new brand recognises that we are part of a
silica to less than 10 g/l. Continuous quality an inert gas either nitrogen or water vapour global team capable of offering innovative,
monitoring of the treated water for conductiv- generated under vacuum enables dissolved integrated and sustainable water-treatment
ity and silica was also provided. The ionic load oxygen to be removed. products and technology to a world that is
on the mobile units was very low and exhaus- Oxygen causes corrosion in boiler systems severely water stressed.
tion infrequent. They were not regenerated so it has to be removed from boiler feed-water Coinciding with the rebrand, Veolia Water
on-site, but returned to the central regenera- by adding oxygen scavenging chemicals such Technologies has moved from Marlow to a
tion station and exchanged for a regenerated as sulphite or carbohydrazide. Remox removes new high-tech office in High Wycombe.
unit. This temporary approach proved to be dissolved oxygen to less than 0.01 mg/l, dra- Fisher continued: It is an exciting time
so reliable and cost-effective that it was used matically reducing the consumption of oxygen for us and our customers who will benefit
for an extended period. scavengers. from the move. It is equipped with the lat-
The long-term rental of mobile water-treat- Dissolved oxygen in semiconductor rinse est technology, which will help promote our
ment systems ensures that the plant is avail- water can result in wafer surface defects, whilst culture of working smarter, streamline our
able immediately, has no associated capital in food and beverage products it can impair processes and integrate our systems, mak-
cost and does not require any housing all of shelf-life and taste. Remox is the first mem- ing all aspects of customer contact more
the equipment is installed in a standard 12-m brane degasser to be available on the rental efficient from sales enquiries and contract
(40-ft) trailer which is insulated and supplied market and can treat up to 100 m3 of water execution to technical support and booking
with heating and lighting, so that the internal per hour. The degassing system is fully auto- service engineers.
environment is just like most plant rooms. matic with on-line monitoring for complete
These trailers are also kitted out with appro- operational security, and is complete with all high level of certainty, and with no require-
priate safety equipment and complete with necessary compressed air, nitrogen and vacuum ment for capital investment. If the raw-water
all necessary instrumentation and controls. equipment. quality changes, the mobile plant can be easily
They can be positioned to make the best use reconfigured. No wonder that more and more
of available space and connected to existing temporary systems are becoming permanent.
pipework using flexible hoses.
Permanent
In terms of process technology, the range is Operational problems with mobile plants are Contact:
almost unlimited. Mobile units are complete- rare, there are hardly any chemical additions Veolia Water Technologies, Windsor Court,
ly modular, so any configuration of processes and no chemical handling and disposal issues, Kingsmead Business Park, High Wycombe
can be combined to make up a complete and regular maintenance service visits are HP11 1JU, UK. Tel: +44 1628 89 70 00,
system to suit any application, which means included in the hire contract. This means that www.aquamove.co.uk,
that water from a borehole, river or reservoir total operational costs can be forecast with a www.veoliawatertechnologies.co.uk/processwater
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