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DSS establishes water competence centre in Denmark
MARKET PROSPECTS PULP & PAPER
Valmet to upgrade Russian recausticizing plant
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almet will provide a recausticizing upgrade to the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper mill in Novodvinsk, Russia. The Valmet delivery includes technology for cooling, slaking, white liquor filtration and lime mud washing and drying. In addition to the main machinery and auxiliary equipment, the order also includes automation instruments related to machinery motors and a DCS process control system. Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper is rebuilding the plant to increase capacity and replace obsolete equipment. The start-up of the delivery is scheduled for autumn 2017.
WATER & WASTEWATER
Singapore centre to commercialise separation technologies
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ingapore has set up a S$30 million national centre to develop and commercialise separation and filtration technologies, including membranes, and connect research with industry. Located in Singapore’s CleanTech Park, the new Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START) Centre will build and test advanced separation technologies and processes, together with industry. It will be able to fabricate large-scale advanced membranes, assemble them into complete systems, and analyse their performance. START will be staffed by industry specialists from companies such as GE and Hyflux. The new centre is expected to have 15–20 engineers with industry-relevant experience who will build water treatment systems, test them in real life scenarios, and prepare them for industry adoption. START is supported by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore’s national water agency PUB and National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore. “START provides a much-needed platform to develop innovative technologies into actual products, given the increasing demands for 4
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clean water for both industrial and domestic use in urban cities worldwide,” said Dr Lim Jui, CEO of NTU Innovation and NTUitive. “While there are many innovative water technologies developed from universities and industry, one of the biggest challenges for companies is in scaling up their technologies, because of the financial stakes and risks involved.” Dr Jui said that there is a large gap between lab research and product commercialisation, and that START will position itself to connect the two and to accelerate the commercialisation process. START is located close to multinational and local companies in the water and clean technology sectors, as well as NTU’s Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI).
DSS establishes water competence centre in Denmark
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etra Pak’s DSS has set up a Water Competence Center in Silkeborg, Denmark. The Water Competence Center, part of DSS Business Development, will be staffed by specialists in water saving technology and in process water reuse. The centre will be a hub for the company’s existing water expertise and the development of new solutions and best practices. The new initiative will also operate as a centre of water expertise for Tetra Pak in general.
Evoqua to provide boiler water for US naval station
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voqua Water Technologies has secured a five-year contract to deliver mobile equipment to produce deionized boiler feed water for ships docking at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The contract includes six custom-designed mobile deionization (DI) units, systems management, transportation services, performance reporting via Evoqua’s Link2Site remote information systems, and offsite resin regeneration services. Evoqua transportation specialists will also be available to move the equipment into place and off site as needed.
The six Evoqua mobile DI units are designed and built to the US Navy’s specifications. Key design elements include a 150 000 gallon capacity on a compact footprint to meet the US Navy’s need for manoeuvrability in the shipyard. Built on trailer chassis, the mobile units can be positioned on the docks to service military and civilian ships in port. When the resin is exhausted, Evoqua drivers will transport it to the company’s regeneration facility in Richmond, Virginia.
Clean TeQ to set up Chinese water JV
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ustralia’s Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd has entered into a binding agreement with Jinzhong Hoyo Municipal Urban Investment & Construction Co Ltd to form a Chinese incorporated joint venture which will pursue water treatment opportunities in China’s Shanxi Province using Clean TeQ’s water purification technology. Clean TeQ and Hoyo have also reached in-principle agreement on the terms that the joint venture company will build, own and operate a Clean TeQ Continuous Ionic Filtration (CIF) water treatment plant at an existing wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by Qixian Hoyo Waste Water Treatment Co Ltd in Shanxi Province.
Hyflux closes financing for Qurayyat IWP in Oman
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yflux Ltd subsidiary Qurayyat Desalination SAOC has secured financing for the Qurayyat Independent Water Project (IWP) in the Sultanate of Oman. Qurayyat IWP is a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant located in Qurayyat in the Muscat governorate. It is Hyflux’s largest desalination project in Oman. Under the water purchase agreement, desalinated water from this project will be supplied to Oman Power and Water Procurement Co SAOC for 20 years, from 2017 to 2037. This will add another 200 000 cubic metres per day of drinking water to the Oman’s water supply.
June 2016
Valmet to upgrade Russian recausticizing plant
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almet will provide a recausticizing upgrade to the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper mill in Novodvinsk, Russia. The Valmet delivery includes technology for cooling, slaking, white liquor filtration and lime mud washing and drying. In addition to the main machinery and auxiliary equipment, the order also includes automation instruments related to machinery motors and a DCS process control system. Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper is rebuilding the plant to increase capacity and replace obsolete equipment. The start-up of the delivery is scheduled for autumn 2017.
WATER & WASTEWATER
Singapore centre to commercialise separation technologies
S
ingapore has set up a S$30 million national centre to develop and commercialise separation and filtration technologies, including membranes, and connect research with industry. Located in Singapore’s CleanTech Park, the new Separation Technologies Applied Research and Translation (START) Centre will build and test advanced separation technologies and processes, together with industry. It will be able to fabricate large-scale advanced membranes, assemble them into complete systems, and analyse their performance. START will be staffed by industry specialists from companies such as GE and Hyflux. The new centre is expected to have 15–20 engineers with industry-relevant experience who will build water treatment systems, test them in real life scenarios, and prepare them for industry adoption. START is supported by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore’s national water agency PUB and National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore. “START provides a much-needed platform to develop innovative technologies into actual products, given the increasing demands for 4
Pump Industry Analyst
clean water for both industrial and domestic use in urban cities worldwide,” said Dr Lim Jui, CEO of NTU Innovation and NTUitive. “While there are many innovative water technologies developed from universities and industry, one of the biggest challenges for companies is in scaling up their technologies, because of the financial stakes and risks involved.” Dr Jui said that there is a large gap between lab research and product commercialisation, and that START will position itself to connect the two and to accelerate the commercialisation process. START is located close to multinational and local companies in the water and clean technology sectors, as well as NTU’s Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI).
DSS establishes water competence centre in Denmark
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etra Pak’s DSS has set up a Water Competence Center in Silkeborg, Denmark. The Water Competence Center, part of DSS Business Development, will be staffed by specialists in water saving technology and in process water reuse. The centre will be a hub for the company’s existing water expertise and the development of new solutions and best practices. The new initiative will also operate as a centre of water expertise for Tetra Pak in general.
Evoqua to provide boiler water for US naval station
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voqua Water Technologies has secured a five-year contract to deliver mobile equipment to produce deionized boiler feed water for ships docking at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. The contract includes six custom-designed mobile deionization (DI) units, systems management, transportation services, performance reporting via Evoqua’s Link2Site remote information systems, and offsite resin regeneration services. Evoqua transportation specialists will also be available to move the equipment into place and off site as needed.
The six Evoqua mobile DI units are designed and built to the US Navy’s specifications. Key design elements include a 150 000 gallon capacity on a compact footprint to meet the US Navy’s need for manoeuvrability in the shipyard. Built on trailer chassis, the mobile units can be positioned on the docks to service military and civilian ships in port. When the resin is exhausted, Evoqua drivers will transport it to the company’s regeneration facility in Richmond, Virginia.
Clean TeQ to set up Chinese water JV
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ustralia’s Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd has entered into a binding agreement with Jinzhong Hoyo Municipal Urban Investment & Construction Co Ltd to form a Chinese incorporated joint venture which will pursue water treatment opportunities in China’s Shanxi Province using Clean TeQ’s water purification technology. Clean TeQ and Hoyo have also reached in-principle agreement on the terms that the joint venture company will build, own and operate a Clean TeQ Continuous Ionic Filtration (CIF) water treatment plant at an existing wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by Qixian Hoyo Waste Water Treatment Co Ltd in Shanxi Province.
Hyflux closes financing for Qurayyat IWP in Oman
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yflux Ltd subsidiary Qurayyat Desalination SAOC has secured financing for the Qurayyat Independent Water Project (IWP) in the Sultanate of Oman. Qurayyat IWP is a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant located in Qurayyat in the Muscat governorate. It is Hyflux’s largest desalination project in Oman. Under the water purchase agreement, desalinated water from this project will be supplied to Oman Power and Water Procurement Co SAOC for 20 years, from 2017 to 2037. This will add another 200 000 cubic metres per day of drinking water to the Oman’s water supply.
June 2016