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Pakistani refinery uses Severn Trent Services' technology
NEWS East, North Africa and China. Further growth in the demand for RO membranes is anticipated as new markets such as urban sewage and wastewater reuse plants are expanding. Demand from sea-water and brine desalination applications and the industrial sector, such as the production of water for use in boilers, is also growing. Toray has supplied RO membranes for use in some of the world’s largest urban sewage reuse plants. One example is a facility in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, which is capable of producing 320 000 m3 (85 million gallons) of water per day. It is also a major manufacturer of RO membranes for sea-water desalination and sewage reuse. It claims that its membranes are used to process 1.2 million m3 (317 million gallons) of waster per day in sewage reuse applications. Toray is also increasing the production capacity of RO membrane elements at its existing facilities – the Ehime Plant in Japan and Toray Membrane USA Inc (TMUS) – to address this growing demand. Moreover, together with China National BlueStar (Group) Co Ltd it established a joint-venture company – Toray BlueStar Membrane Co Ltd (TBMC) in Beijing, China, during July 2009 – to produce RO membranes. The facility that is part of this joint venture is scheduled to start operating in April 2010. With these expansions and the new facility, Toray’s RO membrane element production capacity will increase fourfold, compared with the capacity level in March 2007. Contact: Toray Industries Inc, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower, 1–1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8666, Japan. Tel: +81 03 3245 5111, www.toray.com
Pakistani refinery uses Severn Trent Services’ technology
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evern Trent Services recently provided multiple water treatment technologies, including reverse osmosis (RO) and electro-deionisation (EDI) systems, for Bosicor Oil Pakistan Ltd, a private sector, crude oil refinery under construction in Pakistan, which will have a capacity of 115 000 barrels per day. The complex RO/EDI system, which will purify sea water for use as process water at the refinery, includes a UAT RO membrane filtration unit and a UAT EDI system from Severn
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Trent Services, and also incorporates a dissolved air flotation unit (DAF). The RO/EDI system is capable of purifying the refinery’s process water at a rate of up to 15 140 m3 (4 million gallon) a day. Bosicor Oil Pakistan required a complete system that incorporated multiple technologies that are able to treat open sea-water (up to 40 000 ppm of total dissolved solids). The double-pass RO/EDI system combines RO and EDI technologies to effectively remove more than 97% of all feed-water contaminants from the cooling water intake, including ionic, organic and particulate contamination. Severn Trent Services says that the system consistently produces a high water quality effluent, which is ideally suited to produce the refinery’s required water purity of less than or equal to 0.2 μS. The firm is responsible for supplying, testing and commissioning its manufactured system. ‘The RO/EDI system is the first filtration system of its kind in Pakistan, and its design and low energy costs make it an excellent choice for industrial ultrapure water applications,’ said Marwan Nesicolaci, Vice President of International Sales and Business Development, Severn Trent Services. ‘Severn Trent Services is using its global presence and full range of treatment technologies to serve as a total systems and technology provider for the industrial water treatment needs of this region and throughout the world.’ Contact: Severn Trent Services, Suite 300, 580 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034, USA. Tel: +1 215 646 9201, www.severntrentservices.com
Report identifies opportunities in Latin America’s water sector
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esearch and Markets Ltd of Dublin, Ireland, has added a report entitled ‘Opportunities in the Latin American Municipal Water Sector’ to its range of products. This Frost & Sullivan research service identifies potential opportunities for water and water-treatment companies, water-treatment equipment manufacturers and other interested parties, in the municipal water and wastewater sectors across Latin America. In this research, Frost & Sullivan’s analysts examine various technologies used for water treatment, including clarification systems
In Brief EPA water strategy aims to broaden research partnerships The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its National Water Research Strategy to engage a broader range of researchers in meeting the challenges of protecting and improving the USA’s water resources. The strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of the EPA’s national water programme to potential partners. The strategy outlines the water programme’s four research priorities: healthy watersheds and coastal water; safe drinking-water; sustainable water infrastructure; and water security. Each priority also focuses on five technical areas: aquatic life health effects; human health effects; method development; occurrence and exposure; and treatment technologies and effectiveness. The objective of the strategy is to diversify the science the water programme uses to develop its regulatory and non-regulatory water management tools and decisions. Water and wastewater treatment market in Thailand is set to grow New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the water and wastewater treatment market in Thailand is emerging as a favoured destination for engineering consultant services, and is expected to grow substantially on the back of rising demand from municipal and industrial sectors. The growing population and increasing concerns about water scarcity are driving the government to encourage water and wastewater treatment (WWWT). The study, entited ‘Market Growth Opportunities of Water & Wastewater Markets in Thailand’, predicts that the market is likely to earn revenues of $177.3 million by 2015. ‘The Thailand government has established comprehensive measures for WWWT development and management. It has invested massive and continuous budget outlays for irrigation projects to ensure an adequate water supply for the country,’ said Frost & Sullivan consultant Melvin Leong. Water filtration system helps rainforest canopy lodge preserve its surrounding environment The management at Machaca Hill Lodge, located in southern Belize, now offers guests another way to preserve the sensitive environment surrounding the rainforest canopy lodge. Before heading out on an adventure or spending time by the pool, environmentally-conscious travellers are now able to refill their aluminum water bottles, provided upon check-in, from ‘Pure H2O’ systems. These filtration units use micro-mineral, organic particle, reverse osmosis, active carbon and ultraviolet technology to treat the lodge’s water, which is mainly derived from harvested rainwater.
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Pakistani refinery uses Severn Trent Services’ technology
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evern Trent Services recently provided multiple water treatment technologies, including reverse osmosis (RO) and electro-deionisation (EDI) systems, for Bosicor Oil Pakistan Ltd, a private sector, crude oil refinery under construction in Pakistan, which will have a capacity of 115 000 barrels per day. The complex RO/EDI system, which will purify sea water for use as process water at the refinery, includes a UAT RO membrane filtration unit and a UAT EDI system from Severn
February 2010
Trent Services, and also incorporates a dissolved air flotation unit (DAF). The RO/EDI system is capable of purifying the refinery’s process water at a rate of up to 15 140 m3 (4 million gallon) a day. Bosicor Oil Pakistan required a complete system that incorporated multiple technologies that are able to treat open sea-water (up to 40 000 ppm of total dissolved solids). The double-pass RO/EDI system combines RO and EDI technologies to effectively remove more than 97% of all feed-water contaminants from the cooling water intake, including ionic, organic and particulate contamination. Severn Trent Services says that the system consistently produces a high water quality effluent, which is ideally suited to produce the refinery’s required water purity of less than or equal to 0.2 μS. The firm is responsible for supplying, testing and commissioning its manufactured system. ‘The RO/EDI system is the first filtration system of its kind in Pakistan, and its design and low energy costs make it an excellent choice for industrial ultrapure water applications,’ said Marwan Nesicolaci, Vice President of International Sales and Business Development, Severn Trent Services. ‘Severn Trent Services is using its global presence and full range of treatment technologies to serve as a total systems and technology provider for the industrial water treatment needs of this region and throughout the world.’ Contact: Severn Trent Services, Suite 300, 580 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034, USA. Tel: +1 215 646 9201, www.severntrentservices.com
Report identifies opportunities in Latin America’s water sector
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esearch and Markets Ltd of Dublin, Ireland, has added a report entitled ‘Opportunities in the Latin American Municipal Water Sector’ to its range of products. This Frost & Sullivan research service identifies potential opportunities for water and water-treatment companies, water-treatment equipment manufacturers and other interested parties, in the municipal water and wastewater sectors across Latin America. In this research, Frost & Sullivan’s analysts examine various technologies used for water treatment, including clarification systems
In Brief EPA water strategy aims to broaden research partnerships The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its National Water Research Strategy to engage a broader range of researchers in meeting the challenges of protecting and improving the USA’s water resources. The strategy identifies and promotes the research needs of the EPA’s national water programme to potential partners. The strategy outlines the water programme’s four research priorities: healthy watersheds and coastal water; safe drinking-water; sustainable water infrastructure; and water security. Each priority also focuses on five technical areas: aquatic life health effects; human health effects; method development; occurrence and exposure; and treatment technologies and effectiveness. The objective of the strategy is to diversify the science the water programme uses to develop its regulatory and non-regulatory water management tools and decisions. Water and wastewater treatment market in Thailand is set to grow New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals that the water and wastewater treatment market in Thailand is emerging as a favoured destination for engineering consultant services, and is expected to grow substantially on the back of rising demand from municipal and industrial sectors. The growing population and increasing concerns about water scarcity are driving the government to encourage water and wastewater treatment (WWWT). The study, entited ‘Market Growth Opportunities of Water & Wastewater Markets in Thailand’, predicts that the market is likely to earn revenues of $177.3 million by 2015. ‘The Thailand government has established comprehensive measures for WWWT development and management. It has invested massive and continuous budget outlays for irrigation projects to ensure an adequate water supply for the country,’ said Frost & Sullivan consultant Melvin Leong. Water filtration system helps rainforest canopy lodge preserve its surrounding environment The management at Machaca Hill Lodge, located in southern Belize, now offers guests another way to preserve the sensitive environment surrounding the rainforest canopy lodge. Before heading out on an adventure or spending time by the pool, environmentally-conscious travellers are now able to refill their aluminum water bottles, provided upon check-in, from ‘Pure H2O’ systems. These filtration units use micro-mineral, organic particle, reverse osmosis, active carbon and ultraviolet technology to treat the lodge’s water, which is mainly derived from harvested rainwater.
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