PECM Issue 15 2015 | Page 129

Water & Effluent Treatment NVP Energy among the big winners at the UK’s Top Water & Energy Awards Ondeo Industrial Solutions improves water treatment output performance at EDF plant NVP Energy, a clean-tech company with an innovative technology (Lt-AD) that can turn wastewater into a revenue generator for end-users in the Food & Drink and Municipal wastewater industries, recently won the Most Innovative New Technology of the Year award at the Water Industry Achievement Awards followed by the Innovation Award for Energy from Waste at the Environment & Energy Awards. Ondeo Industrial Solutions, part of Degrémont Industry, has provided EDF Energy with a water treatment system that has significantly improved pre-treatment plant performance. The successful two week delivery of the project at the new EDF Energy power station in West Burton, Nottinghamshire, underlines Ondeo’s status as the leading solutions provider in the water and wastewater industry. NVPE has also been awarded the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change which will financially support the delivery of a full-scale Lt-AD reactor at a large Food & Drink customer’s wastewater treatment plant by March 2016. Tel: (Irl). +353 (0)87 667 7007 (UK). +44 (0)7733 943 909 Email: [email protected] www.nvpenergy.com Blue-White Peristaltic Pumps The new EDF Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station was commissioned in 2013 and produces 1340 MW, which delivers enough power to supply 1,500,000 homes. EDF Energy awarded the Operations and Maintenance contract for its water systems to Ondeo in response to a number of challenges at the power station. www.ondeo-is.com WES Hire Division WES’ Hire division operates a dedicated fleet of chemical dosing products for temporary and emergency requirements. WES is the exclusive European Distributor for the Blue-White range of peristaltic pumps. These pumps are an excellent alternative to traditional solenoid and diaphragm pumps. Ranging from our DosingCube™ through to fully-integrated dosing systems, this rapidly expanding division of WES is highly reactive and geared towards quick deployment. Maintenance is very simple and can be undertaken in minutes and requires no training. The tube assemblies are inexpensive and can operate for up to 12 months in many applications. These pumps are particularly suited to hypochlorite dosing as off-gassing has no effect on their performance. WES continues to invest in expanding the hire fleet to meet increasing demand from existing and new customers. WES’ customers consider this a key service, in particular, to meet emergency chemical dosing requirements and also to provide continued process operation during main plant maintenance, asset replacement or chemical trials etc. For more details visit www.wes.ltd.uk For more details visit www.wes.ltd.uk Equipped with the latest control and motor technology, they offer great dosing characteristics on viscose and high solid content liquids. Treatment plant protected Treatment plant protected by effluent monitor at major drinks factory T he installation of a HACH LANGE BioTector continuous TOC (Total Organic Carbon) monitor to police the front end of Cobevco’s wastewater treatment plant has enabled tight control of the treatment process. Delivering results 20 times faster than laboratory techniques, the monitor at the Elton facility in Cheshire provides advance notice of organic overload so that the plant is able to instantly divert carbonrich waste and protect the treatment process. The recently rebranded Cobevco filling division operates a state of the art bottle filling and wastewater treatment plant at their manufacturing site at Elton in Cheshire, which includes a large biological wastewater treatment facility, operating 24/7 between 3 staggered Sequen F