Aug 04, 2009

Memcor ultra filtration system for large city in Eastern China: Siemens awarded with project to upgrade Wuxi drinking water facility

Siemens Water Technologies received a contract from Wuxi Water Supply General Company in China’s Jiangsu Province to supply a turnkey water treatment solution for Wuxi Zhongqiao Water Supply Co., Ltd. Centerpiece of the solution will be a Memcor ultra filtration membrane system. It will produce 150,000 m3 per day high quality drinking water for the residents of Wuxi, making it one of the largest membrane-based drinking-water treatment projects in China. The order volume amounts to 40 million Renminbi ( approx. 4.2 million Euro). The plant is scheduled to start up at the beginning of 2010.    more

Jul 27, 2009

Siemens Water Technologies commissions on-site mobile treatment equipment and services for produced water at a major oil company’s site in the Western United States

Siemens Water Technologies has commissioned a produced water treatment system for a major oil company’s site in Western U.S. The system, consisting of on-site mobile equipment and services, recycles flowback water through the treatment process to provide a source of “frac” water for reuse. Sized for 6,000 barrels per day (bpd), the mobile system consists of a flotation unit, media filtration and cartridge filtration. The heart of the system is the Veirsep system; a horizontal flotation system that incorporates several unique technologies to separate oil, grease and suspended solids from the flowback stream. The system also supports the customer’s green objectives by conserving fresh water and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.    more

Jul 08, 2009

Siemens to provide sustainable process water system for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group’s new Victorville, California bottling plant

Siemens has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by The Benham Companies to provide a process water system for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group’s (NYSE: DPS) new bottling plant in Victorville, California. The treated water will be used to make purified bottled water and a variety of soft drinks. The 1,200-gpm (273-m3/hr) system will include media and carbon filtration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection, and is designed to recover more than 90% of the water. Siemens will design, install and start up the system, which is scheduled for commissioning in early 2010.    more

Jul 06, 2009

Siemens introduces point-of-use advanced oxidation system for TOC reduction in semiconductor applications

Siemens has introduced an effective method for removing total organic carbon (TOC) in point-of-use (POU) ultrapure water treatment systems for semiconductor applications. This proprietary advanced oxidation process, referred to as the VANOX POU system, will consistently reduce TOC to 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) and can treat seasonal TOC variations in feed water. This is important, since TOC elevations above 1.0 ppb can directly affect the manufacturing process, significantly impacting product yields.    more

Jul 03, 2009

Greater flexibility in controlling swimming pool water quality: New software update for Depolox Pool measurement and control system

In order to simplify measurement and control of the water quality in swimming pools and spas, Siemens Water Technologies is now offering a new software update for the Depolox Pool measurement and control system. The update provides greater flexibility in adapting the DIN contact – which passes on information on the hygiene parameters to the swimming pool control system – to the regulations applicable at the place of use. Moreover, it is now easier to combine the Depolox electronics module with any Depolox measuring modules. The software update also enables additional links to fieldbus systems and therefore supports data exchange with higher-level systems as well. The Version 2.10 software update can now be downloaded from the Internet for free.    more

Jun 26, 2009

Reliable instrumentation communication within complex plant structures: Measuring and control systems from Siemens Water Technologies become fieldbus-capable

SFC, MFC and Depolox Pool measuring and control systems from Siemens Water Technologies can now be easily connected to plant level PLC systems via optional fieldbus modules. This reduces the overhead wiring considerably. Whereas data exchange from the instrumentation to plant level PLC systems has previously relied on available 4-20 mA outputs, the fieldbus modules expand this communication to a greater number of read and write functions.    more

Jun 22, 2009

Siemens highlights R&D efforts, regional activities at Singapore Water Week

“The Asia Pacific region is like no other from a water perspective. It is a region that faces some of the most serious water and climate issues juxtaposed with the leading, and most innovative, water research and development in the world,” said Chuck Gordon, President and CEO of Siemens Water Technologies at the Singapore Water Week (SIWW) held June 22-26.    more

Jun 22, 2009

Energy efficient treatment process helps municipalities meet new Class 1A wastewater standards in China

The VertiCel Process, an advanced biological nutrient removal technology from Siemens Water Technologies, has seen increased recognition in the Chinese municipal wastewater market. North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute (NCMEDRI) and Tianjin Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute (TMEDI) have recently accepted the process technology and selected it for their respective municipal wastewater treatment plant up-grade projects. The energy-efficient wastewater process not only meets stringent effluent requirements of China’s new Class 1A standards for nitrogen and phosphorus removal, but is engineered to save space and energy.    more

Jun 22, 2009

Siemens introduces Ionpure VNX-HH electrodeionization (EDI) module with higher feedwater hardness tolerance

Siemens Water Technologies announces the new Ionpure VNX-HH electrodeionization (EDI) module, which represents a significant advancement in feed water hardness tolerance, to 2 parts per million (ppm) as CaCO3 – a hardness level that is four times the industry standard of 0.5 ppm. This feature provides options for treating difficult feed water, and offers considerable capital cost savings by eliminating the need for two-pass reverse osmosis (RO) in many applications.    more

Jun 15, 2009

Upgrade of safety and cost-effectiveness: Montreal replaces disinfection systems at city’s two largest plants

The city of Montreal is replacing its chlorine gas disinfection systems with eleven OSEC B-Pak sodium hypochlorite generation systems from Siemens Water Technologies at two of the city’s largest water treatment plants (WTPs) – Atwater and Charles J. Des Baillets. A local consortium comprised of Filtrum Inc. and Siemens will provide the design, supply, installation, commissioning, and training of the multi-million dollar OSEC systems, which mark the largest such installations in Canada. These systems will help the city comply with new stringent government regulations for drinking water quality.    more