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Teijin Group to Support Recovery Efforts in Tohoku Area
 Tokyo,
Japan -- The Teijin Group announced today that it will
donate wastewater treatment systems and energy-efficient
polyester curtains as part of its participation in the
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology’s (AIST) Smart Life Care Consortium, a
business-collaboration program in the Kesennuma – Kizuna
(“strong bond”) – Project. The project, which begins on
January 27, will provide support for self-assistance by
people in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which
was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
As part of the project, AIST researchers have
been residing in the city to identify and analyze recovery
needs to provide practical solutions in collaboration with
cooperating organizations and companies such as Teijin. As
the first step, to improve conditions for people still
living in temporary housing in hilly areas three to four
kilometers from central Kesennuma, three trailers are being
set up as shops and multipurpose facilities.
The wastewater treatment system to be donated
by the Teijin Group will process wastewater from the
trailers using a technology called the Multi-Stage Activated
Biological Process (MSABP). The system is similar to another
system that the Teijin Group donated to Kesennuma’s
Shishiori district last October. The system, which is well
suited to temporary housing, is a portable unit built with
mobile containers and is good for treating relatively small
volumes of wastewater.
Teijin’s MSABP system utilizes special
biological carriers packed with high concentrations of
microorganisms in multistage aeration tanks. The
microorganisms vary from tank to tank to form a food chain
that decomposes even highly concentrated and persistent
effluent. The system significantly suppresses the generation
of excess sludge, thereby eliminating the need for sludge
disposal, resulting a low-energy, low-maintenance and
cost-effective solution.
The curtains to be provided by the Teijin
Group include lace curtains made with Teijin Fibers’
heat-retentive polyester fiber, which contains minute
carbon-based inorganic particles that absorb sunlight
effectively and convert it to heat energy, and drapes made
with fire-retardant polyester fiber. By retaining warmth
even in winter, the curtains will help to raise heating
efficiency in the trailers.
To date, the Teijin Group’s donations to
areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake total more
than 500 million yen (about 6.5 million USD) in funds and
necessities including blankets, masks and home healthcare
equipment such as oxygen cylinders and concentrators.
Source:
http://www.teijin.co.jp/english/ |
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AdEdge : Arsenic-free Water for Argentine Village
Buford, GA -- AdEdge Water Technologies, LLC recently
delivered a water treatment system to San Antonio de Los
Cobres, a village of 6,000 residents in the Andes Mountains,
to reduce a challenging arsenic concentration of 290 ppb to
below the MCL set by the World Health Organization of 10
ppb. His Heart Missions, a non-profit organization dedicated
to international community service projects met with AdEdge
in 2006 to begin planning and fundraising for the project.
The village had a history of higher than normal incidences
of cancer, heart failure and other health issues. A team
from AdEdge traveled to San Antonio de los Cobres in
November, 2011 to start up the system and train the local
system operators.
The AdEdge treatment system design features a two stage
system. The first stage uses AdEdge GS+ coagulation
filtration media with an iron augmentation module, and the
second uses AdEdge granular ferric oxide (GFO) adsorption
media. An existing sodium hypochlorite chemical feed module
was integrated with the AdEdge system. Both treatment
systems are modular and manually operated to accommodate the
design flow of 200 gpm. The water system is served by a
springhead from which the raw water passes through a series
of existing sand filters that reduce the arsenic level from
290 to 222 ppb, and the pre-treated water flows into a catch
basin. From the catch basin, an underground pipe brings the
pre-treated water to the AdEdge treatment systems before
being distributed to the end users in the community.
Startup of the AdEdge treatment system began in November of
2011. Since startup, water quality test results from Aguas
del Norte and the treatment system report the system is
operating successfully, and reducing the arsenic
concentration levels to less than 5 ppb.
Helping Hands For Water, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
started by a group of AdEdge employees, coordinated the
logistics and
communication between AdEdge, His Heart Missions, Aguas del
Norte and the San Antonio de los Cobres municipality.
Source:
http://www.adedgetechnologies.com/
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Pall : Advanced Water Treatment Technology for Qatar
 Port
Washington, NY -- Pall Corporation has been selected by
contractor SEG (Société d'Entreprise & de Gestion) Qatar to
supply a state-of-the-art water treatment solution for Qatar
Petroleum’s (QP) premier Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety
College (RLESC). The complete Pall Aria™ AP-Series packaged
membrane system will filter the facility’s treated sewage
effluent and remove bacteria, viruses, turbidity and
suspended matter. Pall is a global leader in filtration,
separation and purification.
“Pall was selected for this project because
it offers advanced membrane technology in a very small
footprint,” says Steve Connor, technical project director at
SEG. “Equally important was Pall’s ability to provide a
complete custom water management solution and dedicated
engineering support from a local office.”
The use of membrane filtration systems for
removing contaminants from water sources across the globe
continues to gain momentum. An alternative to practices such
as coagulation and flocculation and sand filtration,
membrane-based systems offer enhanced performance and
operational efficiencies. Additionally, membrane systems
typically require 50 – 70 percent less space than
conventional technologies.
The fully-automated Pall Aria packaged system
for QP features hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes. It
is designed to filter 3,500 m3/day of treated sewage
effluent that will be used for make-up water for
firefighting training exercises.
“Pall is thrilled to be involved in this
high-profile project,” said Hussein Barazi, director, Pall
Middle East. “Our ability to effectively address the
multi-faceted fluid management needs of organizations in the
region with advanced solutions is one of the reasons Pall’s
presence in the Middle East continues to grow.”
Pall provides fluid management solutions and
high-quality products for the most demanding applications,
from oil and gas and power generation to pharmaceuticals and
water treatment. Pall Aria systems are used for a range of
desalination and municipal and industrial water
applications. The high-efficiency, low-waste systems are
easy to install and operator-friendly, resulting in lower
labor and operational costs.
RLESC, which is situated on approximately 250
acres, was created to serve emergency responders throughout
the Middle East and North Africa. Managed by the Texas
Engineering Extension Services (TEEX) under an agreement
with state-owned Qatar Petroleum, the high-profile facility
offers training equipment for industrial, HazMat, municipal,
rescue and emergency medical services.
Source:
http://www.pall.com/
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