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- Siting of the First Fuel Cell For a Municipal WWTP
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Calgon Chosen to Aid in NYC Drinking
Water Shortage
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Calgon Carbon
Corporation announced today that it has received a contract valued
at approximately $2 million from Moretrench American Corporation of
Rockaway, New Jersey to provide carbon adsorption systems and
services at nine well sites in the Borough of Queens, City of New
York, to restore the groundwater to drinking water quality. The
wells had been shut down for several years due to the presence of
contaminants, including methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and
pesticides.
Because of drought conditions, the
City of New York's Department of Environmental Protection and their
consultant, Malcolm-Pirnie, Inc. of Jackson Heights, New York had
rapidly developed plans to reconstruct nine well sites and treat the
water with granular activated carbon to resume production of
drinking water. The wells can produce between 500 and 3,000 gallons
per minute of additional drinking water.
Calgon Carbon was selected to provide
modular adsorption systems containing a special grade of granular
activated carbon to remove the contaminants so that the water will
be in full compliance with drinking water standards. At select
wells, Calgon Carbon will use Filtrasorb(R) 600, an activated carbon
developed by the company's researchers that has enhanced capability
to remove MTBE. Calgon Carbon will also provide carbon replacement
services.
Commenting on the contract, Jim
Fishburne, Calgon Carbon's senior vice president of sales, said,
"We are pleased to be working closely with Moretrench and
Malcolm Pirnie to provide more safe drinking water to the citizens
of New York."
Mark Stenzel, product manager -
carbon systems at Calgon Carbon noted, "This is the type of
project that really showcases Calgon Carbon's unique strengths. We
supply the complete treatment and service package with the greatest
value for safe drinking water. Our high-quality treatment systems
can be mobilized and installed quickly and, if necessary, can be
easily disassembled and moved to another site if requirements
change."
David K. Mueller, project manager for
Moretrench, added, "This project is on an accelerated schedule,
with plans for select well sites to begin producing drinking water
in August. Meeting that schedule was an important consideration in
choosing the carbon treatment supplier. Because of Calgon Carbon's
high-quality systems, specialized carbons, and extensive experience,
we are confident that they will execute this project on time and on
budget."
Calgon Carbon Corporation ( http://www.calgoncarbon.com/
), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global leader in
service and solutions for purifying air and water. The company
employs approximately 1,000 persons at 13 operating facilities and
11 sales and service centers worldwide.
"Expands
offerings in W&WWT sector"
ITT
Industries Acquires Pure Water Division
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., June 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ITT Industries, Inc. announced today that
it has acquired the assets of the Pure Water Division of Waterlink,
Inc. including the WET(R), C'Treat(R) and WETEC(R) product lines.
The Pure Water Division's products complement ITT Industries Fluid
Technology's pumps, mixers, aeration equipment and wastewater
process systems and will provide significant growth opportunities
for ITT Industries in the growing treatment market segment.
"The
new addition of Pure Water Division follows our strategy of
migrating ITT Industries and Sanitaire from a provider of products
to a provider of total systems solutions to the water and wastewater
market" said Robert Ayers, President of ITT Fluid Technology.
"The Pure Water Division products and its design capabilities
will strengthen the value of the solutions we provide to our
customers and accelerate our growth in our core segment."
Water Equipment Technologies (WET),
located in West Palm Beach, FL has over 25 years of international
experience in designing, manufacturing and commissioning
residential, commercial, industrial and municipal water purification
systems. Using reverse osmosis (RO), deionization, microfiltration
and nanofiltration membrane technologies, Pure Water Products
provides standard systems, custom-engineered systems and
products/components to produce high purity or potable water from
seawater, brackish water, surface water sources and reuse water from
wastewater.
The C'Treat product line, located in
Woodlands, TX, offers offshore seawater desalination systems -- the
system supplies potable water, continuously generated from seawater
using a Reverse Osmosis (RO) process. C'Treat builds and tests
complete RO systems at its facility in Texas and has formalized its
quality control system to meet the requirements of ISO 9000, ABS and
DNV.
The WETTEC product line located in
Clearwater, FL provides sales and service of deionization tanks
throughout Florida. In total, the Pure Water Division employs
approximately 85 people and will function as an operating unit of
ITT Sanitaire.
According to Tom Pokorsky, President
of ITT's Sanitaire: "This acquisition provides us with an
unparalleled opportunity to expand our important position in the
international marketplace and is a corner stone for diversification
into the water treatment market. This expansion will lead us into
the fast growing Desalination, Industrial Re-Use and Surface Water
Treatment markets."
The Pure Water Division product lines
being acquired represent combined annualized revenues of
approximately $16 million.
ITT Industries, Inc. ( http://www.itt.com/
) supplies advanced technology products and services in key markets
including electronic interconnects and switches; defense
communication, opto-electronics, information technology, and
services; fluid and water management; and specialty products.
Headquartered in White Plains, NY, the company generated $4.7
billion in 2001 sales. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange,
ITT Industries stock is traded on the Midwest, Pacific, London,
Paris, and Frankfurt exchanges.
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"...250
kW Power Plant at WWT Facility
Siting of the First Fuel Cell For a
Municipal WWTP
DANBURY, Conn. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--May 30, 2002--FuelCell Energy, Inc. and The Marubeni
Corporation, announced the first siting of a Direct FuelCell power
plant for a municipal wastewater treatment facility in Japan in the
City of Fukuoka.
Marubeni,
Asian partner of fuel cell developer FuelCell Energy, will install a
250 kW DFC power plant at Fukuoka's wastewater treatment facility in
the first quarter of 2003. Installation of the DFC cogeneration unit
is part of a two-year program to evaluate the fuel cell technology.
The Fukuoka wastewater treatment facility will consume the
electricity and steam generated by the unit at their plant site.
"Marubeni is pleased to be
working with the City of Fukuoka to gain valuable experience using
clean, efficient DFC technology, while providing a reliable source
of power from their wastewater digester plant," said Marc G.
Aube, Vice President of Marubeni Power International. "The
wastewater treatment market represents one of the largest
opportunities for fuel cells in Japan, with the potential for over
2,000 MWs of power production."
The 250 kW DFC unit is to be operated
in cogeneration mode, using the methane-like digester gas produced
from the processing of municipal effluent. The thermal output of the
fuel cell will be used by the anaerobic digester, which treats the
incoming wastewater.
"Marubeni has been aggressive in
seeking out new customers in Asia and the wastewater digester market
is clearly a very attractive application for our products,"
said Jerry D. Leitman, president and CEO of FuelCell Energy.
"The Fukuoka project is another strong acknowledgement of our
technology's potential to use wastewater gas as a fuel. Our belief
in the wastewater market is also evidenced by our efforts in the
U.S. through our one megawatt King County, Washington project that
will be delivered later this year and our recently announced market
development agreement with MWH Energy Solutions."
This is Marubeni's second DFC project
in Japan. In December 2001, Marubeni announced the siting of a
250-kilowatt DFC power plant at the industrial wastewater facility
at the Kirin Brewery outside of Tokyo, Japan. This unit will also be
operated in cogeneration mode.
Direct FuelCells generate electricity
with no combustion. They are, in-effect like large, continuously
operating batteries that generate electricity as long as fuel, such
as natural gas is supplied. Since the fuel is not burned, there is
no pollution commonly associated with the combustion of fossil fuels
(like NOx, SOx, particulates). The high efficiency leads to more
electric power from less fuel.
About the City of Fukuoka
The City of Fukuoka is one of the
largest cities in Southern Japan, with a population of over 1.5
million, located on the island of Kyushu. The Fukuoka Metropolitan
Wastewater Treatment District processes over 119 million gallons of
wastewater daily through six sewage treatment plants.
About FuelCell Energy, Inc.
FuelCell Energy, Inc. ( http://www.fuelcellenergy.com
), based in Danbury, Connecticut, is a world-recognized leader for
development and commercialization of high efficiency fuel cells for
electric power generation. The Company's Direct FuelCell technology
eliminates external fuel processing to extract hydrogen from a
hydrocarbon fuel. This results in a product whose cost, combined
with high efficiency, simplicity and reliability, results in product
advantages for stationary power generation.
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WHITTIER, Calif. – The Auto-Jet DE
filter, first introduced by USFilter in the 1950’s, is widely used
in the chemical, mining, food and beverage, sweetener and brewing
industries. Popular for its higher flux rates and easier cleaning
than found with conventional fixed leaf filters, the Auto-Jet filter
features a superior sluicing design. This allows the filter to
maintain its fully rated capacity even when exposed to heavy, sticky
or unusually tenacious cake.
Says
Mark Wolf, general manager of USFilter’s Whittier, Calif.
facility, where the Auto-Jet DE filter was originally designed,
patented and manufactured, “We have recently updated all our
engineering standards for the Auto-Jet filter and are able to
manufacture it more quickly, so the customer receives the product
faster and at a lower cost.”
The Auto-Jet filter features uniform
leaf construction for leaf interchangeability, and to provide
uniform precoating, filtration and cake buildup. A quick-opening
Auto-Lok door allows easy access for inspection and maintenance. By
removing a single nut on the filtrate shaft, leaves can be slipped
off the cantilevered shaft without entering the filter. In fact, one
person can open a 600-square-foot Auto-Jet filter, and remove all
the leaves in less than 30 minutes – about the time it takes just
to open a bolted-door type filter.
Available in standard sizes ranging
from 50 to 2,000 square feet for a variety of applications, the
Auto-Jet filter can be manufactured in various materials, including
steel, stainless, monel, nickel, Hastalloy and other metals.
To find out how USFilter’s Auto-Jet
DE filter can improve the efficiency of your plant, contact us at http://www.usfilter.com/
United States Filter Corporation, a
Vivendi Environnement company, is North America’s largest water
company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and
services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential
customers.
Help
Forum
Hot Messages from the Help
Forum
People post their requests for help and offer their
suggestions to others in our open forum.
Ms. Ashton needs help dealing
with foam and scum:
We have an excellent wastewater treatment plant
designed by Aero-Mod, Inc. out of Manhattan, Kansas. We were doing
fine until we begged the hotel/casino to take care of their grease
problem which in turn became our problem.
After a microbial
grease-eating enzyme was introduced to the casino/hotel and their
lift station we began to have a lot of foam at our plant. It has the
color and characteristics of Nocardia but is not.
We figured the
aesthetics may not look so great but our plant (activated sludge
process) was doing ok to very good. However we have had major foam
turned to nasty scum in our clarifiers. We had to have this skimmed
out about a month ago, but the effluent was nice and crystal clear.
If anyone out there
has had a challenge like this please contact us and we can discuss.
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Share your expertise with others in the Help
Forum.
Photos
Wanted
Call For Photographs!
This
week's photo is of The S. K. Keller Water Treatment Facility
in Pinellas County, Florida, is the site of the county’s H2S
(hydrogen sulfide) removal system - air strippers and air scrubbers.
We would love to have your photo of a
water treatment process, new plant or equipment "action
shot" for our home page. If you have a favorite
photograph of water treatment at its best, please e-mail us a jpeg
or gif of the photo with a description of what is in the photo for
our home page.
ME with water/wastewater experience.
Hydraulics, heat exchangers.
Pipe stress analysis is plus, but not required.
Looking for an design engineer more
than a "Designer". By "Designer" meaning,
non-engineer, that produces CAD drawings. An engineer directs
the designer, but is more focused on calculations, specifications
and design overview. If the engineer is capable of doing Micro
Station or AutoCAD, that is fine, but not necessary.
Experience providing services for
evaluation of water/wastewater facilities with recommendations for
modifications and upgrading; development and review. Candidate shall
be considered technically strong in specification, and design of
water/wastewater facilities.
10+ years of experience
Perm. $65-80K Max.
For more information contact:
Ms. Karen Vo Total Technical Services, Inc.
9304 Forest Lane
Suite 172N
Dallas, TX 75243
Phone: 800-473-4887 or 214-342-9887
Fax: 214-342-9888
Email resumes to kvo@total-tech.com
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"The
new addition of Pure Water Division follows our strategy of
migrating ITT Industries and Sanitaire from a provider of products
to a provider of total systems solutions to the water and wastewater
market" said Robert Ayers, President of ITT Fluid Technology.
"The Pure Water Division products and its design capabilities
will strengthen the value of the solutions we provide to our
customers and accelerate our growth in our core segment."
