“The manufacturer sincerely thanked us for our work and support, something their previous supplier did not do or supply. 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场的来访给他们留下了深刻的印象, and they are looking forward to the continued relationship.”
大卫•乔伊斯 污水处理专家, Hubbard-Hall
执行概要
An aluminum packaging manufacturer was exceeding wastewater limits for fluoride.
• AquaPure® CAL 225 was used to coagulate the fluoride.
• Effluent rates dropped from 15 ppm to 7 ppm or less.
• Flocculation of suspended particles was easier to perform.
•节省25000美元以上的化学费用.
• Company increased capacity with 3rd production line.
所面临的挑战
An aluminum can manufacturing material had fallen out of compliance with its local and state wastewater treatment jurisdictions on 水平 of fluoride being discharged from the plant. The plant’s influent fluoride level was 60 ppm, and its discharge limit was 15 ppm. Some manufacturers utilize fluoride-containing chemicals in order to improve aluminum passivation on its products, but effluents that contain fluoride need to be properly treated to reduce its concentration to disposable values before being discharged into public wastewater systems.
除了, the aluminum can manufacturer needed to reduce the level of manganese in its discharge, 以及化学需氧量(COD), a determination of the quality of the facility’s discharge that provides a metric to determine the effect an effluent will have on the wastewater treatment system, 很像生化需氧量(BOD). The manufacturer was using a supplier who could not reduce the fluoride, 锰或COD水平, and called in the experts from Hubbard-Hall to assess the situation.
的方法
Hubbard-Hall’s team of technicians took a very methodical approach to diagnosing the issue and making the proper recommendations, including looking holistically at the entire wastewater treatment system, 包括所有的设置, chemistries and equipment currently being used:
•第一, the team set out to evaluate the health of the manufacturer’s wastewater system by conducting an audit to look at all aspects of the internal process. The goal was to look for ways to optimize the system where it could be improved, and provide process improvement recommendations that includes the required training for the facility operators of the system.
•第二, the ensuing evaluation consisted of a full diagnosis of the system, beginning with a project outline meeting in which Hubbard-Hall’s expert technicians discuss the existing state of the wastewater system and reviews any potential process improvements. Those could include reducing waste, costs and energy usage, and eliminating discharge issues.
•第三, a physical examination of the system by Hubbard-Hall’s team follows to assess equipment setup, and also to ensure the type and suitability of the wastewater treatment system. That also includes taking influent samples back to the Hubbard-Hall lab to perform “jar tests,” which simulates a full-scale water treatment process and provides technicians a reasonable idea of the way a treatment chemical will behave and operate with a particular type of raw water.
The Hubbard-Hall team’s recommendation was to utilize AquaPure® CAL 225, a concentrated blended inorganic coagulant that offers excellent conditioning characteristics in a variety of wastewater to remove fluoride and ortho- and pyro-phosphates that are generally present in alkaline cleaning and metal finishing wastewater.
结果
Aquapure CAL 225 is a special blend designed to attract dissolved fluoride and Phosphate Ions from wastewater while it neutralizes negative charges which hold suspended particles in solution which allowed for easier flocculation in the manufacturer’s wastewater system. 在为期一周的试验中, the manufacturer reported discharging fluoride at 7 ppm or even lower, 以及锰和碳的减少.O.D. 水平. 除了 to meeting and exceeding the local and state wastewater discharge guidelines, the manufacturer reported they expected to see an overall cost savings of over $25,000 per year by using AquaPure® CAL 225 compared to their previous chemistry. 也, the manufacturer announced that they planned to open an additional third processing line now that they can adequately meet effluent guidelines, thus increasing their capacity even more and also increasing their year-over-year cost savings.
