Hospital Achieves Annual 350% Return with Kurita’s Cetamine® for Chilled Loop Systems

A large hospital  has a campus wide seasonal chilled loop with approximately 75,000 gallons total volume. It was being treated using a traditional silica and azole-based corrosion inhibitor package. Corrosion coupon rates with the traditional inhibitor program were considered excellent for both mild steel and copper, yet each spring during startup, iron levels were found to be five to ten parts per million [...]

Insulation Manufacturer Uses Monochloramine to Fight High Bacteria Counts in Process Water

Featured on Water Technology A global manufacturing company producing fiberglass insulation was constantly reusing their water . Creating fiberglass is a process involving small glass particles heated to their melting point before passing through a spinner, which creates the fibers of glass. After this process, cooling is necessary requiring a large volume of water. For this cooling process, the [...]

Municipality Refurbishes Simul-Wash™ Filter System for Another 30 Years of Service

The City of LaSalle, Illinois, has worked with Tonka Water, a Kurita brand, since their filters were installed in 1992. After nearly 30 years of service, the city was assessing how to ensure a similar duration of additional life. In lieu of a full replacement, they decided to refurbish the existing filter equipment. The city’s water treatment plant had two Tonka Water horizontal pressure filters for [...]

Food Facility Saves $100,000 Annually with Kurita's Kurifloc

A large food and beverage facility in the United States was facing increased costs from hauling away a full dumpster of sludge every week. The facility’s wastewater came from their production process, and the organic materials needed to be separated before being discharged back to the city. The costs for these types of services can vary between $600 and $1,500 per trip to dispose of the sludge, but costs [...]

Electronics Company Saves $60,000 Annually with Kurita’s Cetamine® for Closed Loops

An electronics company in the United States was facing high aluminum corrosion rates and treatment costs in their process cooling water systems due to the previous water treatment program. The previous program resulted in high conductivity and high pH, which no longer met the specifications of 50 microsiemens (µS) and a pH of 6.5 to 7.5. Low conductivity is required for process cooling water tooling [...]

Biofuels Plant Sees Return on Investment After 100 Days with pHytOUT® Deposit Control Technology

A United States Midwest dry grind fuel ethanol plant requested Kurita America to assist and implement production efficiency improvements within their plant. After an in-depth performance evaluation, the Kurita America Process Technologies team identified a number of opportunities to improve efficiencies and output quality, after observing limited plant throughput due to slurry flow restriction, plant downtime [...]

Hospital Reduces Corrosion Rates by 62% with Kurita’s Low Phosphorous Tower NG for Cooling Water

A large hospital in the United States was using traditional cooling water treatment technologies, supplied by another water treatment provider, to control deposits and corrosion in their systems. The local water contains ions that create both corrosive and scaling conditions. Moreover, discharge limitations for phosphorous were becoming a higher concern due to tightening regulations. The hospital’s [...]

Meat Rendering Facility Enhances Tallow Recovery Process and Increases Revenue with Kurita’s Program

As featured in Water Technology A meat processing facility in the Midwest had over seven percent fat in their stick water sent back to the dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems . Stick water is the heavy liquid phase should be free and clear of any tallow or suspended solids. Separator inefficiencies result in high proteins and other nutrients in the stick water being recycled back to the front of [...]

Hospital Reduces 290,000 Pounds of CO2 Emissions Per Year with EnergyOUT™

A Central Florida hospital was expanding their new central energy plant while phasing out an older steam plant. The hospital also has been experiencing significant condensate loss, and many of the heat exchangers were experiencing higher corrosion rates. The condensate loss also caused issues of controlling the pH level, which can corrode piping and equipment. This all accumulated into additional costs due to [...]

Seiko Epson Reduces Water Usage by 10 Million Gallons per Year with Kurita's Reuse Plan

Seiko Epson in Japan produces and sells printers and related products, and as part of its management philosophy to be “an indispensable company,” the facility is working to solve social issues through its business activities. At each business site, the company was working to reduce its environmental impact. Seiko Epson wanted to reduce plant water usage and greenhouse gas emissions and achieve [...]

Washing Machine Manufacturer Saves $130,000 Annually with Kurita’s DReeM Polymer™ for Boilers

A washing machine manufacturer had accumulated a large amount of scale on their boilers, which was affecting their fuel consumption, overall costs, and steam efficiency, resulting in frequent boiler shutdowns. The manufacturer had two 600 horsepower firetube boilers that produced approximately 289 million pounds per year of steam. The steam was primarily used for styrene bead expansion and in the molding process to [...]

Kurita America’s EZ Feed System Improves Tire Manufacturing Plant Safety and Chemical Control

A tire manufacturer in the southern United States was facing issues in their eight water baths that are used to cool the rubber after it has been extruded. The water chemistry in the baths must be maintained within the machine and equipment standards (MES), so that the finished rubber maintains its strength. Historically, the manufacturer had been trying to maintain these parameters manually, which presented challenges [...]

Meat Processing Plant Saves $35,000 Annually with Kurita’s Cetamine® E Series for Cooling Water

A meat processing plant in Texas was using traditional cooling water treatment technology to control deposits and corrosion in their critical evaporative condenser system. After years of poor control of the existing water treatment program, the plant personnel observed scale formation. Calcium carbonate had accumulated on the heat exchange surfaces. This put a strain on the cooling system, which impacted plant [...]

Kurita’s Cetamine Success at Renewable Energy StartUp

A biofuels plant in the midwestern United States was starting up with a traditional, 120 million gallons per year (MGY) design for a new plant. Kurita bid on the start-up plant, proposing Cetamine® in conjunction with a caustic alkalinity booster. The plant was pre-qualified for Cetamine use. Cetamine is part of Kurita’s creating shared value (CSV) product line that benefits the [...]

Adhesive Manufacturer Saves $50,000 per Year with Kurita’s DReeM Polymer for Boilers

An adhesives manufacturer, a Kurita customer of over 10 years, utilizes three water tube boilers for its steam supply and produces 85,000 pounds an hour of steam. The make-up water for steam generation is prepared using a reverse osmosis (RO) system followed by sodium zeolite softening. Since the city’s makeup water can contain calcium levels that are hundred times higher than what is accepted for [...]

Distillery Saves over 500,000 Proof Gallons per Year with Kurita’s ProClean 815

A large distillery in Kentucky had been working with Kurita for approximately eight months and was producing about 8.7 million proof gallons of distilled spirits annually. Fouling is expected in a distillery due to high mineral content of a plant’s water supply. This particular distillery was facing fouling in the evaporators because of high concentrated mash solids and high temperatures in the evaporators, [...]

HMO Technology Used in Midwest to Reduce Waste

A city in the midwestern United States needed a new groundwater treatment system to replace an aging system that relied on reverse osmosis (RO) to remove radium, a primary drinking water contaminant. This project used a design-build, collaborative delivery approach, and Tonka Water, a Kurita brand, partnered with a consulting engineer and a local contractor to help design a high-efficiency system that met the [...]

University Removes Legionella through Kurita America's Monochloramine Solution

For the past five years, Kurita America has been partnering with a major university on the east coast of the United States for their water treatment needs. Due to COVID-19 , the university was facing a heightened Legionella risk after a year and a half shutdown of the campus. Because of remote learning during the pandemic, many of the buildings were not in use, specifically without the water being circulated. The [...]

Kurita America's Bioaugmentation Program Re-Balances Wastewater System

As featured in Water Technology Online.

A food processing facility in the Upper Midwest was experiencing an upset due to a breakdown in their process equipment and production changes, which allowed for a high level of fats, oils, and grease (FOG ) to pass into their waste stream. The additional FOG that was discharged into the aeration basin was not sufficiently removed during the primary treatment. The increased loading to the aeration system put a [...]

A Holistic Water Examination: Sartori Cheese's Comprehensive Assessment Results in Reduced Water and Waste Costs

Sartori Cheese, a Wisconsin-based world-class cheese producer known for their SarVecchio® Parmesan and BellaVitano® cheeses, collaborated with Kurita to take a proactive approach to review Sartori’s water consumption, production, cleaning practices, and wastewater discharge at their production facility in Antigo, Wisconsin. Through the comprehensive assessment and in alignment with the [...]

California University Reduces Water Consumption Through Blowdown Reuse

Severe drought inspired a southern California university to explore their water use and to implement aggressive sustainability goals. Treatment and reuse of cooling tower blowdown water was instrumental in their water action plan, and Kurita America has played a key role in this effort. Southern California is population-dense and water-scarce. Although the bottom two-thirds of the state accounts for 80 percent of [...]

Suspended Solids Removed by Basin Sweep

At an ammonia production facility located in rural Nebraska with surrounding cornfields and gravel roads through the facility, the cooling tower collected high amounts of solids and silt through the natural air scrubbing of the system. These suspended solids circulated through the cooling system and accumulate over time. No filtration system had been installed to remove these suspended solids, thus the number of [...]

Successful Plant Startup with FDA Approved Cetamine Boiler Technology

A new Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant needed a complete boiler treatment program in place for the initial startup. The facility required a safe and FDA-approved product for potential contact in Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) used in animal feed and corn oil. Using efficient chemical feeds with minimal operational maintenance was priority. Additionally, this facility's two boilers had sustaining [...]

Integrated Treatment System Removes Iron, Arsenic and Radium in Wisconsin

The City of Elkhorn is a long-standing customer of Kurita America, utilizing equipment at multiple water treatment plants since the late 1970s. Elkhorn’s existing water treatment plants used aeration followed by pressure filtration and ion exchange, in series, to remove iron, arsenic and radium from the groundwater supply wells. When it came time to replace an aging treatment system, the city wanted to include [...]

OptaCell™ Plus Configured for Calcite Contactor Provides Flexible Operation While Stabilizing Aggressive Water

Craven County is located in the Eastern part of North Carolina at the mouth of the Neuse River. Their new water treatment plant was to include a reverse osmosis/nanofiltration (RO/NF) membrane system; however, the small membrane pore size removes many beneficial minerals, often resulting in a corrosive water. To stabilize the water before sending to distribution, Kurita America furnished a calcite contactor [...]

Kurita’s S.sensing® CS Technology Increases Lost Product Recovery by More Than 30% for Meat Processing Plant

As featured in Modern Pumping Today.

A large beef processing facility located in the upper Midwest, operated by a leading global meat producer, implemented Kurita America’s feed-forward, approach using S.sensing CS technology that significantly increased incremental revenue and production capacity. The client’s state-of-the-art, dissolved air flotation (DAF) system in their flagship beef processing plant could not consistently [...]

New System Increases Water Savings Following Natural Disaster in New Jersey

Long Beach Township is mostly located on a barrier island in Ocean County, New Jersey. After Hurricane Sandy left much of the area underwater, significant reconstruction was necessary, which included a new Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The need for new construction also presented an opportunity to upgrade with better technology, increasing overall operational efficiency. The township first became acquainted [...]

City Benefits from Packaged Treatment System to Rejuvenate Aging Plant

The City of Savage, Minnesota had relied on legacy Tonka Water (now Kurita America) equipment at their No. 2 Water Treatment Plant since 1985. When it came time to replace the aging infrastructure, they wanted to keep aeration and gravity filtration, but also enhance the treatment process with detention. Kurita America’s Dualator ® III packaged treatment product was a good fit, which [...]

Bacteria and Corrosion Control in Reclaim Water: Kurita America Mitigates Risk While Reducing Costs by 35%

At ten cents for every 1000 gallons, the use of reclaim water provided significant water cost savings for a thriving and innovative 900+ bed hospital located in Western Florida. However, it also presented a host of challenges—one of which was microbiological growth. At the time, the hospital’s previous biocide solution consisted of a stabilized bromine program in conjunction with periodic chlorine [...]

Integrated Zero Liquid Discharge Solution Leads to Higher Ethanol Production & Annual Savings of $200,000

A biofuels facility in the Midwest United States implemented an integrated Zero Liquid Discharge (iZLD) solution developed by Kurita America that significantly reduced water intake for ethanol production, enabling the facility to expand production while meeting plant integrity and environmental compliance needs. This holistic approach took into consideration all aspects of the facility – chemistry, engineering, [...]

Custom Plant Controls Upgrade Optimizes Aging Ethanol Facility Performance

Multiple Midwestern ethanol facilities within the same organization were experiencing controls failure due to aging PLC and HMI equipment. Current plant control equipment was more than ten years old and had reached end of life. The outdated equipment caused plant shutdowns and a loss in production, which can cost up to $10,000 per hour. Kurita America recommended an integrated controls upgrade solution to prevent [...]

Kurita America’s Integrated Solution for the City of Wausau’s New Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Plant

The City of Wausau, Wisconsin was exploring options to address aging infrastructure concerns at their existing drinking water treatment plant. In 2017, they hired a consulting engineer who contacted Kurita America for input on available treatment process and equipment options. The pending capital improvement project was an opportunity to upgrade with new technology, improving water quality and overall efficiency. The [...]

Feed Mill Facility Increases Efficiency and Reduces Chemical Usage with EnergyOUT

A Midwest Feed Mill was treating its incoming boiler feed water with amine chemical to combat high levels of alkalinity. While amine can be effective at addressing alkalinity, unfortunately, it is one of the most expensive chemicals used in boiler water treatment. If the facility chose not to treat the well water for alkalinity, it could result in failure of the steam piping and condensate return lines, a costly plant [...]

Saint John’s University Operations Meets New Water Discharge Permit Limitations

In compliance with their existing water discharge permit, Saint John’s University’s central plant discharged their boiler streams to an on-campus wastewater treatment plant with the cooling tower blowdown discharged to a nearby lake. However, when the plant underwent the renewal of their water discharge permit, they faced new, tighter discharge limits. The new permit limitations required significant [...]

Foresight Aids in a Successful Installation

Tonka Water, a Kurita brand , (Kurita America) recently completed a municipal water treatment installation in Shannon, Illinois, with the engineering firm  Fehr Graham , which has several locations in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. Historically, the Village of Shannon had many challenges with its public water supply. A Kurita America filtration system with HMO technology was selected for radium removal, in [...]

PhosZero Technology Provides Advanced Corrosion Protection

Phosphorus has long been recognized as the controlling factor in plant and algae growth for many lakes and streams. A minor increase in phosphorous can fuel substantial increases in both aquatic plant and algae growth which can have severe impacts on a community. Phosphorous can originate from municipal and industrial facilities that discharge water as well as runoff from agricultural areas that makes its way into [...]

Missouri City Ensures Compliance through HMO Technology

The city of Bonne Terre, Missouri, had plans to use groundwater from four different wells with varying levels of contaminants. A plan was needed to successfully treat the radium, iron and manganese detected in these sources at two separate sites. With an interest in pre-formed Hydrous Manganese Oxide (HMO) technology, the city made the decision to work with Tonka Water, a Kurita brand, to conduct a pilot study that [...]

DReeM Polymer™ Technology Cleans Boilers & Reduces Customer Fuel Spend

A food ingredients production facility had a chronic issue with process leaks in their heat exchangers at their gelatin processing unit. This resulted in product being sent back to the boiler via the condensate. The gelatin is high viscosity which regularly wore out the seals of the heat exchangers. The gelatin, containing hard water, also caused foaming, and eventually significant scale was formed in the water tube [...]

System Refurbishment Provides Cost Savings and Improved Performance

It quickly became apparent to the new operator at the Goldfield, Iowa plant that their current water treatment system was not running efficiently. They decided to contact Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand, to request a service visit to troubleshoot some high service pumps. The service trip report recommended a refurbishment due to the age of the media and resin, as well as issues relating to vessel flow and performance. [...]

Iowa City Treats Radium Through Hydrous Manganese Oxide

Farley, Iowa was in need of a new water plant for the treatment of multiple wells containing iron and radium. When considering technology options, the city chose a Hydrous Manganese Oxide (HMO) technology over other available treatment options due to a number of cost-saving opportunities. One of the key benefits included reduced operating expenses due to the elimination of brine waste. Due to their extensive HMO [...]

Tribal Community in New Mexico Treats Arsenic Through Pressure Filtration

Santa Ana Pueblo, NM required an additional water treatment system to meet the needs of their growing community. After previously working on a project with Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand, and being impressed with the high level of customer service they had experienced, the Pueblo once again sought out the company’s expertise. Santa Ana Pueblo opted to pre-purchase the new treatment system for construction, [...]

Ion Exchange Technology Used to Treat Uranium in Nebraska

Bridgeport, located in western Nebraska, had previously been able to pump water directly out of the ground and into the distribution system, without needing to treat the water. It was later discovered that the water contained elevated levels of uranium, requiring treatment. Uranium can be naturally found in groundwaters, slowly dissolved over time from soils and sedimentary rock. Uranium is also a by-product of [...]

Virginia Town Combats High Levels of Iron and Manganese

Routinely experiencing water restrictions during the summer months due to periods of drought, the town of Round Hill, Virginia knew they needed to increase capacity. With high levels of iron and manganese present, Round Hill made the decision to build a new water treatment plant. The main zone within the town contains nine potable wells, with the new plant being Round Hill’s third treatment facility. The [...]

High Rate Media and Low Backwash Waste Delivered in Washington

Spanaway is located in Pierce County, Washington approximately fifteen miles south of Tacoma. The Spanaway community was experiencing difficulties with manganese in their water distribution system. Tonka Water, a U.S Water Brand, was chosen to provide a new system based on quality of equipment and level of expertise. The water treatment system includes an OptaCell Plus™ pressure filter system and high rate [...]

Customized Solution Provided in Illinois to Treat Varying Water Quality

The city was in need of a new water treatment plant as the residents of Lexington, Illinois were experiencing tinted drinking water caused by organic materials in the water. Influent water is sourced from multiple wells, creating a level of complexity due to the unstable water quality. Due to the varying water quality, a customized solution was provided by Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand for the removal of Total [...]

Biologically Enhanced Ion Exchange Used to Treat Florida Groundwater

Haines City located in Polk County Florida, was required to meet new compliance standards after regulations regarding disinfection by-product levels were adjusted. Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water) was selected as the process system manufacturer for the city’s new water treatment plant. With a focus on waste reduction and a small footprint, the Haines City system includes four Organix™ ion [...]

Florida Treatment Plant Expands Ion Exchange System to Treat TOC and Color

Palm Beach County installed and commissioned a Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water) Organix™ ion exchange system downstream from lime softening in 2008 to address issues with Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Disinfection Byproduct Precursors (DBPs), and excessive color in their finished water. The original seven-vessel system is rated at 10 MGD. Pleased with the performance of the original system, the [...]

Midwest University Reduces 70 Million Gallons of Wastewater with Sustainable Improvement

Problem A Midwestern university’s power plant has a closed cooling loop circuit that utilizes once through non-contact cooling water. The cooling water cools air compressors, sample coolers, and critical auxiliary equipment on a 10 megawatt generator. Compressed air from the plant is used to control HVAC pneumatics throughout the 320 buildings on campus, a highly critical operation. The plant [...]

California Water Plant Treats Nitrates and Perchlorate with No Liquid Waste

The City of Corona, California was in need of a new water treatment plant. Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water), was selected to provide a RidION™ Ion Exchange System and a Nion-IX™ Treatment System for the removal of nitrates and perchlorate. The treatment of perchlorate does not allow for waste disposal through conventional means, requiring media to be removed and disposed of off site. Ion [...]

Cost Effective Treatment Solution Provided in Ohio

The city of Bucyrus, Ohio was in need of a new water treatment plant. Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water) provided a cost-effective solution, based on their 60 years of knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of surface water treatment systems. The new system includes two Tonka Water TriClear™ clarifiers and a Centralator™. The treatment of turbidity and hardness begins with [...]

Design Build Approach Utilized in Colorado

Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water), worked with a design build team to put together a cost effective proposal to meet the needs of East Cherry Creek Valley. Through the piloting process, a more cost-effective media was optimized. Commissioned in September, 2016, this groundwater treatment plant features a fully automated OptaCell Plus™ horizontal pressure filter system for the removal of iron and [...]

Reclaimed Water Use Allows Biofuels Plant Constructions

Part way through construction at renewable energy plant in Iowa, it was determined that city wells could not deliver the freshwater volume that the plant would need for operation. The plant faced two options: cease construction or find a secondary water source that would enable the facility to meet their water needs. The city offered a solution, offering to provide the biofuels plant enough reclaimed water [...]

Florida County Treats Disinfection By-products with Ion Exchange Treatment

The construction of a new well prompted the need for Seminole County, Florida to address hydrogen sulfide regulations by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Struggling with disinfection byproducts resulting from Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and bromide in the water, the county began utilizing ozone oxidation to address the hydrogen sulfide and reduce disinfection by-product through a pilot study. Pilot [...]

Minnesota Plant Utilized Biological Treatment for Cost Savings

The city of St. Martin was in need of a water treatment plant to address iron, manganese and ammonia in the community water supply. The treatment of ammonia using chlorine can be costly and troublesome, while removal through stripping using aeration can be difficult. Biological removal was suggested as a cost saving alternative. A three month pilot study with Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water) was successful [...]

Town in Arkansas Selects Packages Treatment System for Iron and Manganese Removal

The town of Dell, Arkansas had previously been purchasing water from a neighboring town. The decision was made to drill a new well for the town’s own water treatment plant, utilizing an existing storage building. The town worked together with Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand (Tonka Water) to design a new 350 gpm water treatment facility. Tonka Water’s Dualator ® III package treatment unit; which [...]

System Expansion to Include Softening in Ohio

The City of Miamisburg made the decision to expand their current filtration system to add softening treatment. Tonka Water, a U.S. Water brand (Tonka Water), was the basis of design on the project, having previously worked with the engineer. Tonka Water worked with the engineer to design a new treatment system to best meet the needs of the city. The chosen process for softening is a complete Tonka Water integrated [...]

U.S. Water Designs and Manufacturers a Self-Contained Water Treatment System

A methanol manufacturing facility in the Texas Panhandle needed a water treatment plant designed, manufactured, and installed during the construction phase of their operation. The equipment needed to satisfy rigorous water criteria, be modular for plug and play installation, meet Class I Div. II Explosion Proof requirements, and fit into two, customized 53-foot shipping containers. The manufacturing company [...]

Graf Creamery Optimized Wastewater Operations with U.S. Water

Graf Creamery, a Midwestern butter and cream production plant, was experiencing issues with the fat and grease build-up in their holding cell retention pond. The fat build-up was restricting their ability to manage the wastewater leaving the plant and the solids had the potential to fill up the ridge and furrow absorption wastewater process. Due to the fat build-up, they were also losing treatment capacity (maximum [...]

Pharmaceutical Plant’s Efficiency Improves After Correcting Boiler Issues

As featured in Water Technology Online.

After working with their water treatment vendor for three years, a Southern United States pharmaceutical plant was unable to identify the source of boiler scale and low condensate return rate. The boiler scale and a low return rate were causing increased fuel and operational costs. U.S. Water conducted a plant survey to uncover the boiler system issue. Within a week of the initial plant survey, U.S. Water had [...]

Snack Producer Utilizes New Foam Control Options and Saves $30,000 in Chemical Annually

A major Midwestern snack producer had concerns about the high costs of the defoamer product that they were using and were interested in finding an alternative that would be more cost effective. U.S. Water was already a current vendor for the snack producer’s utility water products and services within the plant, and offered assistance in other areas, which included optimizing the foam control needs of the [...]

Biological Augmentation Minimizes Odor, Improves Environmental Safety and Optimizes Operation at Wastewater Treatment Facility

A protein further processing plant located in midwest United States was concerned with objectionable odors, hydrogen sulfide levels, and poor system efficiency in their wastewater treatment plant. The cause of these issues was found to be a sludge cap on their waste receiving pit and the associated growth of anaerobic bacteria beneath the cap. To remediate this problem, select strains of naturally occurring aerobic [...]

Power Plant Water Treatment System Restored After a Decade of Non-Use

After ten years of inactivity, a midwestern combined cycle power plant needed to bring its water treatment system back into operation. The previous equipment had been sitting idle after the previous owner went bankrupt, and required major cleanup and upgrades. While other water treatment companies were offering a chemical exclusive program, it was evident the plant would require a complete integrated solution to once [...]

MIOX Primary Disinfection Solution Eliminates Facility Safety Concerns While Optimizing Cooling Tower Performance

Fouling associated with the excessive growth of microorganisms including bacteria, algae, and fungi is a natural, but preventable, issue in most cooling tower systems. As a common problem, facilities have a variety of chemical and mechanical disinfection solutions available when developing a treatment program. A South Dakota industrial manufacturer was combining ozone and a non-oxidizing microbiocide to manage [...]

U.S. Water's ProClean AB 1000 Optimizes Ethanol Producer's Fermentation Process and Reduces Treatment Costs

Even with quality cleaning practices in place, there is a risk of bacterial infection during the fermentation process of ethanol production. When bacteria are present, it can inhibit yeast productivity and loss of alcohol production can occur. Many ethanol producers utilize an antibiotic program to control bacteria growth and optimize product yields. A Midwest ethanol producer was utilizing a competitor’s [...]

Ethanol Final Filter Improve Plant's Final Product Quality in Two Days

After commencing an enzyme trial, an upper Midwest ethanol plant discovered elevated sulfate levels as fermentors were cycled through the plant. Out of spec ethanol cannot be marketed, and plant operations needed to act quickly to fix the product to avoid costly product rejection fees or plant shutdown. The plant was familiar with Kurita America’s ethanol industry experience and the Ethanol Final Filter (EFF) [...]

Ethanol Final Filter Commercialized; Problems Solved at Fuel Ethanol Plant

After an ethanol plant initiated some significant process changes, they encountered a final product sulfate issue that they had not faced before. Although the process changes provided excellent yields and the related economics were sound – meeting the final product quality specifications for sulfate became a problem. Blending provided a degree of relief, but created logistical challenges. The customer looked to [...]

Automation in Cooling Towers Reduces Water & Saves Hospital Thousands

With the State of California initiative to reduce water usage by 20% by the year 2020, many plants are focusing their responsibility to become a more environmentally friendly facility. One such facility included a large California hospital seeking to reduce the water treatment costs for their HVAC system. The hospital has three (3) individual cooling tower systems that service three (3) centrifugal chillers which [...]

U.S. Water VOxOUT® Successful in Emission Control

U.S. Water’s Ethanol Process Technologies (EPT) team engaged in a CO2 Scrubber performance comparison evaluation in an Eastern United States dry grind fuel ethanol plant with a 100 MMgpy nameplate. Parameters compared were: Compliance Reliability Application Cost Residual Bisulfite – and its impact on both yeast vitality and final product sulfur content Accompanying Value The EPT [...]

Reducing Water Use in Ethanol Plants

republished with permission from Ethanol Today , December 2010 In the agribusiness sector where acronyms abound, some corn producers and ethanol plant investors are learning yet another one: ZLD It stands for “zero liquid discharge,” and it could be an important future trend for the ethanol industry as plants weigh the possible benefits of treating and re-using water that has already been [...]