INDUSTRIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
GeoTree - Water Conveyance Tunnel Rehabilitated With GeoSpray Geopolymer
Historic arched tunnels require specialized structural restoration to address severe infiltration and mortar loss. Trenchless geopolymer technology provides a conformable, high-strength lining that stabilizes aging brick and granite structures, ensuring long-term hydraulic performance and structural integrity.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
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AVT - AVT EZ Valve Install Keeps Work On Track At German Oil Refinery
Industrial repairs at height require lightweight, efficient solutions to maintain production schedules. Under-pressure valve insertion allows for the rapid creation of isolation points on elevated pipelines, ensuring system continuity and safety without the need for extensive shutdowns.
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Thermal Mass Flow Meters For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring
The U.S. EPA sets national ambient air quality and greenhouse gas emission standards to ensure public health. Thermal mass flow meters deliver a direct reading of mass flow rate of natural gas and other fuel gases — without temperature and pressure compensation — and provide a simple, reliable and cost-effective method for tracking and reporting fuel consumption.
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Moving Towards Effective Management Of Produced Water
You cannot produce oil without water, because water is present naturally in both onshore and offshore oil reservoirs. This naturally occurring water is called produced water. Produced water has a simple to complex composition that is variable, and it is considered as a mixture of dissolved and particulate organic and inorganic chemicals (Al-Ghouti et al. 2019) with an average of 7 to 10 barrels of produced water being generated for each barrel of oil during the course of an operation (Guerra, Dahm, and Dundorf 2011).
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IDE Showcases Evaporator For SAGD Water Treatment In Canada
IDE recently hosted exclusive guided tours of its horizontal falling film evaporator for SAGD water treatment at the fabrication shop in Calgary, Alberta. Over three days more than 120 industry professionals had the opportunity to experience IDE's SAGD Horizontal Evaporator first hand.
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Disruption To Growth: Navigating The Sensor Revolution
As critical gateways to the Internet of things (IoT), sensors are sure to have a massive social and economic impact globally within the next decade.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
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Alcoholic Beverage Fusel Alcohol Testing With Static Headspace
A static headspace method was developed using Teledyne Tekmar automated headspace vial samplers to meet the method requirements of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the US Department of the Treasury (TTB) method SSD: TM:2001 for testing fusel alcohols in alcoholic beverages.
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A New Approach To Early Biofilm Detection
To assist industrial operators in managing and preventing biofilm, Italian start-up ALVIM Srl created a monitoring system that provides early warning detection of bacterial biofilm growing on pipelines, tanks, heat exchangers, RO membranes, and other equipment.
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Microbiologist Develops Improved Technology For Poultry Food Safety
One Friday evening in the spring of 2019, Abhi Upadhyay, assistant professor of food microbiology and safety in the Department of Animal Science, found himself watching a video showing microbubbles for pet care and grooming. He started thinking about using this technology for food safety and spent the weekend researching its potential, current state of the field and appropriate grant opportunities.
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MBBR Technology Helps Plant Maintain Discharge Compliance, Achieve Sustainable Growth
A bacon processing plant in the Midwest was overloaded by more than 50%. Even though the system continued to maintain compliance, the plant proactively decided to expand its wastewater treatment facility to ensure they met their growing demand and maintained their standing as exemplary corporate citizens and environmental stewards.
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Milk Waste - BOD, FOG, PO4
A milk producer operates an evaporated milk production facility that generates an average of 58,000 gpd of contaminated water with spikes of 1,200 gallons up to 12 times per day. Two 2,000 gallon batch tanks are used for pH adjustment before discharge. Most of the flow goes through the tanks.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY
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Desalination And Power Plants—An Ideal Partnership?
A partnership between power and desalination plants may be the solution to drinking water scarcity. Researchers are working on a new system that can create potable water using a low-temperature desalination process powered by waste heat from a waterless power plant cooling system.
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A New Approach To Early Biofilm Detection
To assist industrial operators in managing and preventing biofilm, Italian start-up ALVIM Srl created a monitoring system that provides early warning detection of bacterial biofilm growing on pipelines, tanks, heat exchangers, RO membranes, and other equipment.
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First-Of-Its-Kind Zero Liquid Discharge Plant Installed In Egypt
The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) is a joint venture company established with the purpose to produce Ethylene, Butadiene and their derivatives (Polyethylene, Poly Butadiene).
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Stator Cooling Water In Power Generation Plants
Power Generation plants produce electricity by converting one form of primary energy (nuclear or non-nuclear) to motive power in order to drive generators and produce electricity.
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Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant Improves The Performance Of Water Treatment System
A natural gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility located in Idaho contacted QUA to find a solution to improve the performance of a water treatment system used to recycle the plant’s cooling tower blow down water.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY
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GeoTree - Water Conveyance Tunnel Rehabilitated With GeoSpray Geopolymer
Historic arched tunnels require specialized structural restoration to address severe infiltration and mortar loss. Trenchless geopolymer technology provides a conformable, high-strength lining that stabilizes aging brick and granite structures, ensuring long-term hydraulic performance and structural integrity.
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Fyfe - 100-Year-Old Bridge Piers Rehabilitated
Protecting historic marine infrastructure requires durable, environmentally safe solutions. Fiber-reinforced polymer wraps provide an impermeable, high-strength jacket for aging concrete piers, preventing water intrusion and environmental degradation while ensuring long-term structural reliability in sensitive reservoir environments.
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Fyfe - 100-Year-Old Penstock Given New Lease Of Life By Tyfo System
Revitalizing aging steel penstocks requires high-strength, standalone structural solutions. Advanced carbon fiber systems provide a watertight, durable liner that manages internal pressures and extreme temperatures, restoring full operational capacity to hydroelectric assets while minimizing project costs and downtime.
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Vital Fire Suppression Line Remains Live While AVT EZ Valve® Is Installed
Critical safety systems must remain operational during repairs. Advanced insertion technology enables the installation of permanent valves on pressurized lines without service interruptions, preventing costly facility shutdowns while ensuring constant fire suppression readiness.
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Fyfe - Drinking Water Reservoir Seismic Rehabilitation
Upgrading reservoirs for seismic resilience requires high-strength, lightweight solutions. Fiber-reinforced polymer wraps provide essential structural reinforcement without adding dead weight, allowing for flexible, cost-effective installation that ensures long-term utility safety and continued community use of recreational spaces.
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GeoTree - Delaware DOT Large Diameter Metal Plate Arch Rehabilitation With GeoSpray Geopolymer Mortar
Trenchless geopolymer technology provides a high-strength, structural solution for failing large-diameter arch culverts.This approach eliminates the need for costly bridge replacements, offering a 70-plus-year service life with minimal environmental impact and significantly faster project timelines.
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Fyfe - Intermountain Power Plant
Critical cooling water systems require high-strength, internal rehabilitation to avoid the costs of excavation. Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer systems provide a 50-year standalone structural solution for large-diameter pipelines, ensuring operational reliability and efficient installation during scheduled plant outages.
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AVT - AVT EZ Valve Install Keeps Work On Track At German Oil Refinery
Industrial repairs at height require lightweight, efficient solutions to maintain production schedules. Under-pressure valve insertion allows for the rapid creation of isolation points on elevated pipelines, ensuring system continuity and safety without the need for extensive shutdowns.
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GeoTree - LOCTITE GeoSpray Minimize Impact To Wildlife And Water Quality During A Creek Culvert Rehabilitation
Trenchless geopolymer rehabilitation offers a sustainable solution for culvert repair in sensitive ecosystems. Its rapid-curing, low-toxicity properties allow for quick service reinstatement, preserving hydraulic capacity and protecting local water quality and aquatic life without the need for disruptive excavation.
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When Product Recovery Systems Are Sound Investments
As advancements in technology have led to smaller, faster, and more durable process equipment, industrial manufacturers are eyeing new hardware to boost product yield in their new and existing facilities. This fact is evident as capital spending figures from the top 37 companies in the food and beverage industry topped $18.5 billion in 2014, a nearly 15 percent increase over the previous year.