NEWS
EDITION 13 | OCTOBER 2017
“Turn your (waste)water into PROFIT” One of the largest Industrial wwtps In the world
Modular WWTP built in a record period of time
High rate concrete DAFs in singapore
Resource Recovery in practice
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"Water reuse is gaining strategic importance, especially in water scarce areas"
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“Turn your (waste)water into PROFIT” Universal trends A number of universal trends are becoming visible and one of the most important is the fact that the majority of industrial end-users are challenging Nijhuis to develop a business case, together with them rather than just present an offer against a specification To design a solution by just following the input data is not enough, clients really like to understand how our system, solution or addedvalue services are making business sense, often reflected in a shorter than 18 – 24 month return on investment (ROI). However, besides a smart and innovative design minimizing the investment and life cycle cost this also opens the door for discussing new business models like rental, operations & maintenance.
Our strategy to help our existing and future clients on sustainable water use and resource recovery, improve productivity and their environmental footprint and reduce their life-cycle cost at the same time has been well received. In practice, we help clients by reducing their water, energy and chemical consumption, reusing water and heat and by recovering energy, nutrients and raw materials from their wastewater.
Water Reuse The recent project from the largest cosmetic company in the world to install a Nijhuis reuse wastewater treatment plant is a great example of this trend. A number of our larger key-accounts in the food, beverage and cosmetics industry are implementing water reuse as an integrated and mandatory solution to further reduce their water footprint and contribute to the realization of the sustainability development goals (SDG). Integrated waste-to-value solutions and botanic garden solutions The growing demand for integrated waste-to-value solutions is also reflected in the recent go-ahead to start the detailed engineering and delivery of the Nijhuis GENIUS solution to one of the largest full-scale manure treatment plants in Western Europe developed together with GEA and expected to be put in operation during the summer of 2018 in the Netherlands. Or what about our botanic garden solutions? We just have been awarded the turn-key delivery of the first ever integrated botanical garden solution for one of the world largest retailers. Prepare for the future - ‘a fluid world’ Both projects clearly show the commitment of both our valued clients in two completely different segments to prepare themselves for the future and control their own destiny. However, flexibility remains important as their demand might change or increase over time. It’s no surprise that our Nijhuis MODULUTIONS, using our skid mounted units, boxframes or containers, are very well accepted by the market with recent installations being commissioned at respected clients like Mondelez, Umalat, Novopan and Quaker.
Short ROI’s and introduced innovations The newest Nijhuis projects incorporate a lot of recently introduced innovations like i-DOSE, AECO-FAT, GENIUS, Screw Press (NSP), AECO-CIP or our concrete High Rate i-DAF solution for pretreatment of seawater and drinking water, which have been sold to the first and largest hybrid desalination plant in Singapore.
You can find out more about our successful growth and innovation strategy anticipating by visiting our Nijhuis Industries booth at Aquatech in Amsterdam, by visiting our Nijhuis website or talking with our experienced Nijhuis effluent coaches and resource recovery experts to help you turn your (waste)water into PROFIT! We are looking forward to speaking to you soon! Menno M. Holterman CEO Nijhuis Industries
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Reduce the water consumption For many of our clients, water-scarcity is affecting their license to operate and in areas with limited access to water or areas being affected by droughts and climate change, clients are forced to take measures to reduce their water consumption in and outside their factories. This is very often driven by the implementation of even tighter environmental regulations.
Water reuse is gaining strategic importance, especially in water scarce areas or countries where the price for water and energy is increasing rapidly. Another reason is the growing concern of the food, beverage, pharma, oil & gas and other large water consumers to implement water stewardship programs to de-risk their operations and reduce their life-cycle cost related to water.
| INDUSTRIAL ZONES
“How to turn INDUSTRIAL and MUNICIPAL wastewater into PROFIT� Page | 4
Nijhuis Industries awarded the supply of one of the 10 largest industrial and oil wastewater treatment plants in the world Nijhuis Industries was awarded the order to deliver a turnkey wastewater treatment and power plant for an Industrial Zone in Egypt. The capacity of the plant is 60.000 m3/day (equal to 4 million PE) and will be delivered in two phases. Phase 1 will treat 35.000 m3/ day and another 25.000 m3/day of industrial wastewater will be treated after the second phase, which is expected to be in operation in April 2019.
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| INDUSTRIAL ZONES
The plant consists of Nijhuis proven technologies for the physicalchemical, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, active sludge and tertiary treatment, to meet the strict effluent requirements, and will also recover as much as possible biogas and energy from the effluent. Based on the current composition of the wastewater collected from over 250 companies in the industrial zone the plant is designed to be self-sufficient on its energy demand, but will also sell excess power to the grid, a true example of turning the cost for wastewater into profit! Mr. Ahmed Ramadan, Chairman and CEO of the GVOS Group explains “After successfully cooperating with Nijhuis Industries on some of our existing wastewater treatment facilities in Egypt we approached them because of their extensive experience in difficult to treat industrial wastewater, their flexibility and focus on project delivery, operations & maintenance and customer satisfaction. This project marks the new policy of the Egyptian Government to work in public private partnership with industry together to provide a clean and safe environment for the people living in Port Said, the Suez Channel and Mediterranean Sea, avoid environmental pollution, save water and build resilience to the impact of climate change.
The fifteen-year BOT contract to operate this wastewater treatment facility is of very big importance to the GVOS Group and builds on our reputation to deliver reliable solutions for environmental challenges.” The largest order since the company was founded Mr. Menno M. Holterman, CEO of Nijhuis Industries, continues “For Nijhuis it’s the largest order since the company was founded in 1904, integrating almost all Nijhuis technologies into the most state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa region with a capacity comparable to treat wastewater of 4 million PE. Furthermore, it also supports our successful waste-to-value strategy offering turnkey solutions to address the ever-growing demand for larger and more complicated wastewater treatment in emerging countries like Egypt. Besides being awarded this prestigious first project the exclusive partnership between Nijhuis Industries and the client combines the strength of both companies to offer BOT solutions to industrial zones and oil & gas operations in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa during the years to come. Together, we will first however focus on delivering one of the ten largest industrial wastewater treatment plants in the world in a record period of time.”
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Nijhuis installs an innovative modular wastewater solution in a record period of time
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Nijhuis Industries has built and installed a complete wastewater treatment solution in just six weeks – this is thought to be a record in the industry and opens up many possibilities for clients with tight deadlines. The solution was delivered for Umalat, a modern cheese production plant in Russia and one of the leading producers of fresh cheese from Caucasian type to Italian mozzarella. On 29 August 2017, Umalat held the official opening ceremony of the new wastewater treatment system at the factory in the town of Sevsk which is south-west of Moscow. The plant was officially opened by Aleksandr Bogomaz, the Governor of Bryansk area. Also present was Aleksandr Kurakin, the head of local authorities as well as other local officials and the local and federal press.
Plug-and-play and fast-track solution, ready for the future The plug-and-play and fast-track solution allowed Umalat to realize a state of the art wastewater treatment plant in a record period of time: simple, compact and pre-installed on the frame systems at the Nijhuis production facility in the Netherlands. The complete modular system consists of a filter, flocculation, flotation and dewatering screw, all installed in eight box-frames which are used to create the wastewater treatment operations building. The plant has the capacity to treat 700 m3 of wastewater per day, which ensures that the wastewater treatment plant is future-proofed for increases in the amount of wastewater as a result of expected production increases in the factory.
Successful WWTP realization at the Jordans Ryvita factory The Nijhuis Industries UK office is making excellent progress with the installation of a €1m treatment plant for a new Jordans Ryvita factory in Lincolnshire on the east coast of the UK. The Nijhuis MODULUTION consists of a containerised DAF, flocculator, dosing and control systems along with traditional balance, aeration and sludge tanks. The plant is on programme to be completed by the end of the year with commissioning to start in early January. The state of the art factory will produce crispbreads and thin biscuits and the Nijhuis plant will treat the process wastewaters before discharge into attenuation lagoons and then into the local river. Nijhuis UK, Head of Projects, Des Teale commented that, “we have an excellent working relationship with the client which has helped us to ensure that the project timetable is maintained in parallel with the much larger factory build”. This will be the second major project for this customer that the Nijhuis Industies UK office has delivered in the last 12 months.
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Modular wastewater treatment plant for Quaker Oats Quaker Oats has given Nijhuis Industries the order to realize a complete wastewater treatment plant in modular boxframes. After tests and a review of possible technical options, a system existing of an internally fed drum screen (NRF 38/050) followed by a flocculation / flotation (PFR 005 & GDF 002) system has been chosen as the best solution. Due to very limited space at site, the first idea was to build the installation in a container. In regard to maintenance demands the final choice has been made to construct the installation in a box-frame, one of the MODULUTIONS of Nijhuis Industries.
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With the boxframe solution, the entire installation will be pre-fabricated to the latest standards and tested in the Nijhuis factory in Doetinchem, in this way guaranteeing the shortest possible installation time at site.
Nijhuis i-CONSULT pre-engineering for NestlĂŠ Perm Combine waste and wastewater in one stream. Nijhuis has been awarded the contract to preengineer and deliver a complete waste and wastewater system from a cereals and confectionary production plant in Russia. Both streams will be treated as one, as the Nijhuis AECOMIXTM-DGF can handle and treat both streams, turning waste and wastewater into biogas. The system will treat 350 m3/d of wastewater and waste. The 5 m3/d waste per day consists of chocolate mass, gummy (chewing marmalade), doddings, chocolate bars and raw materials. The complete system consists of a Nijhuis Aquarake, AECOMIXTM-DGF, an optional BIOCTOR-SBR system and a sludge dewatering system.
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| OIL & GAS
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New pre-treatment plant installed at refinery
In October 2016, Nijhuis was awarded the contract to deliver a complete wastewater pre-treatment plant solution to a refinery in Western-Europe, which is one of the most complex refineries in the world. Nijhuis was awarded the engineering contract for the pre-treatment plant in March 2016 and the installation, start-up and commissioning is currently in progress. Oil & gas wastewater expertise The client commented that one of the drivers to choose Nijhuis was their unparalleled application knowledge and expertise in the oil & gas industry and their in-house portfolio and added value services to design and realize this large-scale pre-treatment solution. The new plant has the capacity to treat all the water coming from the refinery. Nijhuis acts as a total technology package supplier, responsible for the design and the turn-key realization of the wastewater pre-treatment plant to meet all requirements with regard to environment, health & safety and oil & gas standards.
Gastight units with zero air pollution After the existing API separators, the water is collected into a balance tank which will flow into the three Nijhuis Dissolved Nitrogen Flotations (DNF) with a capacity of 325 m³/hr. The DNF’s are gastight, using nitrogen instead of air, to flotate and to blanket the scraper system, creating a safe environment inside the DNF’s to operate this state of the art pre-treatment solution.
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Nijhuis to deliver a new wastewater treatment plant to refinery in Northern Europe In September 2016, Nijhuis was awarded the contract to deliver a complete wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) solution for a prestigious client at a refinery for crude oil in North-Europe. The new WWTP has the capacity to treat 24,000 m3 wastewater per day. Nijhuis acts as a total technology package supplier, responsible for the basic and detailed design of the WWTP.
Sustainable water use The project is another step forward for the client striving to achieve efficient and constantly monitored water usage. The new WWTP will treat approximately 24,000 m3 rain and process wastewater per day. After the existing API separators, the water is collected into a balance tank which will flow into a two-street physicalchemical treatment process (Nijhuis DAF). The chemical dosing will be optimized by an intelligent real-time Nijhuis i-DOSE system. The secondary treatment contains a twostreet Nijhuis BIOCTOR-CONTINUOUS aerobic/anoxic system with clarifiers. Nijhuis will apply smart analyzers and intelligent monitoring (Nijhuis i-MONITORING) to enable operational flexibility and minimize energy consumption. The two-street configuration will ensure reliable water treatment during maintenance activities and influent peaks. The clarifiers are also equipped with an i-DOSE system to control sludge levels, ensuring clean water quality at all times. Additionally, Nijhuis will integrate the i-DOSE and DAF compressors in two 40ft pre-fabricated modular systems. The WWTP will operate with a minimum climate temperature of - 40°C and ATEX zone 1 conditions. The commissioning of the wastewater treatment plant is scheduled for 2019.
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The WWTP consists of an intelligent pre-treatment, aerobic/anoxic and clarification system with unique Nijhuis features. The ATEX zone 1 classified pre-treatment system consists of a real-time intelligent dosing technology to minimize chemical consumption and to reduce operational costs.
| BOTANIC GARDEN
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Wastewater treatment plant will be built as a Botanical Garden and visitors center Nijhuis Industries is to build a turn-key botanical wastewater treatment plant, together with its technology partner Organica Water. The project is for the world's largest furniture retailer, and will treat the wastewater from a mega shopping mall in Krasnodar, Russia. Nijhuis will integrate the Organica Food Chain Reactor (FCR) in a turnkey 1,000 m3/d treatment facility with Nijhuis pre- and post-treatment including advanced technologies.
The pre-treatment solution is executed with Nijhuis screening and Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) units and will remove the large particles from the wastewater prior to entering the Organica FCR. After the secondary treatment through the FCR, Nijhuis CarboPure and Nijhuis UV disinfection units will polish the effluent to the stringent Russian discharge requirements. The excess sludge will be treated with a Nijhuis Drum Filter (NDF) and Nijhuis Screw Press (NSP).
The Organica FCR, with odourless operation and beautiful flora and fauna, is situated in a glass house and ensures the seamless integration of the treatment facility in the urban area within the mall complex, including a botanic garden visitors' center.
About the botanic garden solution Organica Water has developed a highly imaginative approach to wastewater treatment. Their facilities utilize active biofilms on natural (plant) and/or engineered root structures (biomodules), all in a fully-enclosed, odourless
facility. The result is a solution which offers a significantly reduced physical footprint and lower operational and infrastructure costs when compared to conventional solutions. The biological reactors in the Organica Solution are arranged in a cascade configuration, each with specially designed biomodules, in order to optimize the development of distinct ecosystems in each step of the treatment process. As a result of the cascade design the composition of the ecosystem fixed in the biofilm changes from reactor to reactor, adapting itself to the decreasing nutrient concentrations, and thus maximizing the decomposition of contaminants.
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| RESOURCE RECOVERY
Resource Recovery in practice Nijhuis is realizing a complete GENIUS solution in the Netherlands. At Groot Zevert Digestion in the Netherlands, Nijhuis and GEA are realizing a complete full-scale GENIUS installation for 100.000 tonnes of manure (manure from approx. 60-80 farmers). The installation will be operational in summer 2018. Green Mineral Mining Center GENIUS at Groot Zevert is a real ‘Green Mineral Mining Center’ and produces 10-20% in volume of phosphate rich solid fraction with 3-6% of phosphate, 5-10% in volume of liquid nitrogen fertilizer with 7-8% of ammonium sulphate, 5-10% in volume of organic potassium liquid fertilizer with 7-10 % of potassium and 60-80% of clean water. The clean water can be used as cattle feed water or discharged to surface water. The produced green minerals ensure regional balanced fertilization by dosing sufficient individual nitrogen, phosphate or potassium fertilizers for pasture land or arable crops. This will reduce the rinse of fertilizers into ground and surface water and reduces the use of the chemical fertilizers. Nijhuis GENIUS is consisting of a combination of smart technologies such as a digester (Nijhuis AECOMIXTM-TAURUS), a GEA decanter, flotation technology (Nijhuis DAF), nitrogen stripper (Nijhuis AECO-NAR) and a membrane filtration installation. (Depending on the clients situation and their wishes, Nijhuis will select the right technologies with the lowest OPEX and CAPEX and the highest possible sustainable PROFIT.)
The produced organic rich phosphate fraction, liquid nitrogen fertilizer and the liquid potassium fertilizer can reduce the import of artificial fertilizers for pasture land or arable crops and can reduce the export of surplus manure. The volume of manure or digestate will be reduced by 60-80%, because this will be discharged as clean water. GENIUS is an integrated solution maximizing the value of manure which is a true example of the circular economy. Nijhuis GENIUS allready recieved the 'Jan Terlouw innovatie prijs' and the 'Achterhoek Innovatie Prijs' and is nominated for the Aquatech Innovation Award 2017 for the category ‘wastewater treatment’
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Sustainable process At Groot Zevert, GENIUS is a sustainable process because no byproducts and no waste products will be produced. It is an energy positive solution in combination with digestion and reduces the CO2 footprint due to lower production of chemical fertilizers and reduction in manure or digestate transport.
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1-STEP filter realized at sewage treatment plant in the Netherlands ®
Waternet is the water utility for Amsterdam and the surrounding area. From 2013, Waternet operates the 1-STEP® filter at their sewage treatment plant at Horstermeer (165,000 Population Equivalent) in an area surrounded by water with strict legal requirements on treated effluent quality.
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Horstermeer is equipped with a full scale 1,250 m3/h 1-STEP® filter to meet stringent EU Water Framework Directive requirements for total nitrogen (5 mg/l) and total phosphorus (0.3 mg/l) by 2015, thereby anticipating possible future discharge limits for organic micro pollutants. Based on extensive R&D efforts and field test between 2009 - 2010, the 1-STEP® filter has been built in 2011, commissioned in August 2012 and put in operation from January 1st, 2013. The filter has been designed to treat up to 1.3 times the dry weather flow of the WWTP and eliminates total nitrogen down to 3.0 mg/l and total phosphorous down to 0.15 mg/l.
The implementation of the 1-STEP® filter at Horstermeer sewage treatment plant resulted in 30 - 50% saving in investment and operational costs compared to conventional successive processes. About the 1-STEP® filter The 1-STEP® filter is a compact fixed bed activated carbon filter operated at a relatively high rate downward flow combining four treatment processes into one additional single treatment unit. Besides the removal of suspended solids by filtration, it performs excellent on nitrogen removal by simultaneous biological denitrification (using a selective carbon source), chemical phosphate and heavy metals removal (by coagulation and flocculation with a low dose of metal salt) and, if required, removal of organic micro pollutants by adsorption onto the activated carbon.
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| MUNICIPAL & SEWAGE
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Nijhuis applications in the municipal and sewage market •
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Desalination and drinking water pre-treatment solutions with Dissolved Air Flotation systems (executed in concrete or stainless steel tanks) Municipal & sewage plant pre-treatment solutions with Dissolved Air Flotation and sedimentation systems Municipal & sewage plant polishing solutions with a tertiary Dissolved Air Flotation system to remove phosphorus and TSS Municipal & sewage plant nutrient, heavy metals and micro pollutants removal with the 1-STEP® filter Resource Recovery solutions such as ammonia recovery (AECO-NAR) and biogas solutions (AECOMIXTM) Modular (waste)water solutions for small cities and decentralized locations
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| MUNICIPAL & SEWAGE
8 Nijhuis concrete High Rate DAFs for Singapore Desalination plant The construction of Singapore's fourth desalination plant began on 29 June 2017 in Marina East. It is the first dual-mode desalination plant, meaning it can treat both freshwater from the Marina Reservoir and seawater, depending on weather conditions. Currently, freshwater from reservoirs is processed at eight water works across Singapore, while seawater is treated at SingSpring and Tuaspring desalination plants. Eight Nijhuis concrete High Rate Dissolved Air Flotation modules Nijhuis is currently designing and will install eight High Rate i-DAF modules as pre-treatment for the seawater. This includes the inline mixers for coagulant and flocculant dosing and top mixers for the reaction tanks, followed by the corrugated plate packs, skimmer systems and robust Nijhuis i-AERATION system.
During dry periods when the water level in the reservoir is low, water from the sea will then be channeled to the plant to be desalinated. Water from both sources will be filtered from the get-go, removing larger impurities before it goes through a “dual flow chamber”. This chamber then pumps the water to the plant through a 1.8 km underground pipeline above the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE). Such a system has been years in the making – a similar dual-mode technology has been in operation since 2007 at a full scale pilot plant in Pasir Ris before applying it on a larger scale at Marina East.
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With the new plant, on rainy days when the water level in the reservoir is high, the excess rainwater that is discharged into the sea can be treated for use. Designed by Keppel Infrastructure Holdings, which will also build, own and operate the Marina East desalination plant, the facility will be able to produce around 30 million gallons of fresh drinking water per day, enough to fill about 55 Olympic-sized swimming pools when it is completed early 2020. The Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant is also the first to feature green spaces that can be used by the public for recreation. All of the plant's water treatment equipment will be located underground, topped off by a green rooftop that can accommodate about 700 people. Built on a three hectare plot of land, the plant will also be integrated with the Eastern Coastal Park Connector Network that bridges East Coast Park and Gardens by the Bay East.
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| WATER REUSE
Integration of cooling water disinfection solution for Mars Petcare in Poland In May 2017, Mars Petcare decided to improve their existing water disinfection system in their cooling towers by the use of ozone and awarded Nijhuis the order to deliver an ozone solution. Ozone gas is a powerful oxidizer and disinfectant. Oxidation is an effective way to disinfect, to kill bacteria and viruses and to remove toxic and nonbiodegradable components. Ozone decomposes rapidly and therefore leaves no harmful residues into the water.
In case the conditions of sufficient ozone production (Redox value of 800mV) and sufficient flow and mixing are fulfilled, the total number of micro-organisms will remain below 1000 CFU/ml and both E. coli / Coliforms and Legionella level at 37 °C will remain non-detectable. The analysis unit contains a Redox value, pH, temperature and conductivity. These parameters are taken from the sampling point at this unit. i-MONITORING The NOX 50 system is 24/7 monitored at the Nijhuis headquarters and quarterly inspected by the Nijhuis Industries Central Europe service organization in Poland. The monitoring system will measure all the data necessary for guaranteed safe and continuous water treatment.
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Nijhuis solution in detail The basin of cold water works with a constant water level of approx. 150 cm, which gives approx 145m3 of water. At maximum load pumps deliver to cooling towers 200 m3/h of water. This installation is supplemented with municipal water in volume of approx. 60 m3/day. The ozone will be injected in the water flow directly in the cold-water basin by a 15 m3/h injection pump and its dosage is controlled by measuring REDOX.
The ozone is mixed with water by means of a specially designed Nijhuis venturi injection and static mixer into the flow and in the cold water basin by jet blowers.
Nijhuis AECO-CIP Recovery | Recovery and Reuse of CIP Liquid Integrated process solutions to recover resources are crucial to achieve the increasingly demanding environmental requirements to create a more sustainable way of operating beverage plants. The Nijhuis AECO-CIP recovery unit is a plug & play packaged recovery system to treat spent CIP solutions (i.e. hot soda based). While the CIP agents and heat remains in the recovered stream, the organic fouling, solids and part of the inorganic soluble content will be captured by special membranes and concentrated prior to disposal. The system can be applied for both caustic, acid and enzymatic CIP solutions. Typical hydraulic recovery of 75 to 90% can be achieved. The AECO-CIP recovery unit is equipped with Nijhuis Direct Nanofiltration Membranes (NDNF), which are specially developed for CIP recovery solutions and are based on hollow fibre nanofiltration. The special nanolayer determine the rejection and flux properties of the membrane for CIP solutions. Subject to client specific needs, the membrane retention can be adjusted. The hollow fiber configuration provides a low fouling operation as the filtration flow is not obstructed by spacers as used in spiral wound elements. This will reduce pre-treatment requirements as well resulting in low energy operation. Nijhuis Industries NEWS I www.nijhuisindustries.com
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Let us introduce you: New Regional Director Middle East, Africa and Indian Subcontinent
‘Americas’ team
We are proud to announce that effective 1 November 2017 Mohamad Safi will start as Regional Director Middle East, Africa and Indian Subcontinent. Mohamad brings a wealth of experience in wastewater treatment. He had different roles at respected companies, delivering solutions to industrial end-users in different GCC countries.
The objective of having Nijhuis team members in North and Latin American working together in similar time zones and supporting each other through increased communication and sharing common resources (senior sales engineer, commissioning engineer, etc) is in an effort to continue to grow market share, integrate more innovative solutions and increase customer satisfaction.
Mohamad will work from the Nijhuis Industries office in Dubai, and will actively travel the region to strengthen the relationship with existing and potential new clients in the region and build on important references like AlWattania and Marafiq in Saudi Arabia,Caesar Parc & Al Dhow Kuwait and many other references in the region.
Separate sales and services centers in both North and South America have been integrated into one Nijhuis America, under the leadership of regional director Scott Christian.
We are pleased to announce that effective October 2nd, Tamara Sepulveda Morales has joined our team as Sales Manager Latin America. Tamara has an excellent background in wastewater industry and gained a lot of practical, technical and commercial experience and knowhow, while working in several roles and most recently as Sales Manager in Chile and Latin America. In these roles she was involved in the commercial, project delivery commission and after-sales phase in Latin America. We are confident that, together with the extended teams both in the region and in Doetinchem, her drive and experience gained will contribute to help more Americas customers turn their wastewater into profit.
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Nijhuis at Drinktec München 2017
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| MEAT, PROTEIN PROCESSING & AGRICULTURAL
Third phase expansion of the wastewater treatment plant of Cedrob S.A. in Poland.
New AECO-FAT system for a poultry processing plant in Croatia Recently a large poultry processing plant in Croatia has awarded Nijhuis with an order for a new wastewater treatment system, including the innovative Nijhuis AECO-FAT, i-DOSE and screw press system (NSP). The plant generates app. 3000 m3 of wastewater per day, which needs to be pre-treated before entering the local municipal treatment system. From conventional WWTP to profitable business case Initially the customer was looking for a pre-treatment solution to be able to comply with the required discharge limits. Nijhuis firstly offered a conventional flocculation-flotation WWTP business case with the option of an intelligent dosing system (i-DOSE) and sludge dewatering screw press (NSP).
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Based on the professional cooperation and the results achieved in phase I and II, Cedrob has awarded Nijhuis the 3rd extension of the wastewater treatment plant.
During the follow-up discussions, Nijhuis also introduced the AECO-FAT resource recovery system, supported by a business case, showing the additional investment required plus related ROI for the add-on. This resulted in substantially lower OPEX because of controlled chemical dosing, recovery of fats as fuelsource and reduction of sludge-costs due to the dewatering which has given the customer the final decision to choose for the profitable business case, turning their wastewater into PROFIT.
The total system capacity will reach 9000 m3 / day of process wastewater and 500 m3 / day of rendering wastewater. In order to handle the additional load of wastewater, the expansion consists of a new filtration system, flocculation system, flotation system, a fifth digester tank, extension of the biological treatment system with two activated sludge flotation units About Nijhuis AECO-FAT and a new aerobic biological treatment system to treat the centrate water. As sludge minimization is a very important driver in wastewater Moreover, the existing plant will be upgraded with an i-DOSE system in order to optimize treatment, Nijhuis AECO-FAT recovers flotation sludge into the dosing of chemicals and reduce the operational time of the plant. The office of the fat, solids and water. The innovative solution consists of a Nijhuis plant manager, effluent coach and operators is also upgraded into a real Nijhuis dissolved air flotation unit, followed by a disconnector and separation system. With the recovery of fat, the Nijhuis AECOMODULUTION i-ACADEMY and i-MONITORING office center. FAT solution converts flotation sludge into valuable products and saves sludge disposal and chemical costs.
New wastewater treatment plant and sludge screw press realized at As do Mar in Italy The strict policy of raw material purchase allowed As do Mar to be the most sustainable tuna brand in Italy according to the special ranking released by Greenpeace in 2015 to be “Friend of the Sea” certified. A highly automated production plant in combination with a long tradition in tuna cleaning are the key factors supporting “As do Mar” premium products in the strong market competitiveness of recent years. Based on the results of a jar test, Nijhuis advised to build a flocculator, type PFR 100 combined with the IPF 135E flotation unit with a capacity of 110 m3/hr to discharge the water to the sewage system. The sludge is treated with the NSP, a Nijhuis screw press. The complete system will be connected with the NI-CONNECT, an in-house VPN router developed by Nijhuis. The 24/7 i-MONITORING is facilitated from the Nijhuis monitoring center in Doetinchem, the Netherlands to support the operator of the plant to continuously improve the reliability of the installation and keeping the life-cycle cost to a minimum.
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| MEAT, PROTEIN PROCESSING & AGRICULTURAL
Roskar upgrades their WWTP and optimize chemical dosing with Nijhuis i-DOSE system Roskar is one of the largest hatchery plants in the world, producing 2.6 million eggs every day. Due to the expansion of the production, increasing capacity and stricter effluent quality requirements, the existing WWTP installation has been upgraded with Nijhuis biological and polishing treatment solutions.
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The new WWTP upgrade reaches a COD discharge limit which is lower than 30mg/L. Nijhuis realized a new biological system (BIOCTOR-CONTINUOUS), sand filter (CSF) and a CarboPure (CP40) system in order to react the strict COD effluent requirement. Additionaly, in order to reduce the WWTP operational costs, Nijhuis installed an intelligent dosing system (i-DOSE) for the existing Nijhuis pre-treatment to optimize the chemical dosing and minimize the chemical consumption costs. The i-DOSE system ensures less operator attendance, which is highly desirable for Roskar, considering the large distance between the production plant and WWTP.
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Botanical Garden
Pre-treatment desalination
Russia
Singapore
Industrial turn-key wastewater treatment and power plant
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Egypt
the Netherlands
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