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FIGHTING POLLUTION AFTER THE FIRE AT CHEMIE PACK IN MOERDIJK

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The water used to extinguish the fi re at Chemie Pack in Moerdijk ended up in local ditches and

harbours carrying all kinds of pollutants. As soon as this was ascertained, the ditches and harbours

were closed off to prevent further spread to the surface water and the Hollands Diep. Logisticon had

already been asked to come up with a quick solution during the fi re. Ultimately, the fi rst plant, with

a capacity of 100 m3/h, was delivered and working within 24 hours of receiving the order. The day

after the fi re, another plant, with a capacity of 400 m3/h, had to be

brought in too. This was also realised in record time, that is, 28 hours.

After the water in the harbours had been released for navigation,

a start was made on fl ushing and cleaning the water in the ditches.

This last plant was equipped with telemetry to enable remote

monitoring of the process.

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Fighting pollution at Chemie Pack

Rietlanden Terminals

Polished water ROs for DBFO

Refurbishing at Vierlingsbeek

Reverse Osmosis for TengizChevrOil

Mobile membrane cleaning Evides IW

Ultrafi ltration as pretreatment

Groundwater treatment for EMK terrain

Pretreatment DWP Phase II

Demon plant for energy-effi cient

ammonia removal

Mobile CIP unit for rental fl eet

Bavaria expands

Vertical RO unit in groundwater well

Refurbish of softening plant for Dunea

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Terrain water treatment plantsat Rietlanden TerminalsLogisticon was approached by Riet-

landen Terminals B.V. as early as

2008 to have a look at its terrain water

problems in Amsterdam. The problem

here involved coal-dust, sulphur and

heavy metals, substances which must

be prevented from spreading into

the surface water. In order to continue

meeting the legislation and regulations

imposed pursuant to the discharge

permit (under the Pollution of Surface

Waters Act), the company sought a

rapid solution. According to Sjaak

Stengs, the Health, Safety, Environment

and Quality manager at Rietlanden

Terminals B.V., the most important

reasons for doing business with

Logisticon was that Rietlanden did

not have any experience with water

treatment and that Logisticon was

quickly able to provide an adequate

solution. In the fi rst instance, the

full-scale pilot water treatment plants

were installed by Logisticon on a

were installed by Logisticon on a

rental basis, and were operated by

an external organisation. Various

expansions and modifi cations were

carried out on the plants to ensure

stable operations.

In 2010, Rietlanden Terminals B.V.

decided to replace the existing rented

plants, to purchase four plants

from Logisticon and to take over

the operations of the plants itself.

The reason for this was the great

importance of the reliability of the

water treatment plants from the point

of view of the operation as well as the

plant. “These water treatment plants,

which function well, ensure that the

terminals remain dry and that there is

no loss of quality of the stored coal.

The most recent modifi cations we

introduced together with Logisticon

entailed the installation of measuring

boxes in the water treatment plants to

enable us to measure the quality and

the quantity of waste water online.

This online measuring means that

we can intervene proactively in the

event of deviations so our discharges

continually meet the requirements”

Stengs explained.

“Environmental requirements for the

discharge of waste water will become

stricter in the future and we need a

good relationship between user and

water treatment experts. Logisticon

can provide this.”

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Water footprint: The water footprint is defined as the total volume of fresh water which is used to make the goods and services consumed or produced by a company. Examples: 300 litres of water are required to produce 1 litre of beer and 15,400 litres of water are required to produce 1 kg of meat. Source: Water Footprint Network.

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At the end of December 2011, BASF Antwerp

and Evides Industriewater concluded a new

Design Build Finance & Operate (DBFO)

contract for the supply of demineralised water

with an extremely low Total Organic Carbon

(TOC) content: polished demineralised water.

This is an expansion of the existing supply

contract for annually approximately 10 mil-

lion m³ of process water and 2.5 million m³

of demineralised water which is produced by

using of ion exchange technology. Although

the water quality fell well within the

specifi cations, there was a need for a

higher quality for a number of high pressure

steam applications: with, in particular,

a reduction of the TOC content of the

demineralised water. Research showed

reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology

to be the most effective method for a

substantial reduction in the TOC content,

that is, below 50 ppb. Since speed was

of the essence, Evides submitted a

binding budget for the construction of new

RO plants within a few weeks and installed

mobile RO plants in the meantime. Logisticon,

in turn, received an order from Evides to

realise the detail engineering, construction

and delivery of two polished water RO plants

and interconnecting piping, each with a

capacity of 300 m³/h, within six months.

Evides was responsible for the entire plant,

including related equipment, such as the

building, controls, interconnecting piping and

auto mation, in fact, everything but the

foundations.

New polished water reverse osmosis for Evides IW DBFO contract

reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology

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Refurbishing of Vierlingsbeek drinking water siteBrabant Water is responsible for the

extraction, production and distribution

of tap water to more than 2.4 million

residents and the industrial community

in the province of North Brabant.

Besides clean fresh tap water, Brabant

Water also provides various types of

water for industrial applications.

In addition to building new softening

plants, Brabant Water also wishes to

renovate plants at various drinking

water production sites.

The renovation of Vierlingsbeek drin-

king water production site into a fee-

der/booster has been going on since

the end of 2011 without interruption

to the supply of drinking water, being

a condition for the job.

An unusual aspect about the refur-

bishing is that this pumping station will

function as an in-line pressure booster

and that it is also equipped with a

clean water cellar in order to be able

to guarantee the necessary security

of supply. Practically all of the mecha-

nical and electrotechnical parts of the

existing pumping station will have to

be replaced to this end.

Logisticon, together with its project

partners, Klokbouw, De Poort and

Elmon Elektrotechniek, were awarded

the contract for this refurbishing.

Logisticon has made a comprehensive

3-D detail design as a result of which

it is possible to plan the complex

phases of the project meticulously

so that the conversion can take place

without interruptions to the drinking

water supplies. Furthermore, an

energy-effi cient design, which was

comprehensively evaluated by

Brabant Water in the preliminary

draft phase, has, together with

Logisticon, been further optimised

for additional

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savings.

Process WaterProcess Water

Extensive reverse osmosis plantfor TengizChevrOilBecause there is very little natural fresh water, if any, in Tengiz, Kazakhstan, and because water is

brought in by hundreds of kilometres of pipeline, it is expensive. Witteveen+Bos Kazakhstan has

designed a waste water recycling plant for TengizChevrOil (TCO). In it, several steps are used to

recycle as much waste water as possible for use as feed water for industrial plants. Logisticon

was awarded the contract for skid mounted reverse osmosis plants with a comprehensive

Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) unit. After the water has been pretreated with granular

activated carbon, it will be polished for reuse. The know-how acquired at the

Emmen Ultra Pure Water Factory (NieuWater) Logisticon helped to build in the past,

will be used for the design of the plant.

The complete plant must meet TCO’s extremely strict and extensive requirements

and has a capacity of 5,000 m³ per day. The delivery of the plant is planned for the

fi rst quarter of 2013.

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Mobile membrane cleaning unit for Evides Industriewater

Evides Industriewater owns

and manages a great many fi xed

and mobile membrane plants.

These membrane plants do

not all have their own Clean-

In-Place (CIP) unit. Logisticon

has designed and built a mobile

energy-efficient membrane

cleaning unit for the rapid, simple

cleaning of these plants. In addition

to the necessary power supplies, the

heat from an integrated diesel generator

is also used to heat the CIP liquids. This

means that energy savings of up to as

much as 30% can be achieved.

The membranes are

cleaned faster and more

effi ciently because the

CIP liquids are heated up.

The pumps, piping work,

chemical dosage units,

insulated storage tanks,

heat exchangers, fi lters,

controls and diesel generator, with fuel

tank, are all integrated in an insulated

20-foot-high cube container. This plug

and play unit is therefore completely

self-supporting and can be deployed

very quickly at any location.

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Logisticon Water Treatment was

instructed by Nalco to realise the

pretreatment of the demineralised

water plant on the Yara site in

Le Havre, France. Yara manufactures

ammonium and urea, amongst other

products. The demineralised water

plant is fully operated

by Nalco. Comprehen-

sive pilot tests were

carried out in Le Havre

prior to this contract.

On the basis of this

research, ultrafi ltra-

tion (UF) was opted

for. The expansion of

this pretreatment has

greatly improved the

operational reliability

of the demineralised

water plant.

The new UF unit, with Inge

Multibore® Dizzer® XL 0.9 MB60W

membranes, is able to handle a

maximum of 220 m³/h and to replace

the entire existing pretreatment

during normal operational conditions.

Moreover, Nalco can now increase

the demineralised water production

by 50% during peak consumption.

Logisticon Water Treatment has in-

tegrated all of the new pretreatment

equipment, including CO2 stripping

towers, chemical dosage units and

tanks in Nalco’s existing deminera-

lised water plant. During the activities,

the existing plant had to continue to

operate at 100% capacity.

EnvironmentalEnvironmental

Groundwater remediation for the EMK siteAt the end of 2011, a new groundwater

remediation plant was jointly designed

and realised by Logisticon and Rasen-

berg Milieutechniek in Terheijden.

This plant was built as a groundwater

control measure for Exploitatie Maat-

schappij Krimpen (EMK) on its site in

Krimpen aan den IJssel. Rasenberg

Milieutechniek will be implementing

this control measure in the next four

years. The soil at the EMK site is

severely polluted as a result of indus-

trial activities in the past and contains

a cocktail of volatile aromatics (BTEX),

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

(PAHs), pesticides and heavy metals.

Strict discharge standards apply to all

of these substances. The EMK site will

be isolated, managed and controlled

so that the pollution cannot seep to

the surrounding areas.

The water pumped up will be cleaned

before it is discharged. The plant,

which has a capacity of 10 m3/h, can

be controlled and operated remotely,

through the internet, by means of a

T-box Programmable Logic Controller

(PLC).

It is possible for people to be allergic to water. This is a very rare illness: �Aquagene Urticaria, and it causes itchy bumps if the skin comes into contact with water.

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Pretreatment for DWP Phase IIThe largest demineralised water plant in

the Netherlands (DWP Botlek phase I),

built earlier by Evides Industriewater in

close cooperation with Logisticon, has

now been in operation for two years.

Since August 2011, surface water from

the nearby Brielse Meer has been used

as the primary source for the production

of the high quality demineralised water.

To this end, Evides Industriewater

developed a pretreatment plant com-

prising a combination of fl occulation,

dissolved air fl otation and fi ltration

(DAFF) and sludge treatment using

a lamella separator and decanter.

This plant was also built by Evides

Industriewater, along with various partners

including Logisticon (mechanical units)

and Elmon (electrotechnical components).

The treatment plant, which has a capacity

of more than 2000 m³/h, was implemented

using an industrial building method.

The project included above and

below ground high-density

polyethylene (HDPE) piping

up to DN1000. The project

design was realised by Evides

Industriewater and Logisticon

working as a joint construction

team. This is now a proven con-

cept for the two parties and it

enables maximum quality, tight

planning and monitoring of the

construction costs.

working as a joint construction

team. This is now a proven con-

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An energy-effi cient ammonium removal plant, in the form of a Demon unit, has been built for

Hoogheemraadschap (Water Board) De Stichtse Rijnlanden at the Nieuwegein sewage-

treatment plant. The plant uses ANaerobic AMMonium OXidation (Anammox) bacteria

to convert the fi ltrate from the sludge dewatering into nitrogen gas. Preliminary research

carried out earlier showed that the technology using Anammox bacteria was the best way

to save energy. This, and the fact that it obviates the need to dose a carbon source, is why

HDSR opted for deammonifi cation (Demon). The main contractor was GMB, Grontmij

being responsible for the process design and Logisticon for the mechanical installation.

The technology was developed at the University

of Innsbruck and works according to the principle

of nitritation/deammonifi cation. This entails the

conversion of ammonia into nitrogen via the nitrite

route, as a result of which 50 to 60% of the

energy costs can be saved compared with the

traditional conversion of ammonia. The fi rst plant

of this kind in the Netherlands, and at that

moment largest in Europe, was designed and

built at the Apeldoorn sewage-treatment plant by

the building consortium Grontmij/Logisticon for

Waterschap Veluwe in 2009.

Demon plant for energy-effi cientammonium removal

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Logisticon Verhuur has added an additional Clean-In-Place (CIP)

unit for the cleaning of membrane plants to its rental fl eet.

This unit, with its integrated hot water and chemicals tank, is

eminently suitable for cleaning the membranes in small and

medium-sized reverse osmosis and nanofi ltration plants, but can

also be used to restore the quality and capacity of microfi ltration

and ultrafi ltration membranes.

Mobile CIP unit for rental fl eet

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Bavaria expands capacity of brewing water production Bavaria in Lieshout, one of the oldest

breweries in the Netherlands, instructed

Logisticon Water Treatment

to expand the existing pre-

paration of brewing water

from spring water by an

extra line with a capacity of

150 m³/h. Broadly speaking,

the contract comprised a

complete brewing water

preparation plant consisting

of an aeration/degassing

tower, a large sand fi lter (for

the simultaneous removal

of Fe++ and Mn++) with a

diameter of 5 m, with the related

booster, transport and backwashing

pumps. An unusual aspect of the design

was special pH regulation of the ae-

ration and degassing tower so that

optimum operation of the sand fi lter

could be realised.

Because Logisticon was able to

meet Bavaria’s high requirements,

in addition to the contract for the re-

moval of Fe++ and Mn++ , it was also

given the contract for a wide range

of modifi cations in the water buil-

ding. These activities compromised

a polishing fi lter with a capacity of

20 m³/h for the removal of manga-

nese, various pumping sections, the

delivery of new stainless steel con-

necting piping varying in diameter

from DN100-DN500 between the

various water storage tanks and an

automatic Clean-In-Place (CIP) ma-

nifold with stainless steel piping for

the two new nanofi ltration units.

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The PURO (an abbreviation of the Dutch term for ‘well’ and reverse osmosis, Put-RO) is a

deep well, of approximately hundred metres in depth, especially drilled to accommodate

a complete compact RO unit installed vertically. The idea arose from cooperation between

Delft University of Technology, water companies Oasen and Waternet, drilling company

Haitjema and Logisticon Water Treatment.

Groundwater can be treated in a single step with reverse osmosis membranes. Extensive

pretreatment therefore becomes unnecessary. The water is treated underground and only

clean, fresh water is pumped up to the surface. This concept is expected to yield up to 40%

energy savings. During the realisation, close coordination will be sought with provincial,

and other, authorities in order to safeguard the legal aspects and the regulations. If the

test is successful, this concept will be suitable for use by water companies such as Oasen

and Waternet, but also by glasshouse companies in the Westland, for example, who are

obliged to search for alternative solutions to their RO plants.

Vertical RO plant in a groundwater well

Would you like a glass of fresh water? Yes please!

Colofon‘LogistiContour’ is a publication of:

Logisticon Water Treatment b.v.

Energieweg 2, 2964 LE

Industrieterrein Gelkenes

P.O. Box 38, 2964 ZG

Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0) 184 - 60 82 60

Fax: +31 (0) 184 - 60 82 80

E-mail: water@logisticon.com

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Refurbishing of softening plant for DuneaOn 1 November 2010, the building consortium

BAM Techniek - BAM Civiel - Logisticon Water

Treatment was instructed by drinking

water authority Dunea to refurbish its

20-year-old softening plant at the Scheveningen

production site. The existing softening reactors

used lime to bind Calcium and Magnesium

and, thus, to reduce the hardness of the

drinking water. The lime is currently being

replaced by caustic soda, which is more

environmentally friendly, requires less main-

tenance and is more suitable for fully automatic

operations. Other modifi cations were also neces-

sary because, in future, garnet sand is to be used

as seeding material instead of river sand. The

controls are also being modifi ed for fully auto-

matic operation. Because water production has

had to continue throughout the activities, the

refurbishment has been carried out in phases

so that suffi cient capacity has always been

available. This has meant that communication

and coordination between all the parties con-

cerned has had to be optimised. The progress

so far is that, after one year, fi ve of the seven

reactors have been converted. This means that

the switch has actually been made and that the

project is on schedule. During the remaining

period, the last two reactors will be converted,

the original plants will be removed and

the components will be installed in their fi nal

positions.

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