MechChem Africa September-October 2022

⎪ Water, wastewater and pumping solutions ⎪

cling, the product flows are all reduced to nominal 50% of the flow, thereby resulting in less freshwater consumption. “A typical purified water system has an overall water recovery of 70%, which means 30 litres of water goes to drain for every 70 litres of purified water produced. In comparison, only 8 litres of water goes to drain for the same production volume, when an Orion ® S-Series is employed, thanks to its 90% recovery system,” explains Xu. The technology includes integrated re covery reverse osmosis (RO), which takes reject water and recovers waste to recycle up to 90% overall. It also features an RO Reject Recycle Pump that recycles and re-pressurises the RO rejects back into the high-pressure feed. Through pressure con servation, the overall energy requirement is greatly reduced. Energy and water efficiencies are dis played on all Orion ® models. This feature allows operators to monitor performance instantaneously and react quickly to any inefficiencies. In addition to Orion ® , Veolia offers the IonPROTM LX, a compact, a plug-and-play system capable of producing a constant supply of 500 to 1 000 litres per hour of purified water, suitable for small scale applications; and the Polaris water distiller, which produces water for injection

• Digital platforms enable more efficient water management. For efficient water management, Veolia’s digital monitoring tool, Hubgrade, has be come extremely popular since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It features a range of different service modules, ranging from basic data collection to a 24-hour support service from Veolia engineers. Embedded predictive maintenance features such as targeted alerts along with logs of previ ous maintenance can help staff to make informed decisions on minimum needs. “On the operational side, alarms can be divided into critical and non-critical to enable man agers to take action quickly, appropriately and remotely, tomitigate risks,” explains Xu. The Veol i a team has seen a trend towards the outsourcing of non-core activities, such as water, waste and en ergy management , to companies wi th specialised expertise that can operate and maintain the facilities more effectively and proactively. “Besides cost-savings and regulatory compliance benefits, the access to guaranteed availability and qual ity utility supply is very attractive. This is because it truly allows the manufacturing sites to focus on their core businesses,” concludes Murray. www.veolia.com

and highly purified water. Veolia has worked with the largest mul tinational pharmaceutical manufacturers globally, not only as a provider of specialist and technical services, but also as a partner in the management of water, waste and energy. “With access to global expertise and best practices across all industries, we give customers peace of mind with guaranteed cost reduction, improved utilities avail ability, regulatory compliance, and reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions. Our customers receive consistent risk ap praisal, reporting and governance,” explains Xu. With a presence on-site, Veolia is able to provide value-added services such as optimisation studies in water usage, waste management and recycling. Veolia services include: Operation and maintenance of all utili ties and infrastructure, including HVAC in Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and non-GMP areas, solvent recovery facilities, water for injection (WFI) and steamproduc tion, cooling towers and chillers. • Calibration services. • Operation and maintenance of the complete water cycle. • Management of hazardous and non hazardous Waste Lab Services.

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