• UF modules from German inge watertechnologies AG set to treat 80,000 m³ of water a day
Membrane resilience is a key criterion
Making sure that the membrane you choose is highly resilient is a crucial factor -- especially when it comes to a major project involving the treatment of 80,000 m" of water a day. That is why the Italian plant construction firm Bernardinello Engineering S.p.A. chose to use the patented Multibore membrane from the acclaimed technology leader inge watertechnologies AG when they built the water treatment facility for a steel works run by Emirates Steel Industries in Mussafah, the industrial quarter of Abu Dhabi. The project to expand the plant will now see a total of 574 dizzer® 5000 plus modules -- each featuring a 50m" membrane surface area -- coming online from 2011 onwards in a layout of seven racks. The job of these modules is to pretreat the seawater to prepare it for reverse osmosis. The treated water is required for the steel production process. The UF facility is also used to treat the 'blowdown water' from the steel works' cooling towers.
Ralf Krüger, the sales manager responsible for this project at inge watertechnologies AG, sums up what is required: "The mixture of seawater and process water in the treatment facility makes this project particularly challenging. Approximately 10 percent of the feedwater comes from the production process. The specific requirements stipulated for this facility included achieving SDI values below two -- even though the raw water often has an SDI value in excess of 15. Fortunately the technology we supply is capable of reliably ensuring that kind of performance over the long term."
As the CEO of inge watertechnologies Bruno Steis notes, the fact that inge watertechnologies offers a five-year warranty against membrane fiber breakage shows that the company's quality claims are not just an empty promise. He adds: "More than 500 plants around the globe are equipped with our patented, German-made technology. Our ultrafiltration systems have been working perfectly for more than seven years, and we have never had a single case of fiber breakage."
About inge watertechnologies AG
The company inge watertechnologies AG, based in the town of Greifenberg near Munich in Bavaria, Germany, employs more than 80 staff and is the world's leading provider of ultrafiltration technology, a membrane process used to treat drinking water, process water, wastewater and sea water. Web: www.inge.ag
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