In the following case study, AERZEN’s technology provides increased efficiency resulting in significantly lower OPEX for a wastewater treatment company, while also reducing CO2 emissions and waste, leading to greener wastewater treatment.
Operational efficiency, reliability should be priorities in wastewater treatment plants. Consequently, there has been a prominent focus on being more efficient and reducing carbon footprints. How can sewage treatment works contribute to helping the environment?
One way is by being energy efficient and reducing CO2 emissions. Owing to a collaboration between Air Technology, an independent energy adviser, and AERZEN, a specialist manufacturer of compressed air, gas and vacuum solutions, the sewage treatment plant in this case study did exactly that and more.
The site reduced its carbon footprint and became more cost and energy efficient, in line with the customer‘s missions. How did AERZEN help accomplish this?
The solution
The efficient, reliable, and innovative Turbo.
Air Technology’s mission: to identify and propose measures to improve operating efficiency and productivity, therefore saving money, reducing pollution, and avoiding the wastage of the earth’s valuable, natural resources.
The end user is a company that treats wastewater for over eight million people. They entrusted Air Technology to find a suitable solution. AERZEN was contacted to look for a reliable and efficient solution tailored to suit the sewage treatment works.
AERZEN supplied 3 Turbo G5plus blowers (3 x AT150 0.8S DN250), which modernised the plant, as they replaced the competitor’s aging blowers that were consuming a lot of energy.
Whilst these works were going on, the client involved AERZEN Rental to avoid downtime, who supplied, the end user with 2 BVO 55000 skid-mounted assemblies. However, the site did not need to hire for long as AERZEN only had a lead time of 4 weeks.
The result
AERZEN’s customer successfully installed the quieter AERZEN Turbo G5plus blowers. The site is now 21% more energy efficient, and the pay back can be made in under 3 years. AERZEN received great feedback from Air Technology’s Technical Director, Ian Moore, “It’s looking like a really good installation, and it is quieter and more efficient than the old system”.
The AERZEN Turbo G5 plus is an innovative product that is reliable, energy efficient and low maintenance. AERZEN’s Turbo G5plus has an extremely compact design. Another outstanding feature is the innovative AERZEN air foil bearings with double coating and the multilevel frequency converter technology, which reduces the heat loss in the motor to a minimum, improving the total efficiency significantly.
Summary
AERZEN’s Turbo G5 plus Blower has helped Air Technology accomplish its mission. The end user will be making savings of over £20,000 per year, helping them to continue to treat water for many communities. Optimisation was made affordable and climate-friendly wastewater treatment was achieved.
AERZEN provides tailor-made solutions. Visit the company’s website for more details.
