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Water Treatment Optimization - Case Study

Drinking water treatment in North America has stringent requirements for effluent water quality, with a great amount of attention being drawn to the presence of hazardous disinfection by-products (DBPs) persisting through water distribution systems. The operation of water treatment plants involves addition of various mixing agents to help with coagulation and settling of organics in the raw water ...

Jun. 29, 2017

By MANTECH

Process-generated contaminants

Overview: There is not currently a formal and universally recognised definition of a process-generated substance. Process-generated contaminants can be generated as emissions from combustion processes, abrasion and/or other processes that physically or chemically degrade or otherwise modify the starting material(s), e.g. degradation/composting of organic materials. Such ...

Jul. 20, 2017

By European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Maintenance To-Do: Coil Cleaning

A coil-cleaning program should be an integral part of maintaining some kinds of process cooling equipment. Most people think of coil cleaning as a building or facility prepares to turn on the air-conditioners for another season. Admittedly, spring is a perfect time to put such cleaning and maintenance at the top of the to-do list. Condenser and evaporator coils are an integral part of HVAC ...

Jun. 28, 2017

By Evapco Inc.

Verification of nuclear power plants safety systems

Although safety is and has always been the primary objective for the nuclear community, it happens that the established practices for verification of nuclear plants' safety systems fail to provide reliable knowledge. The traditional investigation techniques have proven to be insufficient in their attempts to solve the problems and to prevent new failures. In this paper, difficulties in performing ...

Feb. 1, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Safety corner - Ergonomic considerations for the wastewater treatment plant

If you have ever had your golf swing assessed or changed the height on your desk chair, you have had an ergonomic experience. Ergonomics is an assessment of work spaces to reduce physical injury produced by repetitive job requirements. Ergonomics considerations cross every work type, from golf pros to lab technicians. Review of body mechanics while performing a job, with options of change to ...

Dec. 1, 2009

By GillTrading.com, Inc.

Managing Process Safety in Ageing Plants to Limit Risk

Deteriorating components lead to premature failure and unsafe conditions Most industrial plants in the UK and Europe were built between 1960 and 1980 and were expected to operate for no more than 40 years. However, many are still operating today - several years past their expected life span. A lot of equipment is being still used in accordance with the initially selected design ...

Jun. 9, 2015

By Elfab Limited

Comfort and safety

Type HOFGAS® - Ready/C 300 Commissioning 2004Site Moncorneil (FR) Situation Moncorneil is a medium-sized landfill near Toulouse. A heating boiler is to be operated with landfill gas and the acquired heat is used for leachate treatment. In view of the complete landfill design the customer demands a container construction with remote monitoring of the plant. ...

Jan. 5, 2009

By Hofstetter BV

Employee Safety

Employee Safety The following is a summary of accidents that occurred and were documented by OSHA and city management. The average total cost for a common slip and fall accident is $41,000 and the average death reimbursement is $950,000 (NIOSH 2001 data): Multiple Deaths Caused by ...

Feb. 9, 2009

By GillTrading.com, Inc.

Safety Training and Environmental Safety for Workers

Safety training is a necessary part of an employment environment since it helps workers to remain free from harm and injury while performing their duties in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a governmental agency that mandates, educates and enforces workplace safety practices for specific fields of employment. Employees typically learn how to safely ...

Jul. 11, 2013

By OSEA

Pesticide Safety

Where I live, in eastern, northern, southeastern Pennsylvania (you figure it out), nights are beginning to chill. I've noticed this for two reasons. First, the temperature is dipping below 50. Second, insects have begun finding their way inside the house. We capture most of the little buggers and release them but sooner or later someone reaches for a pesticide. We've already dealt with fleas on ...

Jan. 1, 1999

Surprise - You are the New Plant Safety Person! Now What? - Case Study

Advice for when you are new to EHS and have to hit the ground running Much to your surprise, you have suddenly become the new plant safety person. And on top of that, you have little or no background in safety! Unfortunately with downsizing/right-sizing and budget cuts, this kind of move has become increasingly common ...

Aug. 29, 2016

By Antea Group - USA

Water Plant’s Investment in GTI Covers Brings Both Operational and Safety Benefits

The Utility: The Griswold Water Treatment Plant is part of Aurora Water, the utility that manages water and wastewater in the city of Aurora, Colorado, USA. This direct filtration plant treats 80 million gallons of water per day (302,800 m³/d). The Utility’s Needs: Originally built in 1965, the Griswold Water Treatment Plant had undergone ...

Dec. 22, 2015

By Geomembrane Technologies Inc. (GTI)

Low cost retrofit of bag dump station upgrades safety, productivity at plant

ArrMaz Custom Chemicals produces specialty chemicals for the mining, water treatment, fertilizer, asphalt, and construction industries at its manufacturing facility in Mulberry, Florida. In addition to extensive quality control and customer service programs, the company has implemented a “Total Safety Culture” procedure to protect both its employees and the subtropical ecosystem of ...

Jan. 20, 2010

By Flexicon Corporation

Safety aspects of future nuclear desalination plants: IAEA activities and world efforts

The use of nuclear reactors for seawater desalination has been investigated extensively for more than ten years and various designs of nuclear reactors have been proposed for future nuclear desalination plants. All such plants should satisfy recent safety requirements. In this paper, we firstly review the general safety requirements to be imposed on future nuclear desalination plants. Secondly, ...

Jan. 30, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Methods of observing the safety and some special features of catalytic power plants

In the present paper, two construction methods for observing safety of catalytic boilers with fixed and fluidised bed are presented. They are connected with using the fuel nozzles cooled by water and the flame extinction filters. The experiments confirmed their positive effect. The article also contains the descriptions of some features of catalytic thermal power plants concerning their capacity ...

Dec. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Instrumented Safety: The right balance

The different functional safety guides and standards such as IEC61508/511, which impose formal schemes for the safety instrumented functions (SIF), have brought significant safety gains to the process industry over the last 30 years. Still, we can observe a drift in the application of those standards, which often leads to increased costs, loss of operability, and, more worrying, a false ...

Sep. 4, 2015

By Behavioral Science Technology, Inc. (BST)

Gas Safety in Confined Spaces

Introduction An offshore worker ensures a vessel is safe to enter; a plant manager enters a small plant room; a contractor inspects the lining of a sewage pipe. All these personnel face common dangers, despite working in widely different industries. Gas-related injury poses a serious threat in any confined space where the free movement of air is limited. A confined space ...

Apr. 30, 2012

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd - a Halma company

Food Safety with a Side of ROI

Ken’s Foods invests in wastewater processing system and serves up efficiency and dependability in the process. What started out as a signature dish in a restaurant more than 65 years ago has today become a company with over 400 varieties of salad dressings and sauces. When Ken’s Steakhouse began in 1941, the owners were in search of a special salad and dressing to go with their steaks. ...

Nov. 1, 2007

By World Water Works, Inc.

Operational and decommissioning safety

The paper highlights the safety aspects during the operational and the decommissioning stages of a nuclear power station. It discusses the safety issues that must be taken into account starting from the design stage until the final restoration of the site. Also, the safety of the plant extension life is mentioned.Keywords: decommissioning safety, operational stage, plant life extension, exchange ...

Jan. 9, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Gas Safety in Confined Spaces

Introduction A confined space is any space large enough for someone to enter and perform assigned work, which has limited means of entry or exit, and which is not designed for continuous worker occupancy. This covers just about every industry, including utilities, construction, hydrocarbon exploration and processing, petrochemicals, marine, agriculture, food processing and brewing, as ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd - a Halma company

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