Chemical plants that manufacture or otherwise process chemicals (on a
large-scale) face unique challenges when it comes to wastewater management. While the equipment, technology
and processes used at chemical plants varies, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water Act requires plants
to meet certain performance standards aimed at water pollution prevention and treatment.
Under the Act, the EPA has implemented pollution control programs such as establishing wastewater standards that require wastewater to be virtually free of oil and other contaminants. Chemical plants that don’t...
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This Oil Skimmers, Inc. customer has been a producer of highly
refined mineral oils for more than a century. The company’s white oil products, which are used in the
formulation of lotions, creams, ointments and hand cleansers, require large amounts of water to make. The
oily water from the refining process, along with tank washdowns and runoff, adds up to a substantial
wastewater challenge. In an effort to improve its wastewater treatment process and increase overall plant
efficiency, the...
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Oil skimmer reduces cost, increases performance and decreases material waste
Food manufacturers
are tasked with managing oil in the wastewater from their manufacturing processes on an ongoing basis.
Recently, a privately-held snack food manufacturer that produces potato chips established a goal to increase chip production by 20 percent. However, increasing production also meant increasing the amount of cooking oil discharged into the wastewater from washing the fryers used to cook the chips....
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In the steel manufacturing industry, waterborne oil is a pervasive issue. Mill managers, maintenance managers and process engineers are under pressure to keep facilities up and running, and on budget.
However, the nature of steel manufacturing poses its own unique set of challenges for effective oil removal. It’s a high capital, continuous process...
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A steady flow of technological innovations in electronics,
construction, healthcare and other fields is driving the resurgence of copper mining throughout the world.
In Peru alone, copper production jumped nine percent in the first three months of 2014.* Industry observers
predict that the demand for copper will continue to grow at a fast clip for at least the next five years.
Along with the boom comes an increased need for effective water...
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