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'On the Way to Zero Discharge' is One of the Themes Presented by Alfa Laval at IFAT 2016PUNE, India, April 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- At the IFAT exhibition in Munich, Germany, from May 30 to June 3, Alfa Laval will present a complete spectrum of technologies and services that help process industries reduce their environmental footprint from water and waste streams by maximizing reuse of water, by turning waste to value and by minimizing energy consumption and waste. Most industrial processes consume lots of water - a scarce resource. They also generate waste that needs to be treated in order to meet tough requirements, keep the license to operate and perhaps even extend capacity. On the positive side, waste streams often contain valuable resources from the main process, which can be recycled. Alfa Laval has considerably expanded its portfolio and now offers a wide variety of technologies for industrial water and waste treatment. Many of these are on display at Alfa Laval's stand A1.251 and 01A.11 at IFAT 2016 in Munich. On-site wastewater treatment - also an untapped water resource Industrial wastewater varies considerably in specification. Often it is not accepted by the municipal wastewater treatment plant so either pre-treatment or complete on-site treatment is needed. At the same time, a world population growing by 75 million every year combined with disappearing natural water resources is a serious challenge. By 2025, two billion people will be without access to fresh water. So every litre saved - or recovered for reuse - in process industries is welcome. In fact, wastewater is an untapped water resource that more and more companies want to explore. Alfa Laval offers many treatment methods to help meet legislation and make water reuse happen.
Waste-to-value - Recover water and other valuable products Valuable products are normally lost in waste streams. Alfa Laval can help convert cost to profit and offer various solutions to recover water and other products of value that can be recycled or sold.
Waste dewatering - Reduce the amount of waste for disposal by up to 90% The liquid content of sludge from on-site waterworks, industrial wastewater treatment and waste from operations has a high impact on disposal costs. Alfa Laval offers numerous technologies, including new gravity and press equipment, to effectively separate the liquid phases and achieve a high level of dry solids content, significantly reducing the amount of waste - and thereby costs for transport, disposal and drying. Cost- and energy-efficient Alfa Laval sludge thickening and dewatering equipment are used to reduce waste volumes in numerous industrial applications such as food, beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, paper, oil and gas, power, electronics and many more:
Some of these technologies can also be used for mud dewatering (biological and non-biological), mine tailings, pond clean-up and dredging. Thermal sludge treatment - a short cut to cost saving, heat recovery, Class A compost and biogas Pre-heating of wastewater sludge using Alfa Laval spiral and tube-in-tube heat exchangers prior to dewatering can cut costs and provide an opportunity for heat recovery. Alfa Laval thermal equipment can also be used for sludge digestion to produce biogas and for sludge hydrolysis and pasteurization to meet even the most stringent environmental legislation and obtain class A or B sludge quality suitable for reuse as compost or fertilizer. For some types of industrial waste, e.g. pharmaceutical, pasteurization of wastewater sludge is a must. Discover more at IFAT and join the Alfa Laval press breakfast Visitors to IFAT will have the opportunity to hear much more about the new industrial water and waste treatment solutions from the company's experts at Alfa Laval's stand A1.251, where a number of products are on display. At IFAT Alfa Laval will host a press breakfast at stand A1.251 in hall A1Tuesday May 31 at 08.30. Want to join? Please contact [email protected]. For more information, see http://www.alfalaval.com/IFAT2016 For more information, please contact Patrick Horner, Application Specialist, Industrial Water & Waste Technology, Mobile: +45 2777 8438, [email protected] Annette Risberg, Communication Manager Water & Waste Treatment, Mobile +45 2777 8539, [email protected] For more information about Alfa Laval's solutions for industrial water and waste treatment, please visit http://www.alfalaval.com/industries/water-waste-treatment/industrial-water-and-waste-treatment/. About Alfa Laval Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. The company's equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol. Alfa Laval's products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration applications. Alfa Laval's worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena. Alfa Laval is listed on NASDAQ: OMX, and, in 2015, posted annual sales of about SEK 39.7 billion (approx. 4.25 billion Euros). The company has about 17,500 employees. Media Contact: |