Shanghai, China, November 2, 2012-Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has been awarded by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) for its OPUS® and HPD technologies for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD ) applications and Biothane Biobed® EGSB technology as the Core Technologies of Environmental Protection and Clean Production in China Petroleum and Chemical industry.
The award was handed out in Nanjing last month during the National Petroleum and Chemical Industry New Technologies, New Products and New Equipment for Environmental Protection and Clean Production Seminar 2012.
Zhou Zhuye, Vice Secretary, CPCIF addressed, "The mature technologies for energy saving, clean production, and waste water treatment are greatly in need in terms of quantity and effectiveness, especially for treating the high concentration and non-degradable waste water in petroleum and chemical industry. The government, association, environmental service providers, and petroleum and chemical companies should work together to strengthen the research & development and roll-out of these technologies and accelerate the speed of China petroleum and chemical industry upgrade through implementing clean production and developing sustainable economy ."
Out of more than 200 applications, Veolia's innovative technologies have been recognized as key to help China petroleum and chemical industry meet the requirements of energy saving and emission reduction in line with the 12th Five-year Plan and are now listed in the Catalogue of Core Technologies for Environmental Protection and Clean Production in Petroleum and Chemical Industry which was published during the event.
OPUS®, a Veolia proprietary technology, is an Optimized Pretreatment and Unique Separation process for desalination of feed water with high concentrations of silica, organics, hardness, boron and particulates. This unique technology generates high quality water with a low waste volume especially for refinery wastewater reuse applications.
In the chemical and hydrocarbon processing industries, HPD technologies for evaporation and crystallization are critical to various production processes. Designed specifically for the unique requirements of the industry, these processes recover large volumes of water for beneficial reuse, minimize waste volumes, recovery of by-products, and provide flexible options for solid waste disposal.
Biothane Biobed® EGSB is widely accepted as a BAT standard (best available technology) for anaerobic treatment of wastewater. It is an extremely compact, high performance anaerobic treatment process for industrial effluents using granular sludge. With more than 30 references in the chemical industry, it is very reliable and sustainable.
"It is our honor to support CPCIF to improve the environmental pollution and help China Petroleum and Chemical Industry to achieve the 12th Five-year plan target by contributing our expertise and experience in industrial waste water treatment. With our global experience and strong local team, we provide a complete range of services required to design, build, operate, maintain, upgrade and manage water and wastewater treatment facilities and systems to China industrial customers. The recognition by CPCIF further strengthens our leadership in water treatment market, and we are dedicated to help China manufacturing industry to achieve healthy growth and sustainability", stated Laurent CUNY, Vice President, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, China Industrial.