IndexLargest demineralised water plant

De Vries & van de Wiel

Pilot plant for the SOURCE project

Condensate Polishing project

On-site container treatment units

NieuWater ultrapure water project

GEA Westfalia to Sri Lanka

RO system in a 20ft container

Disc fi lter for the Deventer Municipality

Removal of medicine residues from sewer

Final nanofi ltration unit on Vlieland

Ball Packaging groundwater treatment

Logisticon expands again

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THE NETHERLANDS’ LARGEST DEMINERALISED WATER PLANT BUILT IN RECORD TIMEEvides Industry Water has had the Netherlands’

largest demineralised water plant (DWP) built

in the port of Rotterdam. It has a capacity of

1,400 m3/h. Whereas it would normally take

2.5 years to build a plant like DWP, this one was

designed, built and commissioned within the

record time of 14 months. As a result of the unique

cooperation between the contracting parties on

the construction team level, the water purifi cation

plant, as planned in the fi rst phase, was started

up well before the deadline. Lo gisticon Water

Treatment and its sister company Elmon Elektro-

techniek were responsible for the mechanical

and electro technical installation for the DWP

plant. Instructions have now also been given for

the second phase of the project.

Realisation in 2 phases

In 2008, Evides Industry Water started with

the design of a 1,400 m3/h demineralised water

plant: the Botlek DWP.

This plant will use water

from the Brielse Meer

(Lake Brielle), which will

be desalinated using

membrane fi ltration and

ion exchange technology.

Drinking water will be

used as the back-up raw

infl uent. The project was

split into two phases

because it had to be

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completed within a very short time

frame. The fi rst phase entailed the

construction of a complete DWP plant.

This is now producing demineralised

water from drinking water. The second

phase entails a unit for the pre treat-

ment of surface water from the Brielse

Meer which will go into operation in

early 2010.

The demineralised water from the DPW plant

is distributed through the existing deminer-

alised water net-

work to a number

of refi neries and

about 15 chemical

and petrochemical

companies. Evides

also supplies sof-

tened water to

Huntsman sepa-

rately.

Unique cooperation from design to delivery

The execution was based on a planning analysis,

the objective of which was to shorten the time

frame taken by each process component as far

as possible. The most important aspects are, of

course, delivery, assembly and commissioning

times, but also, and especially, the connection

between the process components. An extensive

3D design was made using as many “prefab”

parts as possible in order to maximise control

on the building site. This applied, for example, to

the RO skids, but also to the polypropylene fi lter

fronts Logisticon made in its own workshop.

The speed of construction was only possible

because of this unique cooperation.

High quality demineralised water

The demineralised water produced is of a high

quality. The quality of water ex works (includ-

ing 0.2 µS/cm and 30 ppb silica) is well within

the specifi cations.

Pump and control container for De Vries & van de WielOn the instructions of the Province of South Holland, De Vries & van de Wiel is currently decon-

taminating two areas (Geitenwei and Schanspolder) located close to the Hollandse IJssel near

Ouderkerk aan den IJssel in The Netherlands. The contaminated groundwater released during

excavation must be cleaned up before it can be discharged.

Because of the distance between the two sites, two separate water treatment plants

had to be used. De Vries & van de Wiel has bought one of them and leases the other from

Logisticon. Basically, they consist of 10-foot containers equipped with pumps, blowers, a

control switch board for sand fi ltration with automatically operated valves for the fi ltration

and backwashing of the sand fi lter. The capacity of the pumps is adjustable up to a maximum

of 30 m³/h. The size of the sand fi lter ultimately determines the capacity of a plant. The big

advantages of these versatile water treatment plants are that all the pumps and automatic

valves are protected from the frost in the containers and that the capacity can easily be

adjusted to suit any project.

Environmental

is distributed through the existing deminer-

Pump and control container for De Vries & van de Wiel

Logisticon delivers and operates pilot plant for SOURCE projectThe Aa and Maas Water Board in The

Netherlands initiated the develop-

ment of a processing concept for

reducing the emission of nitrogen,

phosphate and medicines to the

surface water. To this end, it cooper-

ated with the Southern Agricultural

and Market Gardening Organisation

(ZLTO), the Foundation for Applied

Water Research (STOWA) and the

ministries of Agriculture, Nature and

Food Quality (LNV), Housing, Spatial

Planning and the Environment

(VROM) and Transport, Public Works

and Water Management (V&W). A

project named ‘SOURCE’ was set up

for this purpose: SimultaneOUs Reuse

of nutrients and removal of human

and veterinary pharmaCEuticals.

A test plant is being tested in accord-

ance with the SOURCE concept at

the Land van Cuijk waste water treat-

ment plant in Haps, The Netherlands

for about a year. In this process,

animal manure is pre-treated together

with human urine (collected at a

hospital). Subsequently, the phos-

phate is fi xed and recovered in the

form of granular struvite (Magnesium

Ammonium Phosphate) using Akwa-

dok’s NuReSys® nutrient recovery

system and ammonia is removed

with a low-energy biological system

(Grontmij’s Demon®). Medi-

cines and hormones are then

removed from the water fl ow

using an advanced treatment

involving ozone and activated

carbon fi ltration.

In addition to producing

a detailed design, Logisticon

was instructed to build, lease

and operate the plant. The job

included detail engineering,

building and providing technical

support in the SOURCE project and

executing it with an over-all measur-

ing, data storage and management

system with the possibility of control

and monitoring at a distance. The

study was given a festive launch on

7 October 2010.

(Grontmij’s Demon®). Medi-

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Condensate polishing for Neste Oil at the E.on power stationThere has recently been an increase

in the number of projects based on

cooperation between companies

in the Rotterdam harbour area. For

instance the production and delivery

of demineralised water by Evides

Industry Water to various industries

in the port of Rotterdam (DWP) and

another is the Condensate Polishing

Unit project (CTU). This last project

entails the improvement of Neste

Oil’s used return condensate by E.on

for boiler feed water. The condensate

must be stripped of oily contaminants

primarily released during the produc-

tion of Neste Oil’s palm oil. Other

oils released in the processing of,

for example, soybeans and stearine

from palm oil must, however, also be

taken into account.

This plant, with a capacity of 65 m3/h

(2x60%), will treat condensate with

a temperature of 97 °C. The specifi -

cations are, however, much higher,

so that all the equipment has been

designed to process condensate

with a temperature of 125 °C under

a pressure of 10 bar. The mechani-

cal components of the plant must,

moreover, be able to operate for

8,760 h annually for a period of

25 years. Operation of the plant

may only be interrupted for planned

stops. Two parallel activated carbon

units have, therefore, been designed

and built. The backwashing with

demineralised water in these units

is fully automatic. Logisticon also

delivered and installed the pre-

fi ltration, gas collectors, buffer tank

with nitrogen blanket, fl ush tank

and pumps, instrumentation and all

the steel pipes and pressure pipes

on the site. The electro technical

installation was carried out by Elmon

Electrotechniek, one of Logisticon’s

sister companies. With

this project, Logisticon

has further expanded

its fi eld with pressure

driven, high tempera-

ture water/condensate

systems.

and built. The backwashing with

fi ltration, gas collectors, buffer tank

with nitrogen blanket, fl ush tank

and pumps, instrumentation and all

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Water treatment plant in 30-ftcontainer forOnsite NVOn the instructions of the Belgian

company Onsite N.V., Logisticon

has built a new groundwater treat-

ment plant for a large in-situ soil

remediation project which will be

running the coming years. Because

the treatment plant is located next

to the client’s offi ce building, as

many components as possible had

to be built into an insulated container.

The groundwater is treated by means

of sand fi ltration (for iron removal),

air-stripped using a plate aerator and

polished by granulated active carbon

fi ltration. The challenging aspect of

this project was the high iron content

(greater than 50 mg/l) in the ground-

water. The capacity of the plant is

15 m³/h and it is built into a 30-ft

container. All the air from the plate

aerator is cleaned with activated

carbon. The air fi lters with activated

carbon have been placed on top of

the container because of the limited

space and to facilitate the changing

of fi lters.

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er Extensive chemical storage and dosing facilities for NieuWaterNieuWater B.V.’s ultra pure water

project is unique in the water world.

This is the fi rst time that effl uent

(from the Emmen waste water treat-

ment plant, The Netherlands) has

been processed into ultra pure water

(UPW). It is also the fi rst time so

many complex process

steps such as ultra

fi ltration, biological

active granular carbon

fi ltration, double pass

reverse osmosis and

continuous de ionisation

have all been used in

such a project together. Because of

the technology chosen, the use of

chemicals is minimised. However,

to ensure continuous supply, a com-

prehensive chemical dosing plant

has also been opted for. This can

be used in the event that there is

an un expected deterioration in the

quality of the effl uent from the waste

water treatment plant, if the biologi-

cal active carbon fi ltration fails or in

any other contingency. The point is

that this plant will only be needed to

bridge short periods, should problems

arise. The continuity in supplies of

ultra pure water to the NAM for oil

extraction in Schoonebeek is of great

economic importance. Logisticon

has never before designed and built

dosing devices for 9 different chemi-

cals in one single project. In high

tech water treatment of this kind,

it is very important to monitor any

possible contaminant strictly. The

chemical dosing devices are housed

in a separate building and the central

storage and dosing devices are

located in a separate acid and caustic

department. As a result, a total of

around 3 km of dosing piping had to

be constructed.

Double-walled piping has been

used for safety and environmen-

tal reasons. Particular attention has

been paid to the couplings between

the reinforced hoses and equipment.

Comprehensive pressure testing

has, of course, been carried out and

a leak detection system has been

installed to guarantee safety.

This size of this plant (the largest

storage tanks are 5 and 10 m3) is

not its most striking

characteristic. The chal-

lenge lay in the hand-

ling of small amounts

safely (drums of up to

30 litres) and highly

accurate measurement

and dosing.

GEA WestfaliaSeparator decanters for Biwater project in Sri LankaFor activities of Negombo Water

Supply, a drinking water company in

Sri Lanka, Biwater Contracting has

been awarded a contract to the value

of EUR 34m. The activities concern

the design, construction and start

up of an extension to the existing

drinking water plant, distribution

network and storage reservoirs. In

turn, Biwater has instructed GEA

Westfalia Separator Netherlands BV

in Cuijk to deliver a complete plant

for the dewatering of sludge.

This plant will dewater the thickened

sludge arising as a result of coagu-

lation with aluminium during the

production of drinking water. GEA

Westfalia Separator has designed

a complete Plug & Play container

unit and executed its engineering

together with Logisticon. This 30-ft

container contains all the requisite

equipment, including two UCD 305

decanters, a polymer production unit,

pumps and the entire controls. The

unit will process approximately 5 m3

aluminium sludge per hour.

Biwater chose GEA Westfalia Sepa-

rator as partner because it was able

to supply a complete solution, includ-

ing the possibility of testing the unit

with sludge prior to shipment, and

the possibility of training for the staff

involved. Logisticon played a crucial

role here, and this, along with the

professional project management

and the quality of the works, were

the deciding factors in awarding

the contract to GEA Westfalia and

Lo gisticon Water Treatment.

This project is being co-fi nanced with

development funds from the Dutch

government.

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Mobile reverse osmosis unit in 20-ft container

Building a reverse osmosis

(RO) unit with a capacity of

100 m3/h in a mobile 20-foot

high cube container was quite

a challenge. It was clear that

all the components had to fi t

into the container, but easy

maintenance and accessibility

during operation were even

more important. To this end,

a detailed 3D design was

required in advance. Logisticon

has been using the software

programme Solidworks, with a

comprehensive library, for this

purpose for several years now.

Ultimately the whole container

was given a double fl oor, doors on

both sides and an additional wicket

door on one side. The RO unit was

also equipped with an automatic

cleaning fi lter, high-fl ow cartridge

fi lters, high pressure pump with

frequency converter and 2 chemical

dosing units. All the piping was

constructed in stain-

less steel 316L.

In the end, two

complete mobile

RO containers were

delivered to the client

in record time.

dosing units. All the piping was

Waste water

The municipality of Deventer commissioned Logisticon Water Treatment B.V. and Pannekoek

GWW to jointly deliver an effl uent treatment plant at the waste water treatment plant in

Deventer, The Netherlands. After a test period and a tendering procedure, the parties involved

opted for a DynaDisc fi lter with a capacity of 600 m3/h.

The project was the result of a waste water purifi cation agreement concluded between the

municipality of Deventer and the Groot Salland Water Board. The purpose of this agreement

was to reduce the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in the effl uent water in question. In this

case, the municipality of Deventer was the client and it transferred the project management

for the realisation, management and maintenance of the fi lter after commissioning to the

Groot Salland Water Board. The DynaDisc plant was designed to remove a total of 19,700 kg

COD annually. This COD, consisting primarily of suspended particles, is fi ltered off at the disc

First disc fi lter in the Netherlandsfor improving sewage effl uent

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As yet, little of the residual medicine which ends up in waste water through urine and faeces is removed.

The current generation of waste water treatment plants are insuffi ciently equipped to break down

these substances in the treatment process. They can, however, be removed at various places. This can

be realised at the district water boards’ waste water treatment plants or at the places where the medi-

cine residues are highest, so that the effects of treatment specifi cally for this purpose are maximised.

The concentration of medicine residues is highest at for instance hospitals and health care institutions.

Groot Salland Water Board in Zwolle, The Netherlands has acknowledged this problem and has

started a project to investigate how to tackle it. This is known as the SLIK project (Sanitary discharge

at Isala Clinics) which is part of a larger European cooperation project PILLS (Pharmaceutical Inputs

and eLimination from Local Sources).

A process design was fi rst drawn up by Grontmij. Ultimately, Logisticon Water Treatment was

commissioned to design in detail, build and commission the greater part of this treatment plant to-

gether with its subcontractors Elmon Electrotechniek and MWH. The core of

the plant consists of a new, unique low-energy Membrane Biological Reactor

(MBR) system based on BioAir™ technology. This comprises the pumping of

water and biological sludge through 8 mm membrane straws. This MBR plant

is used as a component in a complete waste water treatment plant which,

roughly speaking, consists of a pre fi ltration, biological treatment, a BioAir™-

type MBR and a post-treatment with ozone/UV and activated carbon. The

ultimate objective is to treat the waste water locally with a compact MBR and

to remove the residual medicine with the post-treatment.

Removal of medicine residues from sewage water

commissioned to design in detail, build and commission the greater part of this treatment plant to-

on the inside of the fi lter by means of special 10-micron fi lter fabric. The clean effl uent from the disc

fi lter is then discharged into the IJssel by means of gravity. The suspended particles trapped in the

fi lter are then transported back to the beginning of the waste water treatment process. Essential

aspects of the design are that the energy consumption and the fl ow of fl ushing water returned to

the waste water treatment plant are minimised.

The civil activities were carried out by Pannekoek GWW, and the design and mechanical and electrical

engineering activities by Logisticon Water Treatment B.V. The fi lter itself was supplied by Nordic

Water Benelux.

The disc fi lter plant was offi cially opened on 13 September 2010 by alderman Jos Pierey and

chairman of the water board council Herman Dijk.

The plant performs better than the requirements

laid down.

The disc fi lter plant was offi cially opened on 13 September 2010 by alderman Jos Pierey andThe disc fi lter plant was offi cially opened on 13 September 2010 by alderman Jos Pierey and

West Frisian islands ready for the future: Final nano fi ltration unit installed on VlielandVitens is responsible for the drinking

water supplies on the West Frisian

islands Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland

and Schiermonnikoog. In 2005, Vitens

started with the expansion of treat-

ment facilities on Terschelling by

installing 2 Logisticon anaerobic nano

fi ltration (NFI) plants in temporary

accommodation. In addition to re-

moving iron and manganese, the

particular objectives of these units

were to remove colour and soften

the water. They are part of the overall

drinking water preparation in which

groundwater is treated, in the tra-

ditional manner, by rapid fi ltration.

After this temporary expansion on

Terschelling, the defi nitive expansion

and renovation of the production

plant on Terschelling and two produc-

tion plants on Ameland were tackled.

The West Frisian islands Schiermon-

nikoog and Vlieland followed. The

last anaerobic nano fi ltration was de-

livered on Vlieland early 2011. This

last step completed the renovation

of Vitens’ drinking water production

plants on the West Frisian islands.

In this project, Logisticon delivered a

total of 8 highly specifi c NFIs, all of

which function satisfactorily.

A special aspect of the design of

these anaerobic nanofi ltration plants

is that each one has a variable capac-

ity of between 2 and 22 m3/h, split up

into 2 lines. Incidentally, the nanofi l-

tration plant on Vlieland is larger than

the others and has a variable capacity

of 3 – 33 m3/h.

Another special feature of these wa-

ter treatment plants is that they are all

automatically cleaned by a Cleaning

In Place (CIP) unit so that anti-scalant

no longer has to be used. The need

for cleaning is determined in the con-

trols by trending of the functioning

of the plant. Each plant is a tour de

force in terms of con-

trols. The latter ensure

that a minimum of

manpower is required

to operate and main-

tain the plants.

total of 8 highly specifi c NFIs, all of

which function satisfactorily.

A special aspect of the design of

these anaerobic nanofi ltration plants

is that each one has a variable capac-

ity of between 2 and 22 m

into 2 lines. Incidentally, the nanofi l-

tration plant on Vlieland is larger than

the others and has a variable capacity

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Groundwater treatment for Ball Packaging EuropeBall Packaging Europe in Oss com-

missioned Logisticon Water Treat-

ment to design, build and commis-

sion a groundwater treatment plant

with a maximum capacity of 16 m³/h.

Ball Packaging Europe is one of the

biggest manufacturers of cans for

the food industry.

After purifi cation, the groundwater is

used for pre-rinsing cans, as cooling

water and as feed water for the

RO units. The groundwater contains

various elements including iron and

manganese. The levels of these

elements are reduced until they

are equal to drinking water norms.

Effective removal of iron and man-

ganese is achieved using two special

sand fi lters, connected in series.

Moreover, the water is softened

and intensively aerated with a plate

aerator to remove substances such

as CO2 and is ultimately disinfected.

Once it has been treated, the quality

of the water is comparable with

softened drinking water. The ground-

water treatment plant means that

Ball Packaging Europe makes sub-

stantial savings on an annual basis.

The entire plant was built on frames,

wired up and installed as elements in

workshop of Logisticon in advance.

This meant that the plant could be

delivered and commissioned quickly

and started up without interrupting

production.

The entire plant was built on frames,

wired up and installed as elements in

workshop of Logisticon in advance.

This meant that the plant could be

delivered and commissioned quickly

and started up without interrupting

production.

Colofon‘LogistiContour’ is a publication of:

Logisticon Water Treatment b.v.

Energieweg 2, 2964 LE

Industrieterrein Gelkenes

P.O. Box 38, 2964 ZG

Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands

Telephone: +31 (0) 184 - 60 82 60

Fax: +31 (0) 184 - 60 82 80

E-mail: water@logisticon.com

Website: www.logisticon.com

© 2011

Logisticon Water Treatment expanding againLogisticon has been growing steadily during

the last few years. In 2006, it was necessary

to expand the site by 5000 m2 and replace the

gantry crane in order to be able to store all the

rental equipment effi ciently. Two years later, in

2008, the offi ce was also expanded by around

300 m2. The next extension has also recently

been fi nalised. The expansion of the rental

fl eet – mainly with pilot and test plants – means

that more frost-free storage space inside is

required. An area of approximately 600 m2

and a 5-ton gantry crane have, therefore, been

added to the buildings.

Investments have also been made in various

pieces of production equipment. These include

an orbital welding robot, a T-drill machine,

welding systems for plastics for larger dia-

meters and mobile workshops. Environmental

factors and the improvement of working

conditions were also looked at. The lighting

in the workshop was replaced, resulting in an

improvement in the light yield of 28% and an

annual energy saving of 17,900 kWh. A large,

new air cleaner was also installed. This con-

tinually cleans the air in the workshop and, by

recycling it, ensures that no warmth is lost

during cold periods.

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