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THE MAGAZINE FOR ABS CUSTOMERS NO. 1 - 2001

ContraBlock
Next Generation of Blockage-free Pumping

Award-winning
Pragues main SWTP:

Agitators Save Energy

Paper Mill in Taiwan

Clean Water
Secure Life for Future Generations
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IN THIS ISSUE Challenging Responsibility 3

Trouble-free Pumping with ContraBlock The Next Generation of Blockage-free Pumping
You hold in your hand a new issue of ABS Partners, where as usual you will find case stories, applications and interesting pump, mixer and aerator installations from all round the world. The magazine also covers a lot of different areas, with everything from water and wastewater solutions, various industries, such as pulp & paper, oil and automobiles, and construction projects of large dams and tunnels.
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Haindl Papier
Pioneer in Recycling

Better Environment
New Biological Treatment Process

The genuine flavour of Modena Clean Water

Secure Life for f orFuture FutureGenerations Generations

No More Pollution in Pingdingshan, China

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Taiwan paper mill cares for the Environment

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ABS Agitators Save Energy

Pragues main SWTP

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Dewatering pumps for the Madrid Underground

Several of the articles in this issue cover the environment. This is, of course, natural when you supply products for water and wastewater treatment, and are involved in solutions that affect the development of communities and even change the lives of people. Some discouraging information on this subject can be found in the article on pages 6 7. For example the fact that almost 1.5 billion people in the world live without clean water, and that over 2 billion people still do not have access to satisfactory wastewater treatment. These facts are a challenging responsibility for any company involved in this area. It makes you realise that the whole environmental issue covers so much more than just having environmental-friendly production with focus on sustainability, energy-saving and reliable products, and a strong environmental awareness in general. What we, as a company, always strive to do is to follow the policy of cost-effective pumping. In this concept, we include the entire idea of Life Cycle Cost with its cornerstones reliability and efficient solutions over time. As an example, on page 10, you can read about sewage treatment in Prague, where the agitator solution saves the city 30,000 EURO annually per digester. We will continue focus on developing and offering environmental-friendly solutions that provides the lowest possible LCC, to all corners of the Earth.

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ABS Partners is the Magazine for ABS Customers. Cover Photo Maslennikov/Pressens Bild The photo shows a night view of the famous Charles Bridge in Prague. See more information in the article on page 10. All other photos without a byline in the magazine are the property of ABS. Publisher Editor Thomas Widstrand Maria Bergving thomas.widstrand@abspumps.com maria.bergving@abspumps.com helene.gunnarsson@abspumps.com

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Rene Lindqvist, Peter Bonn, Fredrik Eide, Jim Meyler, Petra Gnedler, Annika Albertsson, David Vinjau, Perry del Medico

ABS Head Office, Kroksltts Parkgata 4, Box 2056, SE-431 02 Mlndal, Sweden www.abspumps.com ABS is a company in the Cardo Group Tel: +46 31 83 63 00 Fax: +46 31 18 49 06 E-mail: info@abspumps.com ABS is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of pumps, mixers and aerators, specialising in Water & Wastewater, General Industry, Pulp & Paper and Building Services. Our extensive world-wide sales and service companies operate in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

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Trouble-free Pumping
with ContraBlock
The province of Leinster, Ireland, has solved its problems with blocking pumps: Thanks to the ContraBlock, we have a dramatic reduction in call-outs says Ed Bolger, Executive Technician of the Environmental Department.

ABS launches the

Next Generation
of Blockage-free Pumping
Blockage-free operation has already been proven in more than one million installations world-wide. ABS is now launching the Next Generation of the ContraBlock, with even higher efficiency and improved non-clogging features.

In one particular example in the resort area of Rosslare, there was a problem with continuous RELIABLE OPERATION blockage of IS CRITICAL two 3 kW closed single A key element is the fact that most channelpumps. of the stations are unmanned and The county must function reliably with only freedom from blockage plus the high council routine maintenance. From a The hydraulic efficiency provide us with the replaced them perspective of both cost efficiency lowest life cycle cost Ed Bolger explains. with two and social aspects, the ability to ContraBlockTM models from ABS, AFP operate without blockage is critical. Nobody 1041 M30/4 which are DN 100 pumps wants to be called out in the middle of the with 3 kW motors. night to clear a blocked pump in a sewage Not only was the blockage problem lifting station. solved, but also the pumped volume imIndeed, it has been calculated that proved due to the effective sealing method three or four call-outs would equal the price in the pedestal design, Ed Bolger explains. of the pump! says Executive Technician
DURABLE EFFICIENCY

ocated in the south-east corner of the province of Leinster, the county of Wexford has an area of about 2,000 square kilometres and a population of 110,000 people. The county seat has 20,000 inhabitants while the rest of the population lives in smaller towns or in rural areas. The scattered population means that a large number of pumping station needed many with pumps in the 2 kW to 6 kW range and DN 100 discharge sizes.

of the Environmental Department, Ed Bolger. In addition, overflowing pump stations would constitute a major environmental hazard.
NO MORE BLOCKAGE

atented for the first time over 30 years ago, the ContraBlock system has been continually developed and improved, giving it a unique position in blockage-free pumping.
FIELD AND CLOGGING TESTS

The new ContraBlock system has gone through field tests at various locations in Europe, the USA and Asia. Extensive laboratory tests, including witness clogging tests by the well-known test institute LGA in Germany, have also been undertaken. Among the items tested were towels, cloths, rubbish sacks, hygiene articles, plastic bottles and shoes. The tests showed not only that the pumps did not block, but that the pumped articles were not cut up they had only a small amount of wear and tear, and were easily retained by a screen typically located at the inlet to a treatment plant.
EFFICIENCY TESTS

Tests have also been carried out to measure the efficiency and clogging characteristics of various types of hydraulics used in sewage pumps.
% 100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20

Resistance to Blockage Initial Efficiency

The county council had used a number of various pumps over the years, but learned from experience that the ABS ContraBlock TM system was the most reliable,Bolger adds.

Nobody wants to be called out in the middle of the night to clear a blocked pump.
The ContraBlock acts as an anti-blockage device with an open single or multiblade impeller revolving on a spiralled groove, ensuring that solids or fibres are transported through the pump without blockage.

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Single channel Twin channel closed closed

Vortex

Cutter

Twin channel ContraBlock open (80 - 100 m m (40 mm solids) solids)

The initial efficiency is high, and the possibility to easily restore efficiency through the adjustable wear plate makes it also a durable solution over time.The freedom from blockage plus high hydraulic efficiency provide us with the lowest life cycle cost, Ed Bolger concludes.

The tests were done with single channel, twin channel (both closed and open), vortex, cutter and ContraBlock impellers for DN 100 to DN 150 pumps. The test results showed that the ContraBlock system had the best combination of resistance to blockage and efficiency. The ContraBlock system is available in various discharge sizes from DN 80 to DN 300 on pumps from 1.3 kW to 100 kW.
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Haindl Papier:

Pioneer in Recycling
In 1999, Haindl Papier GmbH in Germany was awarded the European Recycling Award for their innovative work with recycled paper and product intregrated environmental protection. Even the new PM 3 machine at the Augsburg mill, called the most modern paper machine in the world, is part of an environmental policy which involves the whole Haindl Group.

aindl began using recycled paper as raw material as early as the thirties. The technical break-through came in 1962, when one of the Haindl mills launched one of the first de-inking lines (for removing printing ink from paper) in the world. A main part of the companys research has since then been focused on various aspects of recycled paper, such as using recycling even in high quality paper production. One example is the Haindl mill which produces paper containing of 100% recycled paper for printing dailies . The company estimates that about 900,000 tonnes of wood (dry weight) are saved annually thanks to this recycling method!
NEW PAPER MACHINE IN AUGSBURG

of the press section weighs 93 tonnes and there is a total of 10,000 control circuits for machine control. The machine went on stream in June last year and is now producing 400,000 tonnes of LWC-paper a year, the highest quality among the m a s s printing paper for catalogues and journals.
PUMPS AND AGITATORS FOR PM 3

to get the best result: dynamic seals, double mechanical seals and single seals, depending on the application. All mechanical seals were built into servicefriendly seal cartridges. Special measures were taken to reduce the costs of energy and water to the seals, without affecting pump reliability in any way.
NEW CONCEPT

In order to enhance the recycling paper concept even further, in 1999 Haindl invested about DM 800 million in a new paper machine, PM 3, in Augsburg, Bavaria. The machine has been labelled The most modern and innovative paper machine in the world.

The new, unique installation concept System PMI, Pump Mill Integration, both saves time and gives improved operating conditions, resulting in longer lifetime for the pump, seal and coupling.

Some data about the impressive machine project says that 200,000 man hours were used for research and development and that more than 40 people were members of the project team. Furthermore, about 1,000 people were involved in building and installing. The total weight of the machine is almost 6,000 tonnes, the central cylinder
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Additional A lot of savings were pumps are achieved in needed to using the fulfil all requirements for liquid transport new, free-standing baseplates of the System and handling in a paper mill, and ABS PMI, Pump Mill Integration. has supplied nearly 1,000 pumps to the All pump units of the PM 3 project Haindl Group over the years. have been mounted on heavy concrete For the new paper machine, more baseplates, positioned on stainless steel than 180 process pumps have been pads which stand free on the floor. installed, all made of stainless steel. As no planning or work connected Each type of liquid require its special with fixing and grouting of baseplates was pump type: for stock, ABS BA pumps are needed, both time and costs were saved used, for diluted stock NB pumps, and when these units were installed. The for contaminated liquids the FB pump is solution with pump, motor and baseplate the best alternative. To complete the as a free-standing single picture, a large, horizontally split, unit also minimises the double-flow Z22 pump was Both time and costs effects of pipe strain and installed in the water treatment stresses on alignment, were saved at the section. installation thanks to which means that costly 37 SCABA side entry maintenance and the System PMI downtime can then be agitators were also delivered for the PM 3. The agitators were selected avoided. Furthermore, a thanks to their guaranteed qualities in free-standing installation minimises the terms of energy consumption and effects of vibrations and shell sounds. sedimentation. Another positive feature is System PMI also allows flexibility for that its possible to overhaul the agitators, future needs. With no baseplates grouted even when the tank is full. to the floor, moving, relocating and upgrading pumps and/or motors can be SEALING RELIABILITY achieved without any civil works. Sealing the pump shaft is of vital importance to the reliability of the pump. Haindl Papier selected various seal types
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The Haindl Group has paper mills in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. All mills are certified according to the international standards ISO 14001 and 9001. The group employs 2,300 people and produces a total of 2.3 million tonnes of printing paper annually.

New Biological Treatment Process for a

Better Environment
Upgrade of WWTP in Modena, Italy
The wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Modena has recently been upgraded to meet new environmental standards. The upgrade has involved a new biological treatment module with ABS aerators for a reliable and efficient process.

he new biological treatment module parallel plug flow lines with preat the Sassuolo wastewater treatment denitrification and denitrification areas plant in the province of Modena, Italy, has for the reduction of biological oxygen and been carried out in order to depurate nitrogen compounds. polluted waste10 subwater and sewage mersible ABS has installed pumps, mixers and aerators for a population ABS aerators for the main operations in the plant equivalence (p/e) of type TRG, of 120,000. It has fed by two Denitrification been designed centrifugal 4 mixers type HYPOMIX 30-6 according to the blowers with Degassing most modern criteria changeable 2 mixers type HYPOMIX 10-6 and environflows at Recirculation of the Mixed Liquor mental-friendly 5,000 Nm3/h 4 recirculation pumps type RCP 5032 A 70/12 requirements. each, are Oxygenation System installed in 10 submersible aerators type 1200 TRG/A 150-4 EFFICIENT the tanks fed by 2 centrifugal blowers with changeable flow OXYGENATION at 5,000 Nm3/h each which are SYSTEM 6.5 metres Recirculation of Sludge The new module 4 submersible pumps type AFP 2021 M110/2 deep. The consists of two total volume

of the whole system is 10,300 m3; 3,700 m3 for denitrification and 6,600 m3 for nitrification. The tank shape together with the electromechanical equipment were selected and designed to obtain maximal efficiency of all units and, in particular, from the oxygenation system.
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

The renovation and upgrade of the total wastewater treatment plant in Modena was finalised during the first months of this year, with an extended plant capacity of 120,000 p/e. Thanks to the new biological treatment process, the effluent meets the high requirements in protecting the delicate natural environment of the Modena province.

The genuine

flavour of Modena

Local farms, pig farms and dairies depend on a well-functioning ecosystem and an unpolluted environment, so food lovers should be particularly grateful for all efforts made in the environmental protection of Modena and its countryside!

1/4 OF ITALYS PARMESAN PRODUCTION

AGEING PROCESS TAKES 12 - 25 YEARS

Balsamic vinegar represents one of the most authentic traditions of the area, and it has a history which goes back as far as the 11th century. Made from Trebbiano grapes grown in the hills of the Modena
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Traditional parmesan cheese has been produced for more than seven centuries. The province of Modena makes 1/4 of Italys officially certified cheese, protected by the local consortium, Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano. An immense amount

PHOTO: STADENER/PRESSENS BILD

odena is not only known as the home of Ferrari cars. Even the cuisine of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, is famous among gourmets all over the world with specialities, such as balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese, prosciutto (ham), salami, pasta and Lambrusco wine.

province, the delicious sweet and sour vinegar goes through an ageing process of 12 to 25, or even up to 100 years, before it is quality approved.

of milk is needed for the production it takes 16 litres of milk to produce only one kilogram of parmesan!
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Clean Water
Secure Life for Future Generations
Water is a prerequisite to all life on Earth. It is the most valuable resource we have and, at the same time, the one we most often take for granted. However, there are still more than 1 billion people who, today, live without clean drinking water! It is also important to take care of the water we have used, so that it can later be reused. Here the statistics are even worse more than 2 billion of the Earths population have yet to be provided with access to wastewater treatment!
bout 1.4 billion of the Earths population live without clean drinking water. More than 2.3 billion people still have no access to satisfactory wastewater treatment. Water that is returned to the natural environment is often heavily polluted and carries viruses and lifethreatening bacteria. It is estimated that 80 percent of all disease and more than a third of all deaths in the developing countries are caused by the consumption of polluted water. Additional depressing statistics say that about half of the Earths rivers and lakes are today seriously polluted.

HUGE EFFORTS REQUIRED

The serious shortage of fresh water and the ever worsening pollution of fresh water resources in many regions make the management of the worlds combined water resources an extremely demanding task. Huge efforts are required at several levels in order to maintain even and high quality throughout the cycle from water sources to the return of treated wastewater to the natural environment.
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

Agenda 21 is about creating a better world on the basis of environmental, social and economic considerations, and it covers everything from poverty and destruction of the forests to health and the management of water and wastewater.
GROWING NEEDS

The countries of the world are co-operating WATER IS in various ways NECESSARY FOR to solve these DEVELOPMENT h u g e All social and ecoproblems, and nomic activity is a series of strongly dependent collective efforts on a supply of fresh Fresh water is our most valuable resource and a prehave been made water and the requisite for securing the lives of future generations, but via organisaquality of this it is not a matter of course for all people in the world tions such as water. With a high the UN. From rate of population growth and increased a global perspective, the latest was the big economic productivity, many countries Earth Summit conference held in Rio in with scarce water resources soon reach a 1992 and the Agenda 21. ceiling for further economic development ACTION PLAN and a secure social welfare system. Fresh drinking water and wastewater Agenda 21 is an undertaking and a plan treatment are two basic prerequisites for of action for the development of the health and dignity. Every third person in Earths resources in advance of the 21st developing countries still lacks these bare century. All of the more than 150 necessities for their social and economic countries that took part in the Summit welfare. A secure water supply and environstand behind this important strategy mentally friendly wastewater treatment are document. It sets out how we are to of vital importance in order to protect the succeed in meeting todays needs, and at environment and to improve peoples state the same time ensure development for of health, as well as relieve poverty. future generations.
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The need for water and wastewater treatment is driven by factors such as more stringent quality requirements and new legislation. In light of Agenda 21, it is easy to understand that this market is constantly growing. Other incitements to growth are privatisation of the water industry, and urbanisation with its requirement for new and improved infrastructure. In established welfare societies, there is also a call for a modernisation and environmental tailoring of older existing systems in order to achieve better water quality. In general, wastewater treatment plants are never phased out; they are extended and upgraded to meet greater demands as the population grows. Even in Europe, approximately 30 percent of the population has yet to be connected to any municipal or state wastewater treatment plant.
GROWTH OBSTACLES

The main obstacles to rapid growth are lack of capital, often caused by political situations, municipal and central government budgetary restrictions, or
Even in Europe, about 30% of the population is not yet connected to any municipal or state wastewater treatment plant, Dan Drejenstam explains.

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worlds pump m a n u f a c t u re r s , therefore, assume a heavy responsibility for protecting the environment and helping to provide cleaner water, says Dan Drejenstam, head of ABS Water & Wastewater division. It is important that we take our role very seriously whereever in the world we operate, in order to help The worlds pump manufacturers assume a provide a secure heavy responsibility in order to provide a water supply and secure water supply and high quality wastewastewater treatment water treatment, Dan Drejenstam says. HEAVY of high quality. RESPONSIBILITY There are also additional areas in which pumps have an important role to Pumps are necessary to handle both play in improving peoples lives, such drinking water and wastewater. The simply the fact that other activities are given higher priority. The costs for meeting environmental directives in areas, such as the EU are often considerable. The industrial countries problems mainly concern wastewater treatment, while areas such as Africa and Asia have a severe shortage of fresh water. In the long term, we will probably see an even greater need for efficient water and wastewater solutions in line with the economic growth of the developing countries.

as flood protection, irrigation and, not least, treatment of industrial wastewater, Dan Drejenstam adds.
LIFE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

By focusing on cost-effective pumping, ABS wants to help make water and wastewater treatment as efficient as possible. The guiding principle in all our research and development is to produce highly efficient products that require a minimum of energy consumption and that are easy to install, manage and maintain, i.e. that in the long run provide the most cost-effective solution and the lowest Life Cycle Cost from all points of view. There is a long way to go yet before clean, fresh drinking water is a matter of course in all the countries of the world. With collective efforts, the vision of Agenda 21 can be realised: to live on the worlds resources, without, at the same time, depleting them to secure the lives of future generations.

T H E E C O - CY C L E
From Raw Water to Drinking Water
In order to provide people with access to drinking water, functioning distribution networks are needed in which raw water can be transported from water sources to treatment plants. In all cases where gravitation does not provide the motive force, pumps are required. There are often a number of pump stations that accumulate raw water and surface water, which is then transferred to a central treatment plant. In some cases, water is transported tens of kilometers from water sources to areas with a shortage of water or which are heavily populated. In order to be serviceable as drinking water, the water must pass through treatment plants for a purification process. The water is then pumped to households.

Wastewater Management
It is then important to manage water that has been used, and wastewater management is about collecting and treating the waste from toilets, sinks, bathtubs and drains. Used water is accumulated and transported to treatment works to undergo a clean-up process before being returned to the natural environment.

Mechanical Treatment
Wastewater is treated in a number of different stages. First, a mechanical treatment is carried out using screens that separate out rags, paper, pieces of wood and other trash. Sand and other heavier particles are separated by using a mostly aerated sand trap. Iron or aluminum salt can be added to precipitate phosphate in order to meet environmental restrictions of this fertilizer. Sometimes, a special flocculation tank is built where the need of mixers for good mixing and homogenisation is imperative. In the final stage of this mechanical treatment, wastewater passes slowly through primary sedimentation tanks, where the major part of unsoluted dirty sludge settles to the bottom.

Pumps, mixers and aerators are needed in various stages of the treatment process.

Micro-organisms Provide Biological Treatment

The following stage, the biological treatment, is more or less the heart of a modern treatment plant. This kind of treatment is affected by the metabolic activities of micro-organisms (bacteria, protozoa etc.) which float freely in the form of flocs in the basin. In this case, dissolved organic components, such as glucose and ammonia are biodegraded by reproducing micro-organisms and having products of lower energy. This means that the micro-organisms remove the

pollutants in a natural manner by using oxygen. The main part of biomass is returned from the clarifier for concentrating up to 3 g/l. In a special treatment in which no dissolved oxygen is needed, special micro-organisms remove nitrate another fertilizer by biodegradation. For these processes, mixers and aerators are used to circulate and aerate the liquids, not least to prevent adverse side-effects such as odors and sedimentation. Sedimentation prevents the treatment process from proceeding satisfactorily, as sludge that gathers in corners or on the bottom of the tanks before it has been sufficiently circulated, still contains some harmful substances. After the micro-organisms have done their job, the water is so clean that it can be returned to the natural environment with the aid of pumps and re-enter the Eco-cycle.

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Dewatering pumps for the

Madrid Underground
A huge project is underway in Madrid to connect five peripheral towns to the underground railway network. 187 JUMBO rental pumps are currently in operation, protecting the tunnels from flooding during the construction work.

he project to connect the five towns Alcorcn, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Leganes and Mstoles to the underground network system in Madrid, Spain, started up in October 2000. The construction of the 41 km long tunnel also involves 27 new underground stations.
SECURED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

At present, 187 rental pumps from ABS are in operation at different locations to secure smooth project development. The pumps are from the JUMBO

range of dewatering pumps, from < 1 kW up to 24 kW motors. Several portable JUMBO Sludge pumps are also in operation says Enrique Martnez, who has been coordinating the rental operations. The pumps protect the construction site from flooding and secure a reliable progress of the work, in order to complete it in time and, not least, to create a safe

environment for the workers.

FINALISED IN 2003

The ABS representative has a chat with one of the construction workers to ensure that the project is proceeding according to plan.

The tunnel project involves several construction and contracting firms, and the total project cost is estimated to be more than 900 MEURO. The project is planned to be finalised by March 2003.

The industrial city of Pingdingshan in China has found a solution that radically improves the environment and additionally encourages economical development in the area:

No More Pollution in Pingdingshan

The Pingdingshan wastewater treatment plant has a capacity for 30,000 m3 per day, serving an area of 41 km2 and a population of 440,000 people. The plant has recently been upgraded to a capacity of 150,000 m 3 China has numerous historical treasures, of which the best known is probably the per day. Chinese wall the only man-made structure which can be seen from the moon. In addition to the treatment plant upgrade, the project includs a sewage pipe network and a m i d w a y pumping station.
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ingdingshan is a heavy industrial city in the Henan province in eastern China. Pollution has been a major problem for the city and a threat to economic development and the quality of life.

sets of AFP 55 kW submersible booster pumps to the pumping station. While entering the plant, the wastewater is pumped to the grid chamber by 5 AFP 90 kW pumps.
PUMPS AND MIXERS

The effluent from the grid chamber flows into oxidation ditches, equipped with 6 ABS submersible FlowBooster. The wastewater treatment plant adopts oxidation ditches for one biological treatment process. Furthermore, several AFP pumps are installed in various locations of the plant. After the treatment process, the treated water is discharged into the river nearby the plant.
BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE

TREATMENT PROCESS

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The total project with the extensive treatment plant upgrade contributes to higher life quality for the inhabitants of Pingdingshan, and the industries can now continue to develop without deteriorating the environment.
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Kuan Yuan Paper mill in Taiwan cares for the

Environment
Environment protection is every companys responsibility says David Hsieh, Vice President at Kuan Yuan Paper Mfg in Taiwan. When Kuan Yuan in November last year bought 10 additional submersible aerators TA 601 for their effluent treatment plant, they strengthened their position in Taiwan as the leading paper mill in pollution control.

installed 21 ABS TA aerators in its effluent aiwan industries have, for the past 50 wastewater system when their mill in treatment plant. The TA is a self-aspirating years, been concentrating on developing Taichung was built in 1984. submersible aerator for wastewater and production and economic growth. This has Kuan Yuans way of minimising waste is water treatment. Thanks to optimum lead to a transformation of the society, but the most famous method inTaiwan and other aeration, no chemical treatment (e.g. some issues, like plants learn chemical precipitation for removing environmental ones, from their residual chemicals) is needed after bio have not attracted the example. treatment. same amount of attention What is The ABS aerators give the pre-treated during this period. important to effluent the optimum COD (Chemical This development consider for Oxygen Demand) and BOD (Biological forced the Taiwanese an environOxygen Demand) Charm says. government to regulate mentally industrial effluent reliable NATIONAL AWARDS treatment, and these days solution? The efforts have paid off: Today, the the companies have a Principally, wastewater from Kuan Yuans effluent new awareness of the C Y Charm, the ABS representative in Taiwan for many enough space plant is clean enough for raising carp! importance of a balance years, and David Hsieh, Vice President of Kuan Yuan is the rule of Paper Mfg have worked together with the award-winning David Hsieh adds. between economic effluent treatment system at the mill. thumb for growth and environgood effluent mental protection. treatment, says the Vice President of the mill, David Hsieh. The total area of Kuan The wastewater from ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Yuans effluent treatment plant is almost the Kuan Yuan effluent For the Kuan Yuan Paper mill, environone third of the mill area. mental protection is very important, and a plant is clean enough for EFFICIENT TREATMENT PROCESS lot of effort was put into making an effective raising carp! ABS representative in the area for many years, C Y Charm, has been deeply involved in the progress Kuan Yuan Paper Mfg made by the Kuan Yuan mill: Taichung Mill All the reject from the cleaner plants and the screening Product: plants is treated with separate Top quality coated duplex board thickening, filtering and Capacity: dewatering equipment. The An average of 420 tonnes per day Raw Material: polymer mixing and flocculent 50% local waste paper system is tailor-made by ABS, 50% European and American waste paper using a solution of SCABA Sales: agitators. The agitators mix Mainland China, South Asian countries and the raw effluent with polymer the domestic market to obtain optimum Kuan Yuan Paper Mfg was founded in 1964 by flocculation. The agitation As a paper producer, it is important to care for the environDavid Hsiehs grandfather, Chin-Lin Hsieh. gives very good prement says David Hsieh, the Kuan Yuan Vice President. Today, David Hsieh is the Vice President of sedimentation: the suspended the company. He is also Chairman of the board As a confirmation of its progress, Kuan solids after pre-sedimentation are of Taiwan TAPPI, the world-wide organisation for managers and engineers in the paper industry Yuan Mfg has received several national less than 30 mg/l. and related business. Together with the Taiwan awards from the government for its Export Trade Council, Taiwan TAPPI is planning NO CHEMICALS NEEDED water treatment and environmental a paper trade fair in the year 2002. protection. Kuan Yuan has, in the past few years,
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Pragues main SWTP:

ABS agitators Save Energy

Pragues main Sewage Water Treatment Plant (SWTP) purchased a number of SCABA agitators for their digesters last year. The agitators are now installed and have proven to be a very cost-effective solution compared with other ways of mixing, according to the Technical Director of Prague SWTP , Mr Cerych: The savings are in the range of 30,000 EURO annually per digester!
he Sewage Water Treatment Plant is dimensioned for a population equivalence (p/e) of 1,200,000 and covers the majority of Prague. It is located on an island in the river Moldau, which flows through the city.The Prague SWTP belongs to PWK, Prague Water and Sewerage Services Org-anisation, 66% of which is owned by Viv-endi Water.
THE DIGESTERS

The total theoretical volume of the six digesters of the first stage is 30,936 m3, and the working volume is 26,298 m3. Dosing into the digesters is done 3 times a day, with a maximum of 2,500 m3/day.
MORE EFFICIENT MIXING

MUCH LOWER ENERGY COSTS

The top entry agitators installed in Prague are of type DR85 with two propellers each, one large, 2.9 m in diameter, at the bottom to create the main flow, and one smaller,

The treatment plant contains twelve digesters, six of them belong to the first stage and the other six belong to the second treatment stage.

Before the new agitator installation, the mixing in the digesters was made by a combination of biogas and hydraulic mixing says Mr Cerych, the Technical Director of Prague SWTP. The rated power of a motor for the biogas mixing was 33 kW, and for the hydraulic mixing 44 kW. The agitators from ABS are designed to mix the whole tank without additional mixing. The rated power of the agitators are as little as 5.5 kW, which saves a lot of energy and costs: On a yearly basis, we save 60,000 DM or 30,000 EURO per digester! says Mr Cerych.
TAILOR-MADE FOR OPTIMUM RESULT

During the 13th and 14th centuries, Prague was one of Europes largest and most important cities. Today, Prague is a top tourist spot, attracting millions of people every year. The city is famous for its well-preserved buildings, with a city centre like a museum of 900 years of architecture representing Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Art Noveau design.

A representative from the Prague Sewage Water Treatment Plant on top of one of the digesters, after finalised SCABA agitator installation.

The digesters of the first stage are circle shaped with conical bottoms and made of reinforced concrete. The diameter of each digester is 20 m, and the height is 24 m, says Miroslav Podskalsky at the ABS distributor, ATER s.r.o., a company which has been representing ABS in the Czech Republic since the early 90s.
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2.3 m in diameter, close to the surface for breaking down surface sludge. The shaft is equipped with an ABS non-gas escape seal, and has a total length of 16 m. To The dry-installed ABS SCABA agitators ensure a safe process, the agitators are also are designed for stirring applications in equipped with water and wastewater, explosion-proof process, pulp and paper motors. industries; wherever a The agitators liquid is to be mixed were chosen mainly with another liquid, or thanks to their low with particles or gas. energy consumpSCABA agitators are of tion. They have a modular design which also proven to be can be combined with truly reliable, giving various types of drive a very smooth process units, seals and The digesters at the Prague SWTP are 24 m at the same time as impellers. high and 20 m in diameter. they are effective,, The fact that every Mr Cerych explains. In the long run, the agitator is tailor-made according to process savings of 60,000 DM per digester is a requirements gives optimum features and substantially low life cycle cost. process results in the specific application.
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California Dam Project

Ensured Water Supply for the City

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An unusual voyage...

of Solvang

during extensive excavation

In a state prone to earthquakes, building projects must make certain design adjustments to ensure measures are in place to protect people and property during a catastrophic earthquake. Such design methods were undertaken during the retrofit at the Bradbury Dam located on Lake Cachuma near Santa Barbara, California.

he Galapagos Islands are a fascinating corner of the world, where only a few inhabitants share the territory with turtles, iguanas and hundreds of bird species. The place became famous and well-known world-wide when Charles Darwin carried out research there, and the unique paradise islands are now visited by thousands of tourists every year. The Galapagos belongs to Ecuador and consist of more than a dozen islands. Today, the area is a National Park and Marine Biology Reserve, where environmental protection is a natural lifestyle. One of the largest islands is Santa Cruz, where several resorts are located. A Santa Cruz hotel recently purchased two AFP 1546 pumps for their sewage pumping station. The pumps had an unusual way of finding their final destination. The pumps were first sent from ABS manufacturing unit in Ireland to Cartagena in Colombia, and then on to Guayaquil in Ecuador. The trickiest part was then delivering them to Santa Cruz. The Galapagos are located in the Pacific Ocean right on the equator and more than 1,000 kilometres from the continent. The solution was a Hercules C-130 carrier from the Ecuadorian Air Force, which was released by the government to transport the pumps and accessories to the Galapagos. But, if it was easy to load the plane with the pumps, using the cranes at the airport in Guayaquil, imagine how difficult it was to unload and transport them to the pumping station in a place without any facilities; no cranes, no trucks, no roads. The only way was to hire natives who unloaded the pumps with their own bare hands and then transported them on their shoulders for about 6 kilometres. The AFP pumps had a long and unusual journey, but are now in place and installed to serve all the tourists visiting this Pacific Ocean paradise.

The problem:
All of the soil at the base of the dam needed to be removed due to a condition called alluvium which allows soil to liquefy under the extreme forces that can occur during earthquakes. To accomplish this, the groundwater table had to be lowered so that excavation could take place at the base of the dam. Since 5,000 residents in the city of Solvang receive their water supply from this dam, measures were taken during this three-month project to assure that their service would not be interrupted.

The solution:
ABS was contacted to design a system that would allow peak and off-peak usage, and continuous operation of the water supply during the retrofit. The system consisted of two 95 hp (70 kW) submersible JUMBO 604 HV pumps, complete with electrical panels and 1,000 ft (300 m) of power and control cables. The pump system produced a flow rate of 3,500 USgpm (220 l/s) with 100% standby capacity. The pumps were floated out on the lake on a barge, and installed at a depth of 65 ft (20 m) below the waters surface. Piping was installed on the top of the barge and connected to a 21,000 gallon (8,000 l) steel storage tank which served as a surge and overflow tank for the project.

Large cooling water pumps will be installed in the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant, LNPP, in Sosnovy Bor outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Four of the existing eight cooling water pumps in the plant will be exchanged for new ABS pumps with flood-proof motors. One reason for installing the new pumps is a risk analysis that predicts earthquakes in the area; the flood-proof motors ensure that the pumps are not damaged if the area would flood.

Flood-proof pumps to Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

Chevron Global Technology is a major company in the oil industry in Venezuela, located close to the Maracaibo Lake northwest of Caracas, as are most of the oil fields and the oil companies The result: and refineries in the country. The project was completed on time and operated Chevron recently placed an order for top entry as designed, with uninterrupted water supply for SCABA agitators of type 40 DHP-a for its the city of Solvang during the whole construction large oil refinery. The agitators, which will period. operate under very severe and sensitive conditions, are equipped with explosion-proof motors. The agitators will be used to avoid sedimentation and keep homogeneous a very Process Pumps to Hallsta Paper Mill in Sweden dense mixture of crude oil, solvents, naphtha ABS has received an order from Holmen Paper at the and kerosene in a round Hallsta Paper Mill in Sweden. The project concerns a new shaped tank inside the refinery. paper machine for newsprint and journal paper, which will be set up by Metso Finland during 2001 in the record project time of 70 days. In the first phase, ABS will deliver more than 60 process pumps of types NB and BA. The pumps will be incorporated into the new, unique ABS installation concept System PMI. The flexibility of System PMI allows shortened project lead times and it also provides improved operating conditions from several points of view. Read more about System PMI on page 4.

The Russian delegation from LNPP came to ABS in Sweden for the final pump test.

The new pumps are of type Z22 700/ 700-65, each pump handling a flow of 5,000 m3/h and a head of 26 m. The pumps will be delivered with 500 kW motors running at 1000 rpm, 6000 V.

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Volkswagen on the move!

New car park in Germany
PHOTO: AP PHOTO/MTI/SZILARD KOSZTICSAK/PRESSENS BILD

In July 2000, Volkswagen inaugurated its new AUTOSTADT park in Wolfsburg, Germany, offering numerous attractions to anyone interested in cars. ABS has been responsible for the wastewater management system of the park.
he new AUTOSTADT is an entertainment park with car exposition pavilions and attractions, such as simulators, 360 cinema and the KinderWelt with race track, play areas and games especially for kids. The park also has a car museum, hotel, restaurants, cafes and terraces where visitors almost every fifth car sold in Western Europe originates in the Volkswagen Group. On a world basis, the Group is the fourth largest manufacturer. The Volkswagen Group includes independent brands such as Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Seat and Skoda, and the Volkswagen brand with e.g. Golf and Passat cars. But Volkswagen is probably most popular for having the best selling car in history the Beetle. More than 22 million of the original Volkswagen Beetle model have been sold in the world Volkswagen sees the new AUTOSTADT park in Germany as a World Forum for Car Mobility. since its launch in the 1950s! can enjoy the surroundings with trees and SEWAGE PUMPS flowers, lakes, lagoons, bridges, squares and The AUTOSTADT park spans over an area buildings of glass. of 250,000 m2. It was officially opened in EUROPES LARGEST July 2000, and from late 1999 until mid The Volkswagen Group is the largest 2000, ABS delivered many lifting stations automobile manufacturer in Europe, and and sewage pumps for wastewater
PHOTO: VOLKSWAGEN

The Volkswagen Beetle is the best selling car in history, with millions of fans all over the world. The photo is from Budapest in April 2000, where an annual parade is held with hundreds of cars to elect the most beautiful Beetle of the country.

management at the AUTOSTADT park. SANIMAT lifting stations are now operating in the Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen car pavilions, as well as in the car museum. In other areas of the park, SANIMAT, SANIMAX and PIRANHAMAT lifting stations and ROBUSTA and MF wastewater pumps have been installed. The installation also includes tailor-made lifting stations for specific applications. All pumps have been delivered with silicon-free oil, according to Volkswagen standards. The pumps and lifting stations have now been running successfully for a year, and Volkswagen can safely continue to welcome tourists and car freaks to the AUTOSTADT park.

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