by Lyle Bennet & Mitch Manstedt (Kurita) A biofuels facility in the Midwest United States implemented an integrated Zero Liquid Discharge (iZLD) solution developed by Kurita America that significantly reduced water intake for ethanol production, enabling the facility to expand production while meeting plant integrity and environmental compliance needs. This holistic approach took into consideration all aspects of the facility – chemistry, engineering, equipment and service – to develop a cost-efficient solution that also reduces discharges.
Challenged by a limited municipal water supply, the biofuels facility was already operating at its permitted water capacity of 750 gallons per minute. In order to expand production, facility managers knew they had to find a way to increase available water by 30 percent, so they contacted Kurita America to help them determine their options.
Kurita America developed an iZLD solution that reduced the volume of freshwater brought into the plant by 100 gallons per minute (worth over $200,000 annually), at the same time eliminating water discharge from the plant. By freeing up more water, the plant can now use this extra water to increase production (20,000,000 gallons of ethanol) and annual revenue by approximately $27 million in increased ethanol sales.
The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) has further secured its leadership as a global investment hub after concluding an investment deal with Concord Enviro,
SAIF Zone shores up Concord Enviro to boost its regional operations
Sharjah, UAE, 22 days ago The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) has further secured its leadership as a global investment hub after concluding an investment deal with Concord Enviro FZE, an Indian company operating in the treatment and recycling of industrial wastewater and seawater desalination. Under this agreement, the Indian company will lease additional 130,000-sq ft plots of land to set up new facilities to cope with the increasing demand of the local and regional markets for the latest industrial wastewater recycling products produced by the company in multiple sectors, including pharmaceutical industries, textiles, distillation industries, tanneries, steel industries, yeast, paints, dyes, cement, food and beverages, paper, electrical industries, and others.