Month: August 2017
View Full Case Study Problem Remaining true to its reputation for providing the utmost in customer service and system efficiency, MPW Industrial Water delivered when an oil refinery in the Southeastern United States needed to replace part of its on-site water purification system. In addition to the client’s need for processed water, other complicating […]
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View Full Case Study Problem An inherent problem with high-pressure water blasting is that operators run the risk of severe body lacerations due to inadvertent contact with the powerful jet stream. To mitigate the operation of hand-held blasters during a cleaning procedure at an ethanol refinery in Indiana, the refinery reached out to industrial cleaning […]
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View Full Case Study Problem At a start-up commissioning situation at a power plant in Wyoming, the water balance was out of sync with the assets available to handle it. Therefore, the water level was threatening to breach the pond at this zero liquid discharge site. The water that was to be used when in […]
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View Full Case Study Problem Upon purchasing a Minnesota dairy facility, a food production company was facing issues with its wastewater discharge failing to meet city specifications. The city had fined the facility hundreds of thousands of dollars in previous years for discharges that exceeded the plant’s permit. At one point the city forced the […]
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View Full Case Study Problem A pulp mill in Eastern Canada faced quality issues due to inadequate filtration capacity in its gravity/sand filters. In the spring, snowmelt run-off causes the inlet water quality to drastically decline at the plant’s system intake. Given the increased contaminant loading, the facility could not meet the water-flow demand through […]
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View Full Article Keeping up with the Times by Jimmy Peck Americans were moving to the suburbs, Ray Kroc launched the McDonald’s restaurant chain and Elvis Presley was an international sensation when continuous casting was introduced in the manufacture of steel. Since the process revolutionized the steel industry in the 1950s, engineers have continually perfected […]
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View Full Case Study Problem A serious obstacle involved in the continuous casting steel-production process is the presence of scale in cooling water, which is discharged from the mill into scale pits where the heavier solid particles settle out. When high levels of scale occur, the equipment in the system becomes fouled and overtaxed, leading […]
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View Full Case Study Problem Industrial-based corporations commonly search for cost-cutting measures from their vendors, but few are able to achieve immediate savings and efficiencies. MPW Industrial Services has consistently delivered on its pledge to provide supreme service and value to its customers, and an example of this is presented in the case of MPW’s […]
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View Full Case Study Problem When a production plant for a large automotive manufacturer in Michigan suddenly lost its ability to produce ultra-pure water, MPW quickly provided the solution. One of two pumps in the plant’s permanent Reverse Osmosis (RO) system failed. Without ultrapure water, the plant could not properly prepare its auto chassis for […]
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View Full Case Study Problem After a major refurbishment, a Canadian nuclear plant required additional process and boiler feed water for plant start-up and commissioning. The plant’s raw water supply contained measurements ranging from 1 to 10 NTU, conductivity from 70 to 100 and color units ranging from 180 to 420. The plant also experienced […]
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