Month: August 2017
View Case Study Problem When a Virginia cigarette-manufacturing facility needed to eliminate 30 years of coal ash and dust, it chose the one company it trusted to complete the job with an emphasis on safety, efficiency and quality of clean. That company is MPW Industrial Services. The plant was decommissioning its coal-fired power source in […]
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View Full Case Study Problem An Ohio coal-fired power plant faced safety and efficiency concerns when cleaning fly ash from duct work.The ducts, which are 12 feet wide and 12 to 14 feet high, present all the safety and productivity challenges of confined space work. The fly ash buildup ranged from 2 feet to 8 […]
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View Full Case Study The wastewater treatment systems at many of the nation’s electric power-generation plants are struggling to meet discharge requirements because they are still using technologies installed during the industry’s building boom of the 1970s and early 80s. As a result, a number of power producers are now replacing their existing systems to […]
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View Full Case Study Problem One of America’s largest power generation and retail electricity businesses, located in Western Pennsylvania, faced the challenge of cleaning the company’s air heaters, while not dispersing water as it had historically done in previous air heater cleanings. EPA regulations mandated that the plant reduce its settling ponds from three to […]
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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 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 A Florida sugar manufacturing plant was using chemical cleaning processes on evaporator tubes. Over the course of a season the residue left after each clean accumulated to the point that heat transfer was problematic during the months of January and February when the mill and cane supply operations were optimized. […]
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View Full Case Study Problem When a Virginia pulp and paper mill accepted bids to clean its white liquor tank, it was looking for a contractor with the innovative capabilities to conceive and apply a procedure to increase the speed and effectiveness of the clean while also removing workers from entering the potentially dangerous setting. […]
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View Full Case Study Problem When a Louisiana chemical plant suffered a site-wide blackout, plant personnel learned they would have to bring each power-generation unit, and its corresponding water filtration system, back on-line individually. Facility workers quickly returned the on-site demineralization system to functional status, but it was receiving almost zero condensate return. To re-establish […]
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View Full Case Study Problem An Ohio automotive manufacturer suffered a system crash of its ion-exchange equipment that resulted i n an inability to produce high-quality water. The aging equipment caused additional problems including the daily transfer of hazardous chemicals. The nearest service tech was located i n another state and could not get to […]
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