Month: August 2017
View Full Case Study Problem A North Dakota power plant was not running at full capacity, which caused a water imbalance. This condition led to evaporation pond levels rising to near-overflow conditions. Plant personnel were concerned they could be put in a situation where any overflow would have violated EPA regulations, which could have led […]
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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 When a Virginia power station had an issue with its Reverse Osmosis (RO) process, it called on MPW to supplement its water needs during an excessively cold winter. The plant, which lost RO functionality at one of its four power-production units, would have severely hampered its ability to meet power […]
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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 Facing the failure of its reverse osmosis systems, an Indiana gas-and-coal energy facility sought the company with the best emergency response and customer service in the industry — MPW Industrial Services. To meet the customer’s standards for this project, MPW would have to execute a quick, efficient setup to provide […]
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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 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 White Paper The shift to natural gas to generate electricity in the U.S. has been unmistakable and sudden. From 2000 to 2015, electricity generation from natural gas-fired plants doubled to 32% of all fuel sources. Last April, natural gas generated more electricity than coal for the first time since the U.S. Energy Information […]
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View Full White Paper 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 the technology. Sixty-plus years of increased production […]
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