December 2009
Indian refinery TOC application
Forbes Marshall has taken delivery of five further Protoc 300 TOC analysers intended for installation at the Bharat Petroleum Company Ltd.
Wessex Water commission further effluent monitors
The commissioning of a final effluent ammonia and turbidity monitoring system at the Petersfinger WwTW located in Salisbury concludes another busy year within the Wessex Water. Other effluent monitoring installations completed this year have included Fovant, Upavon, Swanage, Great Wishford, Avonmouth, Downton, Pewsey, Shrewton, Trowbridge, Holdenhurst, Somerton, Holton Heath, Keynsham, Ratfin and Warminster WwTW's.
Another Protoc analyser is installed at Billingham Industrial Park
Johnson Matthey plc places an order of a Protoc 300 TOC analyser which will be used to continuously monitor effluent to sea to ensure compliance of a batch discharge. The analyser is to be supplied with a sample preparation/ acquisition system and installed within a walkin analyser kiosk along with some free issued pH dosing equipment.
November 2009
Shanghai Source exuberant with further Proam orders
Shanghai Source places another order for 10 Proam ammonia monitors for delivery December to the Chinese Water Companies. The instrumentation will be installed within the Henan Province which with a population of 97million is the most populated region within China.
Roche upgrade laboratory TOC analyser
We received an order to upgrade the existing Labtoc instrument installed at Roche in Shannon with a newer model allowing the determination of TOC concentrations within discrete samples.
Anglian Water choose ammolytplus technology
PPM has supplied the ammolytplus technology for aeration control and final effluent monitoring applications to various site within Anglian Water. The latest order has been received for the Swardeston site near Norwich.
October 2009
Shanghai Source perpetuates success
Shanghai Source orders another 10 Proam ammonia analysers which are to be installed within the Henan Province to form a complex river monitoring system. Additionally a Protoc 300TL analyser has been ordered for a pharmaceutical application measuring trace level contaminants 0-500 PPB.
Labtoc For Hungarian University
Aqua Terra is supplying a PPM Labtoc TOC analyser configured for laboratory analysis of dissolved TOC using a "TOC by difference methodology". The instrument is to measure the total carbon value and then determine the inorganic component which can then be subtracted, to ensure all volatile fractions are captured within the analysis.
Indian refinery TOC application
Forbes Marshall has ordered two further Protoc 300 TOC analysers. One of these analysers is to be installed at the Panipat Refinery. The second instrument is to be supplied to EIL Deli Engineering Company and destined for the COCHI Refinery. The instrument will be installed to monitor 0-20 PPM TOC on a condensate application. The supply is to be witness tested and verified by Lloyds as part of the client's quality procedure.
September 2009
Shanghai Source triumphant with further Proam orders
Shanghai Source places an order in August for delivery next month of 10 Proam ammonia monitors as part of another bulk purchase to supply instruments to the Chinese Government for installation at Chinese Water Companies.
Pomeko in Poland upgrades a vintage TOC instrument
Pomeko System in Poland is supplying a Protoc micro-Spyder and Web PKN refinery to replace an old Protoc CPU system that is more than 10 years old. The application is to continuously monitor cooling water using a TOC by difference methodology ranged 0-200 PPM TOC.
University of Bangladesh
The Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Vice President of Khulna University, in Bangladesh, has purchased a Labtoc TOC analyser through a USDA funded project, for the supply of laboratory & research equipment.
August 2009
Petrochemcial application for Protoc TOC analyser
General Impianti trading as Loccioni in Italy has taken delivery of a Protoc Spyder & Web TOC system which will complement a system build, destined for an effluent monitoring refinery application.
Roquette repeats TOC order
Proanatec our French distributor has ordered a two - channel Protoc Spyder & Web system for the Roquette site at Beinheim. PPM first supplied Protoc instrumentation more than 10 years ago to Roquette and this latest order is for a condensate monitoring application.
July 2009
Protoc TOC analyser is at the centre of the exhibition
Shanghai Source Environmental Instrument Company, located in China, has taken delivery of another Protoc 300 ranged 0-10ppm configured to monitor potable water quality. The instrument is to provide continuous measurement of the quality of drinking water supplying the Shanghai exhibition centre.
DwrCymru Welsh Water purchase turbidity instruments
A purchase order for three more installations comprising the HF microtol turbidity instrument have been received from united Utilities for installation on potable water applications within Welsh Water.
June 2009
WTW Italy upgrade Technoparco TOC installation
Our Italian representative has sold a micro-Spyder & Web TOC analyser system to monitor effluent from a multi-faceted industrial park. The instrument is to replace the existing Protoc 200 installation supplied more than eight years ago. The original sampling system will still be utilised and once the original Protoc 200 analyser has been refurbished, it too will be put back in to commission.
Water reclaim identified for cost saving
Atlas equipment of Taiwan has purchased a Protoc 300 TL analyser enabling demonstrations to be performed to the local electronics industry requiring technology to reclaim pure water. The cost to generate pure water is considerable so efficient consumption has become a priority in recent years. The Protoc instrument, configured for trace level measurement can continuously monitor pure water process streams, to waste only contaminated water and reclaim good quality pure water. Short term demonstration can quickly identify the considerable cost savings, generated by reduced water consumption, allowing the case to be made for permanent installation.
May 2009
Achema 2009 proves an outstanding success!
PPM attended the Achema exhibition for the first time as an exhibitor this year and where supported by CCS our German distributor. The exhibition was held in Frankfurt over a five day duration and brought together an array of instrument manufacturers from all over the world covering all aspects of water and gaseous monitoring. The exhibition is on a scale that dwarfs any similar trade exhibitions held in the UK and is extremely well attended. We received enquires from many end users and also prospective distributors that will increase our global exposure.
MCERTS equipment specified
Rohm Haas UK Ltd at Jarrow has taken delivery of an analyser house containing TOC and pH analysers certified to meet the MCERTS standard. Two Protoc 300 analysers connected to a Spyder touch screen have been configured as a paired system to enable maximum uptime and 100% data collection. Additionally triplication of pH measurement has also been integrated into this compliance monitoring system. The instrumentation provides continuous measurement and control of actuated valves to prevent accidental release of contamination that may have entered surface water discharge to the River Tyne.
OMA-3 introduced to promote best practise
The Environment Agency has introduced Operator Monitoring Assessment (OMA version 3) to point score industry regulated by EPR (formally IPPC). The point scoring system which was originally introduced to assess Operators for stack gas emissions, has now been extended to consider aqueous discharges. The site audit can only award maximum points for monitoring installations certified to meet the MCERTS standard since the EA has argued that the Operator must demonstrate that the instrumentation used to control and monitor site processes has been shown to be “fit for purpose”.
April 2009
Anglian Water selects Ammolytplus for ammonium measurement
Following a rigorous selection process, involving extended site trialing alongside many other manufacturers, PPM has been awarded a contract to supply further ammolytplus instrumentation to Anglian Water. The instrumentation will be used to directly measure the ammonium concentration in activated sludge treatment processes. This measurement can be used to optimise the control of activated sludge process, reduce energy consumption and save operational costs. The installation at Charlton near Luton has further proved the reliability of the design allowing unattended forward control since installation during November 2008. PPM has this month now received orders for dual control at Linton-Linslade and also for Chantry WwTW.
DWR Cymru Welsh Water selects ENV100 for sludge blanket control
Following successful installations at the Cross Hand WwTW, Imtech Process Control have been instructed to purchase the ENV100 sludge blanket monitor for the control of a primary sludge settlement tank at the Claberston Road WwTW. The instrument uses ultrasonic detection and allows continuous tracking of the sludge blanket with continual air cleaning of the sensor to prevent fouling.
March 2009
Wessex Water expand on current PPM installations
It has been a busy month commissioning multiple installations at Wessex Water. Final effluent turbidity and ProAm ammonia installations have now been commissioned at many sites but most recently at Warminster (two systems), Poole (three systems), Hurdcott and Pewsey WwTW. Furthermore installations to monitor pre and post BAFF at Poole are now in place and additionally an analyser kiosk housing a Proam ammonia analyser has been delivered to the Somerton site so this can be commissioned to monitor settled sewage allowing fluctuations in loadings entering the plant to be monitored in real time. The ammolytplus technology has also been widely adopted for final effluent monitoring with installations recently commissioned at Trowbridge, Frome, Langport, Ratfin, Keynsham, Kinson, Christchurch, Holton Heath and Somerton WwTW.
Shanghai Source place repeat order for 10 Proam ammonia monitors
An order for an additional ten ProAm ammonia monitors has been received this month to be dispatched during April to our Chinese distributor. Our agent places batch orders and maintains a local stock holding to allow them to respond quickly to as they receive orders from the Chinese government to install the instrumentation to monitor effluent quality at numerous waste water treatment facilities.
February 2009
Crewe WwTW, United Utilities
Two IQ Sensor Net systems with the Ammolytplus ammonium and Visoturb turbidity sensors have been installed at Crewe WwTW. The water quality instrumentation has been installed to investigate the suitability and efficiency of an existing tertiary treatment process to facilitate process optimisation.
Forbes Marshall India repeats order
A further order has been received to supply two Protoc TOC analysers to India for the Hindustan Dorr Oliver Ltd (HDO) and Hindusan Petrochemical Company Ltd (HPO).
January 2009
Forbes Marshall, India place further orders
We are pleased to report that six more Protoc 300 TOC analysers have been despatched to Forbes Marshall based in India. The analysers were inspected by Lloyds Register who validated their performance at our manufacturing offices in Kent. The instruments are destined for installation at the Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (BRPL). The project is being delivered in association with Engineers India Ltd (EIL).
Major biofuels plant uses PPM instruments
PPM have engineered two separate monitoring kiosks containing Protoc TOC analysers with sample and data acquisition. The engineered systems will be installed to monitor the trade discharge at two separate locations at the Wilton site.
Amec appoints PPM for instrument supply to a major gas terminal
We have received the official order for the supply of an engineered analyser kiosk to contain three Protoc TOC analysers and associated sample preparation systems. The instrumentation will be installed for the Bellan Bouy project in Ireland.
For further information on how PPM can support your instrumentation requirement please contact:
Steven Tuck
Pollution & Process Monitoring Ltd
Tel: 01732 882044
Fax: 01732 780190
Email: s.tuck@pollution-ppm.co.uk