First Zimpro® Wet Air Oxidation Unit For Ethylene Spent Caustic Treatment To Be Installed In The People's Republic Of China
USFilter Supplies ABB Lummus Global
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. – USFilter Zimpro Products will supply a Zimpro® wet air oxidation (WAO) unit for ethylene spent caustic treatment for the Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical Company's industrial wastewater treatment plant in Caojing, China. This is the first Zimpro® WAO unit installed in the People's Republic of China for ethylene spent caustic.
Employing WAO technology will help Secco alleviate two problems frequently associated with ethylene spent caustic: disposal and odor. According to Russ Forbess, chief process engineer at USFilter Zimpro Products, WAO technology destroys odorous sulfides and allows acid neutralization of the spent caustic, and discharge to conventional biological treatment.
"WAO is considered state-of-the-art technology for treating spent caustic," says Forbess. "The majority of new ethylene facilities now use WAO for treating their ethylene spent caustic."
Wet oxidation, developed and commercialized by Zimpro Products, is widely used to treat both refinery-spent caustic and ethylene caustic. In recent years, Zimpro Products has supplied more than 20 wet oxidation systems for spent caustic treatment.
ABB Lummus Global and Sinopec Engineering (SEI) are providing engineering and procurement services for the new petrochemical complex. ABB Lummus Global has worked with USFilter, Zimpro Products on other projects using WAO technology in the recent past.
USFilter, Zimpro Products designs and builds municipal and industrial wastewater treatment systems, installed at more than 2,500 sites around the world. With over 40 years' experience, Zimpro Products specializes in treating various wastewater problems from heavy metals removal to organics control to recovery and reuse. Its Rothschild, Wis. headquarters includes an analytical laboratory, engineering department, pilot facility and manufacturing facility. Seeing the potential for these kinds of projects in China, Zimpro Products is Safety Quality License (SQL) certified for the manufacture of equipment imported into China.
United States Filter Corporation, a Veolia Environnement company, is North America's leading water company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Veolia Environnement (Paris Bourse: VIE and NYSE:VE) is the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 295,000 employees, including FCC, in about 100 countries and annual revenues of more than $31.5 billion. Visit the company's web sites at www.usfilter.com or www.veoliaenvironnement.com.
Important Disclaimer. Veolia Environnement is a corporation listed on the NYSE and Euronext Paris. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, including but not limited to: the risk of suffering reduced profits or losses as a result of intense competition, the risk that changes in energy prices and taxes may reduce Veolia Environnement's profits, the risk that governmental authorities could terminate or modify some of Veolia Environnement's contracts, the risk that Veolia Environnement's compliance with environmental laws may become more costly in the future, the risk that currency exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect Veolia Environnement's financial results and the price of its shares, the risk that Veolia Environnement may incur environmental liability in connection with its past, present and future operations, and the risks related to Veolia Environnement's relationship with Vivendi Universal, as well as the risks described in the documents Veolia Environnement has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Veolia Environnement does not undertake, nor does it have, any obligation to provide updates or to revise any forward-looking statements. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of documents filed by Veolia Environnement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from Veolia Environnement.