News | October 9, 2000

Nalco receives four R&D 100 awards

It's like going four-for-four in the World Series. Maybe it's even better.

Nalco (Naperville, IL), a subsidiary of Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, has won four R&D 100 awards from R&D Magazine. The awards are given to the magazine's top 100 technologies of the year. This marks the third consecutive year that Nalco products have earned R&D 100 Awards.

This year's awards go to:

  • Nalco ACT. Nalco ACT is a boiler chemical treatment program uses food ingredients. The treatment is nontoxic, odorless, and contains no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It optimizes water reuse and minimizes boiler corrosion. Nalco says the treatment is more cost effective and safer than alternative products, and a natural for such industries as food and beverage and medical products, which seek to avoid amine-based chemistry. It is approved for use in boiler systems where the steam may contact food under 21 CFR 173.310 (Boiler Water Additives).

  • Trasar 3000 Fluorometer Feed Controller. The controller combines with Nalco's "Dose & Diagnose" service to provide continuous, on-line chemical dosage control of scale, corrosion, and microbiological inhibitor treatments. Jointly developed by Nalco and Turner Designs (Sunnyvale, CA), the Trasar 3000 fluorometer lowers system operating costs, reduces system outages, and improves energy, fuel, and water use. Nalco says it is the only integrated program to measure fundamental system characteristics and provide real-time dosage control.

  • High Stress Polymer (HSP). HSP is an advanced dispersant polymer used in cooling water treatment programs. When combined with Nalco's Active Polymer Test for measuring polymer in cooling water systems, it significantly improves the performance of cooling systems stressed by increased production and/or environmental demands. The Active Polymer Test enables the system to quickly identify and react to system upsets. This reduces equipment cleanings, extends equipment life, prolongs time between turnarounds, extends program application ranges, and reduces overall system costs.

  • Nalco 98DF063. Produced by a proprietary patented process, Nalco 98DF063 boosts production of alumina from bauxite ore. The water-continuous, dispersed phase liquid polymer system acts as a red mud flocculent. The active component, a water- insoluble polymer activated during use, provides better Bayer liquor clarification and process control. Application advantages include easier product handling, pumping, storage and cleanup.

"To receive one R&D 100 Award is a great honor. To receive four awards in a single year is an incredible accomplishment," says Nalco Research and Development VP Roger Nass. "Additionally, to receive awards for three consecutive years is evidence of the consistent creativity and innovation demonstrated by Nalco Research and Development."

Edited by Alan S. Brown
Managing Editor, Chemical Online
abrown@vertical.net

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