UV Disinfection And Dechlorination At Cottonseed Processing Facility In Texas, US

The Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) requires full-scale nonchemical disinfection and dechlorination treatment of RO feedwater to the boiler which supports their cottonseed processing facility in Lubbock, Texas. The boiler relies on RO membrane filtration to provide high-purity feed water. However, the presence of biofouling can result in frequent membrane maintenance and replacement, leading the company to install a system to prevent this from occurring.

To prevent biofouling, the company purchased and installed the HOD™ (Hydro-Optic Disinfection) UV technology In May 2016 to disinfect and dechlorinate water prior to entering the 50 MW packaged power plant’s newly commissioned RO system in order to protect the membrane elements from biological fouling and oxidation from chlorine. ADM selected Atlantium’s RZ163-12 with a flow rate of 30 gpm (6.8 m3/hr) to treat municipal water with 4 ppm chloramines.