AWTS Services: Consulting and Evaluation, Retrofit/Rehabilitation of Water Treatment Equipment: Reverse Osmosis Membrane Filtration, Media Filter, Ion Exchange Softener, Demineralizer, Degasifier, Separation Technologies
AWTS: Advanced Water Treatment Technologies Services
AWTS, Inc. is a company located in Plano, TEXAS, USA. AWTS provides specialized products and services for the Industrial and Municipal water and wastewater treatment projects that utilize highly advanced technologies such as, Reverse Osmosis (RO), Ultrafiltration (UF), Microfiltration (MF), Electro-deionization (EDI), membrane filtration, seawater, brackish and wastewater desalination, zero liquid discharge technologies, rinse-water recycle technologies, ground water remediation technologies for removal of Fluoride, Nitrate, low-levels of Uranium and Radium and Arsenic. AWTS proprietary products include custom-designed products such as process vessels for all types of media filters and ion exchange demineralizers, internal distributors, filter screen nozzles, resin traps, forced draft degasifiers and vacuum degasifiers. AWTS services include consulting, design, Site-specific training, operator training, technologies transfers, project management, OEM support, process evaluations, preparation of technical reports, proposals, operating cost and capital cost analyses. AWTS serves industrial markets including power, chemical, petrochemical, electronics, pulp and paper, steel mills, environmental and groundwater remediation Component and Systems Design AWTS has custom engineering capability for components that need to be integrated with an existing system or to replace your existing system. Retrofit & Equipment Rehabilitation With the proven track record and AWTS designed proprietary products such as patented internal distributors for ion exchange demineralizers, increased throughput capacities of up to 300% are not uncommon. Example of these projects are: 3000 gpm demineralizer system rehabilitation for Dow Chemical Company, 600 gpm RO/DI system retrofit and upgrade for Entergy, 1600 gpm RO system upgrade for TVA and 600 gpm pretreatment/RO system upgrade for Tenaska. Site Specific Training Follow-through after rehabilitation or new installations is assured with AWTS training programs as well as informal instruction. AWTS provides a one day, three-days, one week and two weeks site specific training for the operators of the water treatment system. During our training period we share practical ideas with the plant operators and managers on how to improve and optimize system operation, when to perform inspections, cleaning, membrane replacement, ion exchange resin replacement, collection and evaluation of operating data. AWTS Technology Transfer, Design, Consulting and Outsourcing Services Consulting, design and outsourcing Services for highly specialized advanced water treatment and waste water treatment projects are available on per project or ongoing basis to end-users or to engineering consultants already on the project. Technology transfer services are provided to the OEMS all across the World. Our technology transfer services can be extremely beneficial for the companies that are trying to acquire new knowledge or inter into new areas of water treatment including fabrication of totally integrated media filters, carbon filters, MF/UF/RO systems, demineralizers (Ion Exchange systems), forced draft and vacuum degasifiers, EDI systems, Ion exchange polishing demineralizers, condensate polishers, etc. Trouble Shooting, performance studies, and equipment retrofit and rehabilitation, provide owners, plant managers and engineers, with the necessary data to make informed decisions that meet budget, water quality and schedule concerns. AWTS Technology Transfer Service includes: Equipment specification and documentation for designing ad building all types of advanced high purity water and waste water systems that require pretreatment, RO/MF/UF/EDI membrane and ion exchange technologies and gas separation technologies. Process flow diagrams, P&I drawings Plant and equipment layout & M manuals Capital and operating cost analysis RFQ and bid analysis Supervision of installation and startup Maintenance and O&M crew training AWTS System Upgrade utilizing the latest technologies and component re-design have been applied to most every type of water treatment and in most every industry application, including: Boiler or cooling tower makeup water treatment for power plants, petrochemical, pulp & paper, and other heavy industry UPW systems for electronics parts manufacturing Upgrade of media filters, RO, UF, MF, EDI and Ion Exchange Demineralizers, new internal distributors, filter screens, resin traps, process vessels, chemical feed systems, controls, new RO membrane, new Ion Exchange Resin, etc Recycling and Reuse of Wastewater Streams from industrial and municipal effluents Conversions and Retrofit is often a cost effective solution to increasing capacity as well as water quality without replacing the whole system. Some proven considerations are: Converting single stage Reverse Osmosis to double stage Reverse Osmosis for improvement of EDI performance Adding Micro Filtration/Ultra Filtration, systems for SDI turbidity and organics control Media filter, RO, UF, MF, EDI, Ion exchange softener, demineralizer, Forced Draft, Vacuum and Membrane degasifier upgrades. EDI upgrades, stack replacement Upgrade of CIP systems, chemical feed systems All types of Separation Technologies using clarification, filtration, RO, UF, MF, EDI membrane, and ion exchange demineralization are processes that have been improved for AWTS customers. We work with most of the manufacturers of critical process components within the USA including Dow Filmtec, Nitto Hydranautics, Koch Fluid Systems, Toray, TriSep, Rohm and Haas, Sybron, Purolite, ResinTech, Thermax, GE Osmonics, GE Ionics, Simens US Filter, Johnson Filtration, Grundfos, Pump Engineering Limited, PX Energy Recovery, Code Line, Pentair AWTS class room and site specific training for plant operation teams provide the hands-on, as well a theoretical base from which to maintain equipment capacities and water quality specs and improve all aspects of handling changeover, regular and most important, preventative maintenance.
AWTS, Inc. is a company located in Plano, TEXAS, USA. AWTS provides specialized products and services for the Industrial and Municipal water and wastewater treatment projects that utilize highly advanced technologies such as, Reverse Osmosis (RO), Ultrafiltration (UF), Microfiltration (MF), Electro-deionization (EDI), membrane filtration, seawater, brackish and wastewater desalination, zero liquid discharge technologies, rinse-water recycle technologies, ground water remediation technologies for removal of Fluoride, Nitrate, low-levels of Uranium and Radium and Arsenic.
AWTS proprietary products include custom-designed products such as process vessels for all types of media filters and ion exchange demineralizers, internal distributors, filter screen nozzles, resin traps, forced draft degasifiers and vacuum degasifiers.
AWTS services include consulting, design, Site-specific training, operator training, technologies transfers, project management, OEM support, process evaluations, preparation of technical reports, proposals, operating cost and capital cost analyses.
AWTS serves industrial markets including power, chemical, petrochemical, electronics, pulp and paper, steel mills, environmental and groundwater remediation
Component and Systems Design
AWTS has custom engineering capability for components that need to be integrated with an existing system or to replace your existing system.
Retrofit & Equipment Rehabilitation
With the proven track record and AWTS designed proprietary products such as patented internal distributors for ion exchange demineralizers, increased throughput capacities of up to 300% are not uncommon. Example of these projects are: 3000 gpm demineralizer system rehabilitation for Dow Chemical Company, 600 gpm RO/DI system retrofit and upgrade for Entergy, 1600 gpm RO system upgrade for TVA and 600 gpm pretreatment/RO system upgrade for Tenaska.
Site Specific Training
Follow-through after rehabilitation or new installations is assured with AWTS training programs as well as informal instruction. AWTS provides a one day, three-days, one week and two weeks site specific training for the operators of the water treatment system. During our training period we share practical ideas with the plant operators and managers on how to improve and optimize system operation, when to perform inspections, cleaning, membrane replacement, ion exchange resin replacement, collection and evaluation of operating data.
Consulting, design and outsourcing Services for highly specialized advanced water treatment and waste water treatment projects are available on per project or ongoing basis to end-users or to engineering consultants already on the project. Technology transfer services are provided to the OEMS all across the World. Our technology transfer services can be extremely beneficial for the companies that are trying to acquire new knowledge or inter into new areas of water treatment including fabrication of totally integrated media filters, carbon filters, MF/UF/RO systems, demineralizers (Ion Exchange systems), forced draft and vacuum degasifiers, EDI systems, Ion exchange polishing demineralizers, condensate polishers, etc.
Trouble Shooting, performance studies, and equipment retrofit and rehabilitation, provide owners, plant managers and engineers, with the necessary data to make informed decisions that meet budget, water quality and schedule concerns.
AWTS Technology Transfer Service includes:
AWTS System Upgrade utilizing the latest technologies and component re-design have been applied to most every type of water treatment and in most every industry application, including:
Conversions and Retrofit is often a cost effective solution to increasing capacity as well as water quality without replacing the whole system. Some proven considerations are:
All types of Separation Technologies using clarification, filtration, RO, UF, MF, EDI membrane, and ion exchange demineralization are processes that have been improved for AWTS customers. We work with most of the manufacturers of critical process components within the USA including Dow Filmtec, Nitto Hydranautics, Koch Fluid Systems, Toray, TriSep, Rohm and Haas, Sybron, Purolite, ResinTech, Thermax, GE Osmonics, GE Ionics, Simens US Filter, Johnson Filtration, Grundfos, Pump Engineering Limited, PX Energy Recovery, Code Line, Pentair
AWTS class room and site specific training for plant operation teams provide the hands-on, as well a theoretical base from which to maintain equipment capacities and water quality specs and improve all aspects of handling changeover, regular and most important, preventative maintenance.
AWTS Retrofit & Equipment Rehabilitation
AWTS Retrofit & Equipment Rehabilitation saves you money! Effective Retrofit & Rehabilitation is often a necessary blend of three criteria: quality, cost, and schedule. Advances in component retrofit designs developed by AWTS and other available water and wastewater treatment and ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) technologies are considerations along with capital and operating projections. Testing and Operation of high purity water system and waste water treatment systems are critical to determine the design and scope of full-scale systems. Site specific conditions and customer requirements must also be taken into account. Industry as well as AWTS experience has shown that the more planning and engineering resources put into a project, the better assurance there is that the real issues are identified and resolved, and water quality as well as capacity are improved or maintained over time well after the project is complete. Process Vessels for media filters, carbon demineralizers, softeners and condensate polishers Replace existing demineralizer or filter vessels Up to 12` diameter - horizontal or vertical ASME code, Section VIII, Division 1 construction Slight glass – rated to 250º F Rubber lining rated up to 200º F Extra-large man ways, sample and or/ media removal ports AWTS proprietary design internal distributors to maximize efficiencies and utilization of space Resin Traps, various material construction -custom lengths Separate distributors for inlet, chemicals, under drain, subsurface wash and air scour Internal Distributors for media filters, demineralizers, softeners, condensate polishers, mixed-bed units Stainless Steel, Hastalloy-C, Alloy-20 Thermoplastic, PVC, CPVC, PPL, PVDF or combination Rigid support to minimize movement under turbulent flow conditions Retrofit any existing vessel up to 12` High efficiency nozzles (US Patent) Applications for pressure or gravity media filters carbon filters, water softeners, ion-exchange demineralizers, forced draft and vacuum degasifiers. Resin Traps (Stop loss of media or resin) More about Resin Traps at Articles & Proprietary Products. Stainless steel housings w/ANSI flanges Clear-acrylic housings w/Sch 80 PVC flanges Sight glass assembly for SS housing 250º F temperature rating (Optional) Media / Resin removal valve Additional ports for instruments and gauges SS wedge-wire strainer basket w/slot size options ranging from 0.008 to 0.015 PVC, PPL, or PVDF strainer basket material w/plastic mesh sleeve optional Pipe sizes from 2`` to 8`` inside diameter Application in retrofit or new equipment Forced Draft Degasifiers Custom-engineered to meet site specific conditions: Filament-wound fiberglass vessel construction Highly efficient tower packing material, minimizes pressure drop, maximizes air/liquid contact. Can be designed to remove CO2 to less than 10 ppm Highly efficient demister pack to minimize carry over of liquid droplets Single or dual air blowers, Various styles of clear wells to provide fully integrated system pH adjustment system before and after degasifier Liquid transfer pumps, piping, valves and controls for fully integrated system Applications where pH, bicarbonate alkalinity, CO2 and temperature and other site conditions are a concern Vessel diameters to 12`-0`` Flow rates to 3000 gpm/unit
AWTS Retrofit & Equipment Rehabilitation saves you money!
Effective Retrofit & Rehabilitation is often a necessary blend of three criteria: quality, cost, and schedule. Advances in component retrofit designs developed by AWTS and other available water and wastewater treatment and ZLD (Zero Liquid Discharge) technologies are considerations along with capital and operating projections.
Testing and Operation of high purity water system and waste water treatment systems are critical to determine the design and scope of full-scale systems. Site specific conditions and customer requirements must also be taken into account. Industry as well as AWTS experience has shown that the more planning and engineering resources put into a project, the better assurance there is that the real issues are identified and resolved, and water quality as well as capacity are improved or maintained over time well after the project is complete.
Custom-engineered to meet site specific conditions:
AWTS Proprietary Technologies
Resin Traps: Developed exclusively by AWTS to save owners expense on wasted media and resin and to prevent cross contamination of critical process components downstream. High Efficiency Filter Nozzle (US Patent granted, Indian patent pending): This nozzle provides outstanding performance over the traditional internal nozzles for filters and demineralizer applications. Internal Distributors: Several type of internal distributors for media filters, ion exchange demineralizers and vacuum degasifiers. Design options include wedge wire screens, slotted distributors, pipe base laterals, header-lateral design, hub-spoke design, header-lateral design with drop strainers, ex. Stainless steel, PVC, PPL, PVDF etc. We have retrofitted several systems having problems with product water quality, chemical regeneration efficiency, channeling, etc. We routinely work with several screen manufacturers. Pressure Vessels and Lining: ASME Code, Section VIII, and Division-1 for carbon steel vessels, ASME Code, Section X for FRP vessels, black rubber lining, white rubber lining. We are familiar with PVDF, PPL, and Halar lining procedures. Routinely work with several pressure vessel and lining manufacturers. AWTS Design and Technologies special expertise include: Media, multi-media, mixed-media filtration , carbon filters Micro filtration and Ultra Filtration Reverse osmosis membrane filtration EDI systems Forced draft, vacuum, and membrane degasifiers Ion-exchange, (IX) demineralization ZLD systems UV and sterilizers for disinfection and TOC destruction and chlorine destruction AWTS Technologies Portfolio Media Filters: All types of media filters, including sand filters, dual media filters, multi-media filters, mixed-media filters, carbon filters, iron filters. Selection of all major components, instrumentation, automation, loading, unloading, and sterilization – systems up to 3000 gpm. Microfiltration Systems: Memtek, Pall, and micro filters Ultra Filtration Membrane Systems: Zenon, Nitto (Hydranautics), GE Osmonics, Siemens US Filter, TriSep Reverse Osmosis Membrane Systems: All types of reverse osmosis membranes, as manufactured by Filmtec, Hydranautics, Fluid Systems, TriSep, Toray, Desal, and GE Osmonics membrane, membrane performance projection and normalization programs. Troubleshooting and cleaning procedures for CA as well as TFC RO membrane products and EDI systems. Work with wide range of scale inhibitors, and chemical treatment for pre-conditioning. Experience includes intimate working knowledge of instrumentation, automation, chemical feed equipment, cleaning equipment, loading, unloading, and sterilizing of all types of membrane products. Fresh water, well water, seawater and, wastewater make-up streams. Membrane conversions of CA to TFC, and TFC to CA. Conversion of single pass Reverse Osmosis to double pass. Worked on systems up to 2000 gpm. EDI Systems: All types of EDI systems, pretreatment systems and auxiliary system components by GE Ionics, Siemens Memtec, GE and others. Worked on systems up to 300 gpm capacity. Membrane Degasifier Systems: Single stage, and multi-stage membrane degasifiers by Celgard (Hoechst Celanese). Worked on a system rated at 600 gpm, with less than 1 ppb dissolved oxygen system performance. Vacuum Degasifier Systems: Single stage, and two-stage vacuum degasifier systems. Carbon steel with black/white rubber lining, as well as all electro-polished stainless steel. Worked with several types of packing manufacturers, including Jaeger, Pall, Mass Transfer, and raschig rings. Worked with Sihi and Nash vacuum pumps, and eductor systems. Evaluate vacuum degasifier performance problems. Worked on systems up to 3000 gpm. UV Sterilizers: Hands-on experience with most of the manufacturers of medium and high-pressure UV sterilizers including Aquafine, Ideal Horizons, Trojan. Worked on up to 600 gpm systems Membrane Filters: Gelman, Pall, Memtec filters, and ozone resistant units. Particle filtration ranging from 0.2 micron absolute to 10 micron particle size. Product knowledge includes design, instrumentation, automation, loading, unloading, and sterilization. Worked on up to 600 gpm systems. Ion Exchange Systems: All types of cation, anion, and mixed-bed resins, as manufactured by Dow, Rohm and Haas, Sybron, Resin Tech, Bayer, Purolite and Thermax. Demineralizer applications including co-current, counter current, co-counter current. Mixed bed design with in-situ regeneration of UPW grade resin and external regeneration processes offered by most of the respected OEM companies. TYPICAL AWTS PROJECTS Chemicals Manufacturing Complex, Freeport, Texas Evaluate process performance of a 3000 GPM demineralizer system Replacement of internal distributors (Total of 10 inlet, 10 chemical and 10 underdrain distributors for 12` diameter vessels) Internals upgrade resulted in capacity increase from 450,000 gallons per run to 1,250,000 gallons per run per train. Power Plant, Lake Charles, Louisiana Evaluate pretreatment options for a 20,000 gpm cooling tower/boiler makeup. Helped customer to develop a process solution at a fraction of the cost of a conventional pretreatment system. Evaluated performance of a vacuum degasifier system rated at 600 gpm. Upgraded internal distributors, collector, higher efficiency packing, etc. to improve tower performance. Semiconductor Parts Manufacturing, San Antonio, Texas Selection of process components needed for a 600-gpm UPW system. Processes included membrane degasifier, UV, external regeneration ion-exchange column, polishing and polishing mixed bed demineralizers, polishing UF and cartridge filters for UPW loop. Recycle project qualified for $1 million award from City of San Antonio. Click here to read about Ion-Exchange Demineralizers. Click here to read about Microelectronics. Click here to read about Water Reuse.
Resin Traps: Developed exclusively by AWTS to save owners expense on wasted media and resin and to prevent cross contamination of critical process components downstream.
High Efficiency Filter Nozzle (US Patent granted, Indian patent pending): This nozzle provides outstanding performance over the traditional internal nozzles for filters and demineralizer applications.
Internal Distributors: Several type of internal distributors for media filters, ion exchange demineralizers and vacuum degasifiers. Design options include wedge wire screens, slotted distributors, pipe base laterals, header-lateral design, hub-spoke design, header-lateral design with drop strainers, ex. Stainless steel, PVC, PPL, PVDF etc. We have retrofitted several systems having problems with product water quality, chemical regeneration efficiency, channeling, etc. We routinely work with several screen manufacturers.
Pressure Vessels and Lining: ASME Code, Section VIII, and Division-1 for carbon steel vessels, ASME Code, Section X for FRP vessels, black rubber lining, white rubber lining. We are familiar with PVDF, PPL, and Halar lining procedures. Routinely work with several pressure vessel and lining manufacturers.
AWTS Design and Technologies special expertise include:
Media Filters: All types of media filters, including sand filters, dual media filters, multi-media filters, mixed-media filters, carbon filters, iron filters. Selection of all major components, instrumentation, automation, loading, unloading, and sterilization – systems up to 3000 gpm.
Microfiltration Systems: Memtek, Pall, and micro filters
Ultra Filtration Membrane Systems: Zenon, Nitto (Hydranautics), GE Osmonics, Siemens US Filter, TriSep
Reverse Osmosis Membrane Systems: All types of reverse osmosis membranes, as manufactured by Filmtec, Hydranautics, Fluid Systems, TriSep, Toray, Desal, and GE Osmonics membrane, membrane performance projection and normalization programs. Troubleshooting and cleaning procedures for CA as well as TFC RO membrane products and EDI systems. Work with wide range of scale inhibitors, and chemical treatment for pre-conditioning. Experience includes intimate working knowledge of instrumentation, automation, chemical feed equipment, cleaning equipment, loading, unloading, and sterilizing of all types of membrane products. Fresh water, well water, seawater and, wastewater make-up streams. Membrane conversions of CA to TFC, and TFC to CA. Conversion of single pass Reverse Osmosis to double pass. Worked on systems up to 2000 gpm.
EDI Systems: All types of EDI systems, pretreatment systems and auxiliary system components by GE Ionics, Siemens Memtec, GE and others. Worked on systems up to 300 gpm capacity.
Membrane Degasifier Systems: Single stage, and multi-stage membrane degasifiers by Celgard (Hoechst Celanese). Worked on a system rated at 600 gpm, with less than 1 ppb dissolved oxygen system performance.
Vacuum Degasifier Systems: Single stage, and two-stage vacuum degasifier systems. Carbon steel with black/white rubber lining, as well as all electro-polished stainless steel. Worked with several types of packing manufacturers, including Jaeger, Pall, Mass Transfer, and raschig rings. Worked with Sihi and Nash vacuum pumps, and eductor systems. Evaluate vacuum degasifier performance problems. Worked on systems up to 3000 gpm.
UV Sterilizers: Hands-on experience with most of the manufacturers of medium and high-pressure UV sterilizers including Aquafine, Ideal Horizons, Trojan. Worked on up to 600 gpm systems
Membrane Filters: Gelman, Pall, Memtec filters, and ozone resistant units. Particle filtration ranging from 0.2 micron absolute to 10 micron particle size. Product knowledge includes design, instrumentation, automation, loading, unloading, and sterilization. Worked on up to 600 gpm systems.
Ion Exchange Systems: All types of cation, anion, and mixed-bed resins, as manufactured by Dow, Rohm and Haas, Sybron, Resin Tech, Bayer, Purolite and Thermax. Demineralizer applications including co-current, counter current, co-counter current. Mixed bed design with in-situ regeneration of UPW grade resin and external regeneration processes offered by most of the respected OEM companies.
Chemicals Manufacturing Complex, Freeport, Texas
Power Plant, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Semiconductor Parts Manufacturing, San Antonio, Texas
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