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24/02/2008
ACT - Automated Chemostat Treatment™ Technology is the Next Generation in Bioremediation Solutions for Refineries
The Breakthrough from BPC is Slashing Costs and Improving Control
Houston, Texas, February 25, 2008 - Water purification in oil refineries is known to be a critical process in which significant capital, efforts and leading technologies are invested.
However, the process requires numerous, cumbersome, mechanical steps, which are also complicated and very expensive.
ACT, the new solution from BPC – uses pioneering technology to deliver a process which is much simpler, more cost effective and exceptionally easy to implement.
Overcomes Three Major Challenges The BPC-ACT™ technology directly addresses the three main drawbacks of conventional water treatments in refineries:
Firstly, there is no longer any need to reactivate bio-sludge.
Secondly, various, very complex but highly critical operations are no longer required, creating a streamlined much shorter process that significantly cuts cycle time such as
the elimination of the DAF stage. ACT does away with the creation of black sludge. Thirdly, the simplicity of the ACT process allows for major infrastructure savings.
This very measurable saving in process stages and time directly results in exceptional cost reductions as well – as much as 30-50 percent savings have been demonstrated. Furthermore, all this translates into reduced manpower and real estate requirements.
The Innovative Concept: ACT - Automatic Chemostate Treatment™ The scientific concepts behind ACT are the application of an appropriate bacterial cocktail for a given type of polluted water, and an innovative chemostate. The process is maintained in a balanced state of bacterial growth and organic compound degradation.
Thanks to the low concentration of bacterial cells, no aggregates are formed, and each bacterium acts as a single cell which increases the surface available for the process and enables biodegradation at a much higher efficiency.
The fully automated system is comprised of a variety of on line sensors which feed the control unit information on various parameters such as: TPH, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, TOC and temperature. The controller ensures to maintain optimum process balance between the flow rate, bacterial growth, additives and organic compound degradation.
Unmatched, Reliable High Quality Results The ACT process always has a happy ending:
The output, which is virtually sludge-free, can be deposited directly in nature. By reducing bio-sludge handing and the creation of black sludge, as well as sufficiently eliminating nitrogen, ACT’s output meets the strictest disposal standards, requiring no further handling.
Alternatively, when there is a need for recycling the treated water we generate bio sludge in minimal quantities. The quality achieved by ACT can sometimes even surpass international standards such as COD<50 ppm and Oil<2ppm as typical, so that quality achievements are clearly distinctive and unprecedented.
Unique Integrated Side Stream Solution BPC offers highly effective treatment of side streams, so often the cause of catastrophes in conventional treatment processes. Side streams severely impact the mainstream, causing bottlenecks and more severe events. The BPC ACT-based solution is offered as a special service, if customers prefer, or as an add-on to the ACTprocess. In either instances it can be implemented without adding a complete additional treatment system. Furthermore, the side stream process copes with various levels of contamination without in any way interrupting the mainstream treatment.
Pilot Test Recommended To optimize performance, BPC offers an on-site pilot test to refineries in order to test and evaluate needs and benefits. The pilot system, delivered in a 20 ft container, is equipped with a complete control system and biological reactor. All that has to be done during connection is provision of an inlet and outlet water lie and 3-phase electricity. The pilot is fully tailored to the customer's specs, assuring that it is a real world test of the process in action at specific facilities.
About BPC Ltd.
BPC directly addresses the challenges facing various industries and installations today: waste water treatment. Led by a world-respected scientist in biological treatments, BPC has developed a breakthrough balanced bio-process (ACT) that, for the first time, results in a virtually pure output that can be directly returned to nature. With several of its key technologies and elements patented, the BPC process transforms water treatment into a significantly more efficient, economical and ecologically friendly process. It can be applied across a wide range of sites: from oil refineries and oil storage farms to drilling sites, marine ports, side streams water, reservoirs and similar locations.
For further information please visit our website at www.biopetroclean.com
Contact:
Ms. Yael Barash
Director of Business Development BPC – Bio Petro Clean™ Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MarkeTouch, Marketing Communications Solutions Tel: +972 9 950 9500 Mobile: +972 54 5402067 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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