Wastewater minimization at a stainless steel manufacturing facility
- Avesta Sheffield Ltd. (United Kingdom)
- Nalco Ltd., Northwich (United Kingdom)
- Nalco Chemical Co., Naperville, IL (United States)
As the environmental regulations associated with discharging water from industrial installations become increasingly more stringent and water in some areas becomes more scarce, water costs, both for purchase and disposal, become increasingly more expensive. So the importance of reusing and recycling water is heightened. This paper investigates the desire of a stainless steel manufacturing plant to improve the final product surface quality. Simple upgrading of the once-through rinsing process would have presented operational problems for the on-site effluent treatment plant and exceeded site discharge limits. A more innovative approach was sought. Explained are the stages taken to audit the plant, the initial work in proposing water recycle options and a computer modeling methodology for predicting water chemistry and economics. In conclusion, the stainless steel manufacturer discusses the implementation of the recycle project. Not only are the operational demands met, but the recycle option actually provides a return on investment to the stainless steel manufacturer rather than an additional cost.
- OSTI ID:
- 272028
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960389-; TRN: IM9635%%455
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) annual corrosion conference and exposition: water and waste water industries, Denver, CO (United States), 24-29 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Corrosion/96 conference papers; PB: [6615] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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