Better control of critical services
EcoStruxure™ ensures that Veolia Water's wastewater treatment plant is optimised 24/7, saving energy while protecting public health and the environment.
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Veolia Water: Customer Story Key Figures
annual energy savings
improvement in production efficiency
hour service continuity
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Industrial transformation leaders are embracing a myriad of digital technologies to drive unprecedented operational efficiencies.
Veolia Water saves energy without sacrificing flexibility and reliability at its wastewater treatment plant.
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The Challenge
• Implement a sophisticated wastewater treatment control system inside a tunnel.
• Deliver service continuity, reliability and safety.
• Flexibility to manage seasonal variations of treated water, from 2,500 up to 8,500 m3/h.
• Reduce CapEx/OpEx.
• Meet stringent quality levels and regulations.
• A sustainable solution that would protect the environment and public health.
The Solution
Reliability, Safety and Efficiency with EcoStruxure Solutions
Apps Analytics and Services: Plant Operations and Energy Management
Edge Control: EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS
Connected Products: Altivar Machine drives, power meters, LV & MV panels
• Electric cabinets with a special medium voltage panel, corresponding low voltage panels, and an automation panel (PLC and HMI).
• Panels integrate into the site infrastructure through an intelligent and communicative architecture open to all main industrial networks (Ethernet TCP / IP, PROFIBUS-DP, Modbus etc.)
• The automation component uses an EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS solution. The automation architecture provides:
- Multiple distinct control units.
- An efficient, high-speed network for exchanging information between control units.
- A network for data exchange between control unit and supervisor.
- A central supervision system capable of managing and presenting a significant amount of information to operators.
The Results
• Reduced downtime and response times for improved service reliability.
• Redundancy and system interoperability.
• Up to 15% energy – and associated costs – saved.
• 20% improvement in production efficiency.
• Integration of process and energy data.
• Improved traceability and reporting in compliance with regulations.
• Better system surveillance.
Gianfranco Favali, Project Design Department Manager, Veolia Water Technologies
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"The quality of the results achieved from the use of this platform has fully met our needs and will be replicated on other projects."
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