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| Orival's products have been featured prominently in several publications. To view the full text (and pictures) as originally printed, follow the "Full Text" link (PDF).
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| Self Cleaning Filters Eliminate Particles |
| Reprinted from POLLUTION ENGINEERING, August 1996 by Cahners Publishing Company |
OMC Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine, N.C., is a "lost foam" casting facility for the manufacture of marine engine parts. A styrofoam mold is created in the shape of the desired part and then surrounded with sand. When molten aluminum is poured onto the mold, the metal takes the shape of the part and the foam is burned off.... Full Text |
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| Filtering Metallics at Midland |
| Reprinted from NEWSTEEL, March 1994 by Chilton Publications |
Producing steel that's consistently clean inside and out--free of inclusions and surface blemishes, that is--from heat to heat is a daunting task. J&L Specialty Products' mill at Midland, Pa., is ensuring high quality and cutting downtime by an improvement of the cooling-water system serving its continuous slab caster.... Full Text |
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| Water Filter Prevents Clogged Sprinkler Heads |
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As with most golf courses, Atlantis Country Club in Tuckerton, N.J. was plagued with water quality problems. Providing irrigation water for the sprinkler system were two sources, a pond and a canal.... Full Text |
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| Automatic Self Cleaning Water Filter Makes Manual Filters Obsolete |
| Reprinted from PROCESSING Magazine, October 1997 by Putnam Publication |
TOYODA TRW is a major supplier of power steering pumps for the automotive market. We have only two downtime periods per year, so facility equipment has to run for six months with no interruption.... Full Text |
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| Self Cleaning Water Filters Keep Spray Nozzles Clear |
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CitiSteel USA, located fifteen miles south of Philadelphia in Claymont Delaware, is a discrete producer of low alloy high strength steel plate. Citisteel is celebrating its tenth year of operation at the facility located on the banks of the Delaware River. Makeup water from the river is utilized for the fifty million gallon closed loop process water system.... Full Text |
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| Automatic Water Filter Keeps Drippers Dripping |
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The Blasi Family has been supplying grapes for the production of Chadeneur and Zenfidale wines since the mid 1950s from their farm in Santa Rosa, Ca. Second generation cultivators Bob and Gary run the 109-acre farm, of which 75 acres are grapes. The farm has a well that dispenses the 200 gpm used for the irrigation system. The Blasis converted the system from sprinkler to drip, a change that required much cleaner water.... Full Text |
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| Filtration System Expenditure Results in Payback Measured in Days |
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This manufacturer of household light bulbs experienced a real savings of $120,000 per year on a capital investment of $11,000 resulting in full payback in just 33 days.... Full Text |
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| Bodacious Solution At Bodega Harbour |
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Irrigation at The Links at Bodega Harbour had a major problem. Their solution provided more than expected.... Full Text |
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| Filter offers reliable cooling water for pump seals with fast payback |
| Reprinted from Environmental Science & Engineering, May 2007 |
As a "Green Power Certified" producer of electricity, St. Catharines Hydro Generation is proud of its two generation stations: the Port Weller Digester Gas Cogeneration Facility, and the Heywood Generating Station located at the entranceway to the Port Dalhousie Harbour.... Full Text |
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| Process Cooling of Engine/Generator Sets with Reuse Water |
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One of several municipal waste water treatment plants (WWTP) in St. Louis is located along the banks of one of the largest tributaries to the Mississippi River. This 100 MGD (million gallons per day) facility has a large demand for service water with low suspended solids.... Full Text |
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| On-Site Wastewater Reuse |
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Located along the banks of one of the largest tributaries to the Mississippi River, this 100 MGD (million gallons per day) wastewater treatment plant has a large demand for service water with low suspended solids.... Full Text |
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| A Treatise on Turbidity and TSS |
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When two distinct physical parameters are used interchangeably, an intimate understanding of both is in order to know when this is justifiable. Two such parameters are turbidity and total suspended solids.... Full Text |
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| Twenty Years of Cooling Water Treatment Experience in Manhattan |
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The air quality in The Big Apple can result in some pretty substantial problems with rooftop cooling towers for commercial HVAC systems. Twenty years ago the owners of a large uptown commercial building on Madison Avenue, NYC decided to include an automatic self-cleaning screen filter in their new HVAC system to ward off likely problems with water quality.... Full Text |
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