Industrial effluent
Zero liquid discharge
A global environmental awareness and focus on conserving water and water pollution has led to increasingly stringent regulations on the use and discharge of industrial water. GEA’s zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology is ideally placed to enable many sectors of industry to clean and recycle their process water, and recover valuable chemicals and compounds.
Recovering marketable by products with ZLD systems
ZLD systems are designed to remove dissolved solids from wastewater and return distilled water back to the process. GEA’s ZLD technologies allow industrial processes to conform with environmental regulations, and are specially designed to capture valuable salts from waste streams before disposal, to generate value-added revenues.
Different technologies are commonly combined to achieve full ZLD. These might include ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, centrifugal separation, evaporation, crystallization, salting out and drying. GEA can provide a complete portfolio of technologies for recovering valuable by products that can be commercialized.
We have custom-designed and supplied numerous ZLD treatment systems, for example, for coal-fired power plants and waste incinerators. These systems effect heavy metals precipitation, evaporation with seeding (as an anti-scaling measure) and crystallization. We also have many years of experience in the handling of corrosive materials, which means that we can tailor the design and construction of each plant in corrosion-resistant materials, as required.
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Centrifugal Separator
GEA separators are designed for liquid-based applications. Using centrifugal force, they are used for separating suspensions consisting of two or more phases of different densities, i.e. they can be used for liquid-liquid separation, for liquid-liquid-solid separation or for liquid-solid separation. They are equally as effective at separating liq...
Decanter Centrifuge
The decanter’s hour has come as soon as the solids content in the suspension to be processed is particularly high. These machines provide the benefits of high clarifying efficiency and maximum dewatering as well as the separation of liquids with the simultaneous removal of solids. The main requirements in this respect include a high bowl speed, a...
Ejector Systems
Ejectors, are devices for the conveyance, compression or mixing of gases, vapors, liquids or solids in which a gaseous or liquid medium serves as the motive force. They are "pumps without moving parts".
GEA InsightPartner® EvoHDry
In today's fast-paced industrial environments, maintenance teams face constant pressure, from overwhelming SCADA alarms to unexpected breakdowns and limited resources. GEA InsightPartner® EvoHDry is purpose-built to change that. By delivering smart diagnostics, real-time equipment monitoring, and predictive maintenance guidance, EvoHDry helps you...
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GEA opens new technology center, strengthening its position in the growing pharmaceutical applications market
Together with Mona Neubaur, Minister of Economic Affairs of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, GEA CEO Stefan Klebert has opened a new technology center for pharmaceutical freeze-drying systems in Elsdorf, Germany. GEA employs approximately 260 people at the facility, which combines research and development with production and service under one roof.
