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Developing water chemistries: Improved environment & superior performance

In an interview, Avijit Kumar Mitra, Director Marketing, Nalco Water (India), an Ecolab company, with Chemical Today Magazine  tells that the requirement for water treatment chemical will double in a decade and technologies will keep changing to keep up with the new demands presented to the industry.

By Shivani Mody

Technology, innovation trends in water treatment chemicals.

The innovation trends are towards overcoming challenges primarily in 3 areas, which are - reduce water usage in various applications, handle varied water qualities that are available and reliability of water supply. The innovations are ensuring that the industries and societies have

improved water production processes which includes polymers to enable optimized solid-liquid separation, reduced cost of operations in desalination processes, utilization of automation and technology to track water systems

improved industrial water efficiency which will reduce operations and maintenance costs, maximize facility run ability, bring about major energy savings and induce improved safety in operations

Growth opportunity in Asia Pacific markets.

It is a very exciting time for us in terms of growth potential in Asia Pacific, which is the home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world. In another 10 years, Asia Pacific will add 1 billion middle-class population and will contribute about 45 percent of world’s GDP leading to rising urbanization and lifestyle changes.

With the rapid acceleration of these developments, the water treatment chemical requirements would double by 2025 across industries and so will our opportunities to grow.

Further, high year on year growth is expected in food processing, healthcare, manufacturing, metals & minerals and power industries, considering some of the potential sectors for growth in emerging markets.

Company’s business insight.

Ecolab is a trusted partner at more than one million customer locations and globally a leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. With 2016 sales of $13 billion and 48,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe food, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.

R&D and innovation focus.

The R&D pipeline is strong with projects to address customer needs, which are clearly in favour of solutions that will enhance plant productivity, improve process efficiencies, comfortably comply with environmental norms as well as ensure safety in operations.

Some examples of R&D projects are –

Advanced chemistries to enable lower water consumption in cooling water systems, improve water quality in WWTPs with reduced sludge generation, generate predictable & cost effective biological control in water systems, lower operating costs in membrane-based water treatment plants eg. RO and enhance key processes for the end users.

On-site automation and remote monitoring of customer (related) operations to bring about improved efficiency where water treatment chemicals are used under the control of 3DTrasar® in the areas of cooling systems, boilers and membrane-based water preparations.

In terms of academic-level research activity, we have had associations with selective national level institutions in the past for valuable references and collaborations. We will continue to follow this strategy in the future as part of our Research Development Programs.

Creating awareness for water solutions.

Ecolab conducts awareness programs on water management and its associated benefits at various forums on a regular basis viz. participation in national and international seminars which are conducted by organizations like CII, FICCI, NACE etc.

This is a very crucial part of our commitment towards our mission to conserve a vital natural resource like water.

Other significant areas are customer seminars where we have customized programs for cross-section of audiences depending on their needs.

Innovation on dispersing polymers.

This is an on-going process for Ecolab’s prestigious R&D team who work relentlessly with the company’s sales & marketing teams as well as customers to advance on dispersion polymers. The bar is raised to enable the polymers to handle high-stress conditions in terms of higher temperature, dissolved ions like calcium, magnesium, iron, silica, alkalinity conditions etc. This is a fundamental area of research in water chemistry where our company leads the industry and comes out with solutions to help the customers solve their deposition and corrosion problems.

Enhancing solutions using biocides.

The Bio-Control programs are the keys to successful cooling water solutions. The biocides play an integral role in these programs. Ecolab’s range of oxidizing and non-oxidizing biocides is wide in terms of their ability to contain all possible micro-bio problems in cooling water arising in various extreme conditions.

The uniqueness is in delivering successful Bio-Control programs, which are a combination of selecting the right biocide(s) for the right occasion and deployment of best practices. Our on-site teams are highly trained and capable of delivering such programs.

Alk Phosphatase - 35-150 U/L

ALT (SGPT) - 1-45 U/L

Ammonia - 10-50 µmol/L

Amylase - 25-125 U/L

Anion Gap - 7-16 mEq/L

AST (SGOT) - 1-36 U/L

BUN - 7-18 mg/dl

Calcium - 8.5-10.5 mg/dL

Carbon Dioxide - 23-30mEq/L

Chloride - 95-105 mEq/L

CPK - Male 38-175 Female 26-140 U/L

Creatinine - 0.6-1.2 mg/dL

Glucose 70-100 mg/dL

Lactic Acid - 0.6-2.2 mg/dL

Lipase - 10/160 U/L

Magnesium - 1.5-2.5

Phosphorus - 3.0-4.5 mg/dL

Potassium - 3.5-5 mEq/L

Sodium - 135-145 mEq/L

TSH - 0.4-4.8 mIU/mL

While all of these are important the bold chemistries are some of the most common that you use in practice and in school

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