With long-life UV lamps, Heraeus helps to disinfect drinking water in an energy-saving and environmentally friendly way – whether in Hanau or New York.
„Water and Energy“ is the topic at the World Water Day 2014 held by the United Nations every year on 22 March. This year’s World Water Day wants to emphasise the connections and interactions between water and energy and focuses on energy production and transmission, in particular for water power, nuclear power and thermal energy sources, and the use of water resources. The energy-efficient use of UV lamps for drinking water treatment is also a topic. Smart product solutions and UV technologies by Heraeus enable environmentally compatible, energy-saving and sustainable disinfection of drinking water. All over the world, municipal water works profit from this – from Hanau to New York.
The treatment of drinking water and used water with high-energy ultraviolet radiation for disinfection is an environmentally friendly method established for more than 100 years. It works without chemicals such as chlorine or ozone. Special UV lamps supplied by the specialty light sources division destroy microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and parasites and help decompose chemicals that are detrimental to health. Neither the taste nor smell of the water are affected. The Hanau municipal utilities have been making use of the economic and ecological advantages of this drinking water treatment method for more than one year. To treat the water of a Hanau suburb, they have replaced chlorine disinfection in a water tower with a UV disinfection system supplied by Trojan. The system uses modern and long-life Heraeus amalgam lamps.
Long-life UV lamps enable compact disinfection plants
Due to a special production process, the Heraeus long-life UV lamps enable almost constant disinfection over the entire life of a lamp. Up to 90 percent of the original output is achieved even after a good 16,000 hours of operation, which is almost twice as long as usual commercial UV lamps. Thanks to the higher UV output and long service life, plant manufacturers such as Trojan need fewer lamps to design UV systems for disinfection. Moreover, the systems are low-maintenance and cost-efficient because lamps only need to be replaced after two or three years of operation. This provides a considerable potential for saving as regards number of lamps, system components, energy requirement, service intervals and cost of operation and maintenance. Compact disinfection systems are made possible, which further reduces the amount of space required.
12,000 UV lamps for the Big Apple
The water treatment plant put into service in New York at the end of 2013 is much larger. It is the world’s largest UV disinfection system. Some 12,000 UV lamps in 56 so-called reactors, each the size of a truck and likewise supplied by Trojan, treat more than eight million cubic metres of water for the City of New York every day. Heraeus has supplied the initial UV lamp equipment. The water passes the special low-pressure gas discharge lamps and their UV light renders microorganisms innocuous within seconds. With this ‚green‘ disinfection method, the city minimises its expenditure on maintenance and energy consumption for drinking water treatment to guarantee perfect drinking water for the metropolis.
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Heraeus Noblelight GmbH with its headquarters in Hanau and with subsidiaries in the USA, Great Britain, France, China and Australia, is one of the technology- and market-leaders in the production of specialist light sources. In 2012, Heraeus Noblelight had an annual turnover of 92,5 Million EUR and employed 715 people worldwide. The organization develops, manufactures and markets infrared and ultraviolet emitters and systems for applications in industrial manufacture, environmental protection, medicine and cosmetics, research, development and analytical measurement techniques.
Heraeus Noblelight acquired on January 31, 2013 the Fusion UV Systems group headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland (USA).
Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with more than 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials and technologies, sensors, biomaterials and medical products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. In the financial year 2012 Heraeus generated product revenues of EUR4.2 billion and precious metal trading revenues of EUR16 billion. With more than 12,200 employees in over 100 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.
Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
Juliane Henze
Heraeusstraße 12-14
63450 Hanau
+ 49 (0) 6181 / 35 – 85 39
juliane.henze@heraeus.com
http://www.heraeus-noblelight.com
