The SUEZ IDEAS Center
The SUEZ IDEAS Center provides treatability, piloting and R&D services that comply with today’s ever-changing environmental regulations and anticipate the complex system challenges that await tomorrow’s industrial and municipal clients. SUEZ’ state-of-the-art laboratory is staffed by renowned research and development engineers and scientists who are equipped to analyze the composition of water and wastewater samples and develop the best technical, cost-effective solutions for SUEZ clients.
Treatability studies
SUEZ’s process experts design and execute project-specific laboratory treatability studies to provide the necessary foundation and framework to solve the client’s specialized need. Typical laboratory treatability studies include:
- Clarification / Softening
- Flue Gas Desulfurization
- Metals Removal
- Silica Removal
- Filter Media Analysis (Sieve and Residue Analysis)
- General Microscopy
- Specialized Microbial Analysis
- Silt Density Index
Piloting
With a fleet of over 30 field-scale pilot units of various treatment processes that are skidded mounted, in a truck trailer, or containerized and handling flows up to 350 gpm (80 m3/h), SUEZ conducts practical on-site studies for determination of process performance prior to full-scale investment. This approach has proven successful on thousands of the most difficult industrial applications worldwide and offers the client several benefits:
- analysis of entire treatment process to find the best solution for treatment needs
- most efficient combination of technology and products at the lowest overall cost
- optimal design conditions for the full-scale system
- proof of system reliability
- regulatory approval
- process guarantees