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SHIVA – REAL-TIME REMOTE MONITORING
AND ALERT OF A SITE’S EMISSIONS
SolvayInnovationTrophy2006
FROM MONITORING
TO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
In the natural protection area of Santo Andre
(Brazil), controlling the liquid or gaseous
effluents of an industrial site becomes a key
concernThe aim is to react immediately
to any abnormal emission. That is why a real
time monitoring and alert system, unique
in its kind throughout the Group, has been
designed at the Elclor plant. It keeps an eye
over around 300 parametersThe data collected
by the captors (e.g. pH, temperature)
or supplied by the analysers (e.g. presence
of metallic contaminants), are available in real
time in the control rooms, thus making it
possible to quickly detect a potential problem.
Stored in databases, they also make it possible
to generate the reports required by the
authorities. The setting up of SHIVA, which is
up and running since 2001, was made possible
by transposing the IT processes used
to control production (sensors, transmission
and acquisition of remote data) to the control
of effluents. Combined with aerial photos
of the plant, this user-friendly system makes
it possible to immediately detect any anomaly
in the complex network of effluents
and to take an immediate decision on any
corrective action.
> Edilberto Bannwart; Leda Ferreira; Wanderley Bazani;
François Carette; Bruno Cornet; Serge Joris;
Roberta Manzini; Vinicius Zappala.
> CC HSE
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PIPELIFE ECO SYSTEMS
THE VALUE IS IN THE TUBE
Apipe transports water. But is there more
to it than that? Yes, says Pipelife,
by developing the ends or the intermediary
points to provide protection. The idea
of Pipelife ECO systems grew from there, after
the acquisition of Propipe, a pipe-maker with
a firm foothold in “ecological“ products
sector. Pipelife is developing a broad range
of products including sand, oil and grease
separators that are incorporated in the sewer
networks. The advantage for the client
is obvious: the possibility of dealing with
one single supplier for different high quality
products that are designed to be compatible.
For Solvay, this is a market that will develop
in line with the growing environmental
awareness and the related legislative
decisions. However, to make the idea
a success, the pipe-laying sector must
be convinced of its utility, by highlighting
mainly the cost-saving aspect, with third party
players. Pipelife intends to adopt a strategy
to meet this objective by developing its R&D,
by encouraging the emergence of local
production companies, by working on
a quality that lives up to European standard,
which is essential if we consider the potential
generated by the countries who recently
joined the Community. Pipelife should quickly
position itself as a company that is more
environmentally friendly than its competitors
and capable of coming up with
the best solutions.
> Hielke Hoekstra; Bojan Cendak; Eddy Keesmekers;
Mika Rajakangas.
> SBU PIPELIFE