Veolia HYDREX Aquavista 5C automated cooling water treatment

Veolia Water Technologies has introduced the HYDREX AquaVista (Aquavista 5C) — an automated control and monitoring system adaptable for most water treatment systems, including open and closed cooling circuits, membranes and boilers. The technology is capable of collecting operational data, calculating corrective actions, executing corrections, communicating with the system’s operator and controlling the optimum design parameters.

With cooling systems, operators have to continuously adapt the chemical dosing in the water to mitigate fluctuating make-up and cooling water parameters. The Aquavista 5C automatically diagnoses cooling system conditions for appropriate chemical response solutions. This can prevent adverse effects like corrosion, deposits, fouling and microbiological growth in cooling towers.

The technology features five levels of optimisation: reducing fresh water utilisation; controlling chemical consumption; ensuring occupational safety; increasing plant efficiency and performance; and enhancing human productivity. Through the five Cs of collect, calculate, correct, communicate and control, it offers manufacturers benefits such as minimising risk concerning scale and corrosion; maximising water usage; optimising blow-down water and related discharges; facilitating reports and operating conditions; and achieving high water treatment systems performance.

Specially designed for integrated management of water treatment systems, the product also excels in remote monitoring, which allows access of information through the Aquavista 5C portal on a smartphone or tablet. This enables manufacturers to retrieve equipment status performance and data from any location instantly and facilitates fast reaction times when readings deviate from standard parameters.