[...]Guangzhou, China The 16th Asia Olympics will take place at Guangzhou (Guangdong province), China, from 12 to 27 November. They are the biggest sport event in Asia and held every four years. All Asians, in a fever of excitement, are waiting for the Games to begin, so the venues will certainly be well attended. For such a major sporting event as the Asia Olympics the local infrastructure needs to be modernized and expanded. This includes also wastewater disposal and treatment plants, the capacity of which needs to be extended and their technical standard improved to state-of-the-art. HUBER SE [...]
[...]Manfouha, Saudi Arabia HUBER SE has won the first of three major projects in the field of solar sewage sludge drying in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. The long-standing customer Alkhorayef Water&Power Technologies has placed an order with HUBER SE for the supply of 50 lines of HUBER Sludge Turner SOLSTICE®. This also includes the automatic sludge feeding with HUBER Screw Conveyors of a total length of approx. 900 metres. The contractor Alkhorayef Water&Power will operate the Manfouha wastewater treatment plant for a period of 15 years and expand it with various process steps such as solar[...]
[...]Berching, Germany How it all began... In the 1950s and 1960s, manhole covers in "painted steel" and "galvanised steel" were proven products of the HUBER company and the covers were mainly manufactured for water pipeline construction. At the beginning of the 1970s, the brothers Hans and Karl-Josef Huber, the company owners at the time, recognised the desire and need of many customers for a low-maintenance manhole cover that did not require maintenance work such as regular painting of the surface. The idea of using stainless steel for this purpose was born and was implemented on a trial basis. At that [...]
[...]Houston, TX USA In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast and struck it hard. The devastating category 4 hurricane caused unprecedented flooding. In addition to more than $125 billion in property damage, the storm completely destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Within just four days, more than one metre of rain per square metre fell in many areas in the Houston region, making Harvey the rainiest storm ever recorded in the United States. Since Hurricane Harvey, the Houston region has repeatedly experienced severe storms, which is why the National Weather Service (NWS) has [...]
[...]Lyon, France In the south-west of Lyon, France's third largest city, the new modern La Saulaie district is currently under construction. It will provide new flats and houses for more than 2,000 people as well as commercial space, parks and leisure facilities. The existing district on the banks of the Rhône is being modernised and extended on the currently unused site of the French railway company SCNF. Sustainable energy supply As the issue of sustainability plays a similarly important role in France as it does in Germany, a sustainable energy supply for the district was particularly important[...]
[...]United Utilities, Warrington, England Background In 2017, United Utilities started work on a four-year improvement project at Blackburn and Darwen WwTW. This work included: Extending the current works at Blackburn WwTW to construct new tanks, buildings and improve the treatment process. Taking existing wastewater flows from Darwen WwTW through to Blackburn WwTW by installing a new connecting pipe and upgrading the existing tanks. Constructing new storm tanks and new pipeline to transfer wastewater to Blackburn WwTW from Nabs Head WwTW. Blackburn WwTW treats principally domestic crude sewage from[...]
[...]Cannock STW, UK HUBER Technology recently completed a project for Severn Trent Water at Cannock STW, north of Birmingham. HUBER Technology were engaged on the project in 2018 with the project being installed in late 2019 and commissioned in 2020. Project Profile This project was part of the upgrade to the Four Ashes and Cannock STW sludge treatment capability to include finer screens and provide sludge thickening. HUBER Technology Supplied 2 x HUBER Sludgecleaner STRAINPRESS® 290 5mm Sludge screens including Control Panels to Severn Trent Water Specification and a 6m high gantry to mount the[...]
[...]HUBER Lifecycle Service A complete range of services for optimum product operation HUBER LifeCycle Service HUBER LifeCycle Service Service modules for your requirements Superior machine and plant technology must be installed and commissioned correctly. Subsequently, professional maintenance as well as any necessary optimisation of the mode of operation to changing conditions ensures that the optimum performance can be used reliably and operationally safe to the full extent at minimum operating costs. Comprehensive service package HUBER Service supports you in operating your machines and [...]
[...]Editorial on the topic ”ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY” by Prof. Dr. Franz Bischof ”Energy”! A word that electrifies and invites discussion like no other at the moment. Everyone in this country now knows about the importance of energy – and its availability and costs. And it is energy carriers, heat and electricity, i.e. the conversion products of our technical processes that are subject to losses, that keep our lives and those of industry in this country “running and alive” and at the same time make them easier. 1,000,000 billion joules of primary energy consumption But have you ever actually thought[...]