Francisco Balsera Cubero
Sales Director

The chemical treatment separates out the solids suspended in the liquid and forms potentially buoyant flock. The flock is made to float by adding micro-bubbles to the liquid, which stick to the flock, thus reducing the density of the flock/micro-bubble group. The micro-bubbles are produced by expanding air diluted in water under pressure (DAF: dissolved air flotation). A scraper is used to remove the floating flock, thus ending the physical treatment.

Depending on the flow, the suspended solids and the application, we can offer floats with and without laminates (they reduce the surface area of the float) for flows of up to 100 m3/hour (F(L)5-F(L)100 models). The newly developed F35 can treat 35 m3/h and has a hub without laminates. The F35 arose from the need to treat larger flows when laminates cannot be used in the float such as, for example, when the solids load is high or the flock is too large.

The pressurisation system in all these third generation floats has been improved and now works with a multi-stage pump designed especially to produce micro-bubbles. The pump can suck in the air required for micro-bubble production so there is no need to install an air supply, thus lowering maintenance costs. Because of the new level regulating system, the sludge extracted is drier.

The dosing and mixing of the on line reagents (static mixer) has also been improved, resulting in a reduction in the reagents to be added, significantly lowering maintenance costs. The ergonomics and safety of the equipment have been improved and the floats now comply with safety standards and carry the "CE" mark.

Til Boheme
R&D Department

MP ENVIRONMENTALhas, for the second year running, organised technical meetings, aimed at the public sector, in order to increase awareness of our new techniques and of the importance of caring for the environment.
On this occasion, the attendees included representatives from various offices, environmental boards, river management boards such ad the Southern, Northern, Ebro and Guadalquivir as well as representatives from certain city councils such as Burgos and Vitoria.

Mr Michelangelo Marchionna, the product manager for BIODESTIL, a technology applied to the treatment of highly polluted wastes in which high purification is required, such as oil sludge and leaching, explained the technical aspects of the product.
The attendees were invited to visit the BIODESTIL treatment plant in Corcoya (Seville). This plant is designed to treat a flow of 3000 l/h of oil sludge waste. The degree of purification obtained in it (greater than 98% in DQO) allows the final output to meet the strictest legal requirements. Further, the special design of the treatment plant allows the final purified water to be used in the existing cooling tower, meaning that the flow leaving the plant is practically zero.

Thanks to these magnificent results, MP ENVIRONMENTAL currently has BIODESTIL purifiers installed in six plants. BIODESTIL is registered as EU trademark number 2143121, in classes 11, 37 and 42.

Jesús Jiménez
R&D Department

MP ENVIRONMENTAL participated for the second consecutive time in the 13th International Fair for the Protection of the Environment, PROMA 2001, held in the last week of February, with a high number of exhibitors and of attendance by professionals in the sector.

The exhibits covered all sectors relating to the environmental market: water, wastes and recycling, laboratories, air, energy, etc. There was also a strong international presence with representatives from over 15 countries. Thanks to this organisational success and to the good work of our personnel and technical equipment, the MP ENVIRONMENTAL (DEPUFLUID) stand was visited by a large number of clients and professionals from the sector. A pilot plant in Perspex, fully equipped and automated, drew numerous visitors, as did the FLAD 5 (5 m3/h) compact flotation equipment, due to its small size. The new items presented included:

BIODESTIL: plant for the evaporation of highly polluting wastes, with various installations operating, applied to the treatment of leaching, oil sludge and wastes with high chlorides content.

WATROMAT: equipment for heat-drying sludges, achieving a drying of 90%, with the consequent saving in the cost of handling them.

We also took advantage of the occasion at the fair to present our new catalogues, both general and operational, stressing our specialisation and wide experience (300 references) in most industrial sectors. Our clients include important industrial groups and prestigious companies (EADS CASA, Júver, Koipe, Hero, Bimbo, Lladró, National Can Iberica, Danone, Egmasa, etc).

Continuing with its policy of acting within the sector, MP ENVIRONMENTAL has been an exhibitor at an important number of events, notably ALIMENTARIA (Lisbon), EXPOMATEX (Barcelona), EXPOLIVA (Jaén), and INTERALIMED (Valencia), thus strengthening the image of our company in order to reaffirm good relations with current clients and establish relations with potential ones.

Julio Moreno Valseca
Head of Marketin

As At the end of last year we entered a new phase in our company with expansion in the branches. After unifying proposals and projects, we have increased the technical presence with the incorporation of new colleagues in the engineering departments in our North-eastern, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern branches, as well as in our new company in Portugal, Pinto & Cruz Ambiente, which has started up with its own technicians. Morocco has also been provided with water technicians from head office.
June saw the completion of this phase of new entries and technician training will have finished by the end of the year. This has all been carried out with one end in mind: to increase the quality and service to our clients. From headquarters, we welcome you mostly warmly.

During this period, projects have been developed, such as Júver (Murcia) that have set records in all senses: construction time and compliance with parameters.

This plant purifies the waste, mainly from the preparation of juices, at the rate of some 1400 m3/day. It has a grinder with a hydraulic grate, pump, and a screen with rotary filters of 0.75 and 0.25 mm gauge.

Once the waste has been screened it is pumped to two stainless steel surface tanks, each with a capacity of 500 m3, containing agitators and aeration equipment, so that each tank may be filled and emptied independently. The homogenised waste is pumped in a constant flow to a floatation system using micro-bubbles to which a coagulant, soda and flocculent are added. The sludge is removed to a homogenising sump for later drying by centrifuging.

This system reduces DQO values from 4000 mg/l to 2000 mg/l and the output of suspended solids is over 95 %.
The second phase of this project is now under study, involving the design of biological treatment to reduce the soluble DQO to 500 mg/l.

Congratulations to everyone.

MADRID BIOLOGICAL PARK
With the undertaking of this important project, MP ENVIRONMENTAL has made a fundamental step forward in presenting itself as one of the leading companies in water treatment in our country. The work carried out here, which has been recognised by the promoter on many occasions, again shows quality in the constructional work and emphasises the knowledge accumulated in more than 300 installations on which we have worked throughout the country and abroad. This project is, unusually, contained in an area no greater than 14 Ha. A representative sample of the different ecosystems on our planet, it requires very high water quality for the animals and plants which are to live in each area and, above all, very narrow variability margins for the parameters defining the quality of this water. Using very rigorous initial studies, MP ENVIRONMENTAL has been able to solve this problem and successfully take on one more challenge in this complicated world of water treatment.

SERIES OF CONFERENCES IN ARGANDA DEL REY

In line with its policy to enhance relations with public authorities and above all with businessmen likely to require its services, the Central branch of MP ENVIRONMENTAL will take part as a delegate in the 4th Industrial Fair in Arganda del Rey (Madrid), in which it will discuss the problems of and answers to, industrial wastes in municipal sewerage systems. The participation, made possible thanks to the kind request of the town council, shows the interest but, above all, the undertaking to provide service to industry and by extension to the protection of the environment of our company since it was founded. The satisfaction of continuing to collaborate with both the industrial sector and the local government which regulates it strengthens our conviction of being a reference point in our sector for both parties.

Madrid Branch

Antonia Jiménez, R&D, Biological Processes