Industries, which are major consumers of water, use this essential resource in various processes such as cooling circuits, boiler feed, or direct integration into production lines. This industrial water, often loaded with organic and mineral pollutants, requires rigorous treatment to meet the required physical and chemical properties.
Thanks to its expertise, John Cockerill offers comprehensive and innovative solutions for the treatment and purification of industrial water. These tailor-made solutions cover a wide range of needs: process water preparation, wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse, and recovery of liquid or solid effluents. Among the latter, biomethanization makes it possible to produce energy and fertilizers, thus contributing to sustainable resource management.
Industrial wastewater, resulting from extraction or processing, is characterized by its high heterogeneity and the diversity of pollutants it contains: solids, organic and mineral matter, metals, hydrocarbons, solvents, oils, and polymers. These specific characteristics require the use of treatment technologies adapted to each sector of activity, while complying with current discharge standards.
John Cockerill offers a wide range of processes to meet these challenges:
- Neutralization and pH adjustment.
- Coagulation and flocculation for particle aggregation.
- Lamellar settling for solids separation.
- Flotation and oil removal for the elimination of light materials.
- Sand or activated carbon filtration for advanced purification.
- Membrane techniques such as ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, or reverse osmosis.
- Biological treatments using activated sludge, biofilters, or biodiscs.
- Anaerobic treatments for the conversion of pollutants into biogas.
These solutions, tailored to the specific needs of each industry (food processing, pharmaceuticals, mining, automotive, hospitals, etc.), enable optimized water management and contribute to an environmentally friendly approach.
