New technology 'removes 100% of contaminants from waste water'

Published: 6-Oct-2006


UVPS Environmental Solutions, linked to the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, has developed a product that removes 100% of contaminants from waste discharges such as produced water from an oil rig or industrial waste waters.

The company is celebrating the commissioning of its first commercial unit to the Scotland-based company Sureclean as part of a joint industry project supported by Scottish Enterprise Grampian.

The Advanced Water Treatment System (AWTS) developed by UVPS is the culmination of extensive research carried out by Professor Peter Robertson at RGU's Centre for Research in Energy and the Environment (CREE) and the use of Sureclean's wide experience in the Industrial sector.

The proven, patented technology can provide solutions for the destruction of contaminants such as hydrocarbons in produced water, synthetic based fluids, waste production, processing chemicals, hydrocarbon and chemical spills, volatile organic-compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

Kourosh Bassiti, chairman and ceo of UVPS said: "Existing technologies remove approximately 92% of contaminants from produced water on an oil rig. The UVPS system is 100% effective and has applications in many industries, including the oil and gas, food and drinks, water treatment as well as healthcare.”

The technology uses an activated catalyst in the presence of ultraviolet light to remove and destroy a wide range of dissolved chemicals, pesticides, micro-organisms and other toxins, which have so far been difficult or prohibitively expensive to treat.

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