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For years, Sitra has been applying cutting-edge technology to optimize the management and maintenance of water treatment facilities in industry, including electricity consumption. As a result of this commitment, the company developed WIM (Water Industrial Management) more than five years ago, a tool through which it has significantly optimized electricity consumption in a snack manufacturing company.
This is an internally developed technological application aimed at increasing efficiency in the comprehensive management of water that has evolved over the years and now, in addition to allowing remote and comprehensive visualization and control of water treatment facilities, also integrates maintenance systems such as CMMS.
In the latest implementation of the WIM tool at a snack manufacturing company, Sitra has significantly optimized electricity consumption in an existing aerobic biological reactor at the client's facility. The ability to obtain operating hours data for the biological reactor's aeration systems and compare it with data and values of the reactor's inlet loads has been key to reducing this consumption.
A detailed analysis of the data revealed that the equipment's operating hours far exceeded the theoretical operating hours required to provide the necessary oxygen for the proper functioning of the treatment. This led to the consideration of relocating the probes to a point where they could obtain more accurate readings of the dissolved oxygen present in the biological reactor. This adjustment resulted in an approximately 18% reduction in the blowers' electricity consumption, with the corresponding cost savings for the client.
Therefore, the great advantage of this tool is the acquisition of a large amount of operational process data, which, combined with Sitra's experience in these processes, allows for the development of efficient technical solutions for cost optimization. It is worth noting that the tool can be used in both Sitra-built and existing facilities, and allows for complete parameterization of the treatment processes.
Undoubtedly, this success story, along with many others, has demonstrated the usefulness of WIM in optimizing the costs associated with water treatment, especially those derived from electricity consumption and chemical products, as well as optimizing scheduled repairs and alarm management, which allows for immediate and remote handling of any type of incident at the plant.
