An robotically adjustable, moveable chemical dosing system, developed to be used in pipe commissioning, has secured sole distribution with pipeline gear specialist AHS Pipeline Innovation, which relies in Leeds.
The AD-150 from manufacturing firm Aquadose is primarily used within the chlorination and de-chlorination of pipelines. It’s thought to be an clever dosing system resulting from its automated flow-proportional dosing management and course of validation.
Not like conventional dosing programs, the unit robotically adjusts the quantity of chemical answer added to the water throughout commissioning, consistent with adjustments in movement. South Wales primarily based Aquadose is working in collaboration with AHS to make sure a fleet of 40 AD1-150 skids can be found for rent by water utilities within the UK and Eire from September 2023.
Contractors and water utilities must deploy moveable chemical dosing programs to inject sodium hypochlorite, sodium thiosulphate or sodium bisulphate options in the course of the pipe commissioning course of. This contains the exact inspection, checking, cleansing, flushing, verification, strain and leak testing, and efficiency analysis that should be undertaken to convey a brand new infrastructure on-line.
The AD1-150 makes the method a lot simpler for the operator because the water movement doesn’t have to be monitored for consistency. The system can deal with a variety of water movement charges from 5 to 300l/minute, making it suitable with most pipelines, together with trunk mains. With Aquadose’s plug-and-play flowline adapters, the AD1-150 can be utilized to deal with movement charges as much as a formidable 370l/second or 32,000 m3/day.
What’s in it?
The AD1-150 dosing system weighs lower than 20kg and is housed in a single moveable unit, which makes transportation and set-up simple. It’s battery-powered, and one cost can last as long as 14 hours, making it sensible on websites the place an influence provide is just not simply accessible.
The system can calculate the required amount of chemical substances wanted as soon as the pipe dimensions have been inputted into the touchscreen management panel, additional lowering preparation work.
The management panel is designed to be user-friendly, to make sure setup and administration of the dosing regime is easy, with simply adjustable parameters monitored through a touchscreen.
The AD1-150 system data and securely uploads all knowledge to PIPE, AHS’s cloud-hosted buyer dashboard, permitting operators to simply monitor and analyse chlorination exercise, with larger transparency and pipeline commissioning compliance alongside strain testing knowledge. For distant working, the system additionally comes with a cellular app that permits the chlorination and de-chlorination course of to be monitored from anyplace on any system.
Pipeline partnership
The group mentioned: “AHS Pipeline Innovation is pushed by bettering the security, effectivity, and compliance of all pipeline commissioning actions, mirrored within the extension of its providers from strain testing to incorporate chlorination, by its partnership with Aquadose.”
Dave Watkins, managing director of Aquadose mentioned, “Since 2018, Aquadose has collaborated carefully with AHS to fulfill consumer wants on high-profile mains commissioning tasks. This collaboration has achieved revolutionary options and breakthrough progress past what was thought of doable in our trade.”
“The workforce look ahead to future collaborations and mixing experience to unravel new challenges as purchasers’ wants develop.”
Tony Kitchen, technical director at AHS mentioned, “The AD1-150 is an excellent chlorination system and the workforce at AHS is happy supply it for rent in collaboration with our companions at Aquadose. The 2 corporations’ highly effective synergy, constructed on mutual belief and shared technical experience, has allowed AHS to change into concerned in some cutting-edge tasks, bringing thrilling new improvements to the trade.”
As with all AHS fleet employed merchandise, distant and onsite help might be accessible on request as a part of the partnership.
