Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Engineering Audits & Inspections
Engineering audits and engineering inspections are an integral part of both new projects on site and ongoing operations. They are an exercise in benchmarking to assess and understand what is currently in place and quantifying this through reporting. They can identify areas where corrective actions may be required to achieve compliance, or where improvements would provide a benefit to the client. Engineering audits and engineering inspections are tools that can also be used to determine if a project was installed in accordance with the original designs, and provide an accurate starting point for future projects. They can also be an opportunity to have an independent set of eyes review the situation and provide an informed assessment.
For more information – Syngineering Structural Audits
Monday, October 17th, 2016
While there are similarities between MBR and SBR (both are forms of the activated sludge process), there is one fundamental difference – the method of separating the mixed liquor from the treated wastewater. SBR technology relies on gravity settling (or phase separation), while MBR technology uses the membrane as a physical barrier for separation. On the surface this may seem like a subtle difference, however, by using a physical barrier for separation, MBR technology provides numerous advantages.
Click here for more detail Comparing MBR and SBR Technologies
Category Case Study, Designs, General News, Industry News | Tags: Tags: biological treatment, MBR, Membrane Bio Reactors, reverse osmosis, RO, SBR, Sequenced Bio Reactors, waste water treatment, water treatment,
Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Syngineering Water, Australian distributors of VSEP water treatment systems have been applying the VSEP to many different ways to improve waste water treatment. This application is treating effluent from an abattoir and producing water that complies to the Australian Drinking water guidelines
I know this is not the best topic and people do not want to talk about effluent, but unless innovative practical engineers and scientists like the team at Syngineering continue to develop ways to treat effluent, waste water and leachate then we will destroy ourselves.
Syngineering have been developing new and innovative methods of treating effluent and waste water by combining VSEP and reverse osmosis.
Click here for more details of the effluent trials
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Category Industry News | Tags: Tags: abattoirs, effluent, engineering design, Landfill leachate, Leachate, reverse osmosis, VSEP, waste water, water treatment, water treatment plant design,
Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Published on Sep 4, 2016
Syngineering have been developing a new range of containerised VSEP units that fit inside a 40 foot shipping container. The systems also include a reverse osmosis option that when combined with the VSEP system, will produce water that complies with the Australian and New Zealand drinking water standards. These containerised systems are ideal for a wide range of applications including landfill leachate, effluent treatment, coal seam gas, drilling mud treatment and many more.
Leachate Samples using VSEP system combined with Reverse Osmosis
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Monday, January 18th, 2016
Syngineering have begun work on constructing another water treatment plant. A gloomy and cold day but a very exciting day for everyone involved with the project.
Keep up the great work as the project is now well ahead of plan.
Pouring the slab for water treatment plant
Monday, January 11th, 2016
Well done to the Syngineering projects team who have completed and submitted the final water treatment plant design in record time. From contract to final design in a few short months, now for the Syngineering construction and commissioning team to take over and get the plant built.
VSEP Water Treatement Plant Design for a landfill leachate application in New Zealand.
Category Industry News | Tags: Tags: construction, Design, drinking water, engineering design, Landfill, Leachate, reverse osmosis, SBR, VSEP, VSEP water treatment, waste water treatment, Water Filtration,
Sunday, January 10th, 2016
Congratulations to the Syngineering team for securing another new project. This project involves recommissioning a 3.2MW gas fired power station running Caterpillar 3600 gas fired engines.
This is another huge step forward for Syngineering and provides a platform for further growth and expansion.
Excellent job by everyone.
Syngineering Recommissions Power Station Running Cat 3600 Gas Engines
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
We all know how difficult it is to find someone who can do the simple tasks we require effectively and affordable. Syngineering offers high quality engineering and drafting services across all areas in mechanical design, one of those areas is certifying lifting beams. We can design and/or certify your lifting beam, spreader beam and combination beam today.
Continue reading “Lifting Device Certification” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Many design jobs require electrical drafters with CAD skills in various software packages such as CATIA, Revit, AutoCAD or some other 2D drawing/3D CAD software.
The experienced drafters at Syngineering work with these CAD softwares on a daily basis. Our draftsmen come with tradesman experience, so they have worked on the tools and have the practical know-how when it comes to understanding what the client wants and doing the job properly. Continue reading “Electrical Drafters” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
A landfill in Virginia has implemented VSEP systems to prevent high surcharge costs for discharging leachate water in sewer systems. The leachate water contained higher levels of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) than acceptable and so incurred the surcharges. Before installing the VSEP system the landfill tried unsuccessfully to use a dissolved air filtration (DAF) unit to pre-treat the leachate and was unsuccessful. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – Virginia, USA” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
El Inga Landfill serves Quito in Ecuador. Here they have had a problem with leachate treatment for several years and concerns that the groundwater is contaminated. They implemented a MBR/digester system, but it was not able to provide the required discharge and so the leachate has had to remain in the ponds and evaporate naturally. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – El Inga, Ecuador” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Cerro Patacon is the only official solid waste landfill for Panama City’s garbage. The site was storing the leachate in three large ponds, but this solution is not permanent, with an increasing population and pollution laws becoming stricter. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – Cerro Patacon, Panama” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
The Santo Domingo Landfill caters to the third most populous city in Ecuador and therefore needs to hold a lot of waste. The climate is humid and rains frequently, which leads to high volumes of leachate. The current method for containing the leachate is using four large mesh-covered ponds, but is not an effective long term solution as the population increases and rainwater persistently fills up the ponds. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – Santo Domingo, Ecuador” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Landfills are used to contain and manage waste products and prevent them from harming the environment. Modern day landfills are used as storage sites where the waste products are dumped and sealed to stop the spread of pollutants and harmful pathogens. Continue reading “VSEP Landfill leachate” »
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
The city of Buga in Columbia was quickly outgrowing the area used for landfill. In fact the projection estimated it would reach its capacity within four months. The regulators told the Buga Landfill that prior to opening another site they needed to be able to provide a method of dealing with the leachate produced from the waste. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – El Presidente, Colombia” »
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
In the crudest sense Vibratory Shear Enhanced Processing (VSEP) takes the untreated feed water and separates it into clean water (also called permeate or filtrate) and dirty water (also called reject or concentrate), all without any chemical additives or pretreatment. Continue reading “How VSEP Works” »
Monday, February 2nd, 2015
Once Mexico City’s only solid waste landfill, it is now closed to allow landfills to be opened further away from the residents of the city. However, the landfill was used to support a 9 million person population and so is still producing leachate wastewater and will continue to do so for some time. Continue reading “VSEP Case Study – El Bordo Poniente, Mexico City” »
Sunday, February 1st, 2015
The following video clearly illustrates the incredible water leaning power of a VSEP system. In the video we see a stream of clean permeate on the left and on the right we can see the concentrate or reject water. Continue reading “A comparison of Permeate and Concentrate from VSEP System” »
Sunday, February 1st, 2015
Leachate is the product of a fluid percolating through a solid and “leaching” out constituents from the solid. It poses a problem in waste management where groundwater passing through landfill becomes contaminated. Continue reading “Landfill Leachate Treatment” »
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Here at Syngineering we have been granted a new contract working with American water treatment giants New Logic Research Inc. as the national distributor in Australia for their new product VSEP (Vibratory Shear Enhanced Process). VSEP is the world’s first vibrating membrane separation system. Its done by applying vibratory shear waves directly at the membrane surface. VSEP is able to separate difficult feed streams including high levels of suspended and dissolved solids, oils, organics and other problematic constituents. The process is inexpensive and capable of:
- Processing thousands of litres per minute
- Has the ability to stay cleaner for longer
- Can process constituents with a large solid percentage (~70%)
- Has a high efficiency (~99%)
- Simple design (two main parts), and
- Compact in size.
To download a copy of our VSEP pamphlet click here 
