Wastewater
A clean solution
The level of contamination of domestic and industrial wastewater differs greatly – chemically, biologically, and with regard to solid matter. Water treatment plants perform the essential function of removing contaminants and returning clean water to the usage cycle. As a plant operator, you understand the complex and often energy-intensive processes that wastewater must undergo before it reaches the required level of purity. With our specialist software and automation technology, Siemens supports both state-of-the-art sewage plants and technologies for biological sewage treatment.
High-strength Wastewater Treatment
If you need to treat high-strength, unusual wastewaters, let our experts – with decades of experience and expertise – help you find the right solution.Water solutions for the Oil & Gas Industry
From biological treatment for water reuse to hydrothermal treatment of the world’s toughest wastewaters, we’re prepared to prove our treatment solutions through bench- and pilot-scale testing, and treatability studies.
Products, solutions, and services throughout the entire plant lifecycle
The parallelization and automation of work processes, their simplification and standardization, as well as digitalization and electrification are all important factors for improving the efficiency of your plant. Competing in the international market requires constant innovative strength and efficiency as well as increased productivity and quality – throughout the entire plant lifecycle. With our customized solutions, products, and services we help you achieve integrated plant management.
Efficiency throughout the plant lifecycle starts with planning
It is vital to be working as cost-effectively as possible right from the planning phase. Innovative software and tools are important factors in speeding up the planning phase. Make optimal use of this potential, because saving time means saving money.
Planning the automation of a wastewater plant
Uninterrupted operation, high water quality, and reduction of plant costs are just some of the challenges of the process industry. Automation plays a key role in resolving these issues. Our automation engineering allows you to respond quickly to changes in the supply network. It stands for user-friendliness, high system availability, investment protection, future-proof technology and reduced total cost of ownership.
Selection and planning of drive engineering
The new infrastructure drive SINAMICS G120X is the perfect choice for pumping / ventilating in your wastewater application. This drive covers all voltage ranges from 0.75 to 630 kW in nine sizes and works in all voltages and supply networks. Due to its robust construction with optional drip water protection and optionally 3C3 coated printed circuit boards the SINAMICS G120X can also be used under harsh conditions. It is very efficient and can be operated with all motors, the best are synchronous reluctance motors from SIEMENS.
Planning the electrification of a wastewater plant
Our comprehensive range of power supply products permits a reliable, secure, and efficient power supply with software and hardware products, systems, and solutions for all the voltage levels of your wastewater plant.
Integrated Engineering: shorter time from planning to operation
Integrated Engineering: shorter time from planning to operation
Competing in the international market today requires constant innovative strength and efficiency, faster commissioning – and uncompromising quality from the very start. The solution: Enjoy the benefits of digitalization as early as the engineering phase through our Integrated Engineering concept, based on consistent software tools.
Integrated automation
Uninterrupted operation, high water quality, and reduction of plant costs are just some of the challenges in the process industry. Automation plays a key role in resolving these issues. Our automation engineering allows you to respond quickly to changes in the supply network. It stands for user-friendliness, high system availability, investment protection, future-proof technology, and reduced total cost of ownership.
Efficient drive technology
With perfectly coordinated components such as enclosure, bearings, active parts, ventilation, and cooling system, we offer you the right motor and converter for every need. We thus ensure high plant availability, security of supply with high material quality through innovative processing, and low energy consumption.
Optimal plant operation for high availability
Optimal plant operation is primarily based on high availability with minimal costs. Among other things, it requires data transparency and reliable equipment. Innovative software and proven products are valuable aids to profitable plant operation.
Optimization of sewage treatment plants
The operation of sewage treatment plants, especially the aeration of biological treatment steps, can be optimized using the Advanced Process Control functions of SIMATIC PCS 7.
Certified energy management
Company-wide energy management across sites can be a genuine challenge. With SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO, you can quickly display energy costs per generator set, machine, plant area, day, week, month, or year. When integrated into the automation system, it lets you link energy and production data as well as plant information. Instead having to analyze complex raw values, SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO combines the values and makes them accessible to you as meaningful indicators. TÜV certification of the solution makes it easier for you to comply with legal requirements in accordance with ISO 50001 and enables the energy- and cost-efficient operation of your wastewater treatment plants.
Protect plants against unauthorized access
With the growth of digitalization, comprehensive security in automation becomes increasingly important. Our Industrial Security concept includes all security levels and provides plant and network security as well as ensuring system integrity, thus providing comprehensive protection for the productivity of your wastewater plant.
Prevent faults and breakdowns in extreme ambient conditions
Mechanical loads, chemical and biological substances, condensation and temperature fluctuations reduce your wastewater plant’s durability. SIPLUS extreme technology protects your products against the resulting corrosion, dendrite and whisker formation and other harmful deposits, thereby preventing faults and downtimes. The expansion of the temperature range to -40°C and +70°C allows SIPLUS extreme products to be used even where the standard range is no longer sufficient.
Safe integration of distributed plants
Because wastewater treatment plants are often set up decentrally with many distributed external stations, centralized control is important. With telecontrol, you can control your plant remotely and easily communicate with the individual parts of the plant that are separated in terms of space or locality. Using the telecontrol units you can, for example, detect leaks, monitor pumping and storage stations, and check the levels in the tanks.
Integrated automation
Uninterrupted operation, high water quality, and reduction of plant costs are just some of the challenges in the process industry. Automation plays a key role in resolving these issues. Our automation engineering allows you to respond quickly to changes in the supply network. It stands for user-friendliness, high system availability, investment protection, future-proof technology, and reduced total cost of ownership.
Efficient drive technology
With perfectly coordinated components such as enclosure, bearings, active parts, ventilation, and cooling system, we offer you the right motor and converter for every need. We thus ensure high plant availability, security of supply with high material quality through innovative processing, and low energy consumption.
Electrification over all voltage levels
Our comprehensive range of power supply products permits a reliable, secure, and efficient power supply with software and hardware products, systems, and solutions during a wastewater plant’s operating phase.
Reliable telecontrol technology
With our telecontrol technology, you can efficiently connect and control individual process stations via remote networks.
Comprehensive water management system
Optimized operations management requires that plants and infrastructures in the water and wastewater industry be intelligently controlled and managed. Our smart solution is the SIWA water management system – a modular solution for wastewater networks.
Optimal maintenance for minimum downtime
Minimum downtime and optimal use of staff and resources are key to sustainable success. With technology-based services throughout the entire plant lifecycle, in-depth knowledge of technologies and industry expertise, we create the conditions for greater productivity, flexibility, and efficiency – reliably, globally and around the clock. Thus, we enable you to perform predictive maintenance for optimal operation and minimum downtime.
Ensure high availability throughout the entire lifecycle
Both profitability and high plant availability are key for operators of wastewater treatment plants. The value of their investment must be maintained by constantly adapting to new requirements, for example by increasing efficiency. To safeguard plant operation and ensure availability throughout the entire plant lifecycle, we offer a service program that supports and supplements the operator’s maintenance processes, optimizes the efficiency of plant components, and guarantees plant safety.
Reliable plant monitoring
High availability of the automation concept is extremely important for properly safeguarding the supply. A SIMATIC System Audit provides transparency of the current status and serviceability of your SIMATIC automation system.
It thus provides a crucial basis for ensuring intelligent design and service strategies as well as efficient implementation of system upgrades and updates.
Introduce a preventive maintenance concept
Failures in a wastewater treatment plant can lead to serious disposal problems. With our comprehensive range of preventive services, we help you avoid unplanned downtime by planning and implementing suitable maintenance measures in advance. Preventive maintenance also helps you to make the most of hidden potential through continuous optimization, thus improving your long term efficiency.
Ultrasonic Level Control
Pump Station Control requires monitoring of water level in the wet well. Level, volume, flow and the pump need to be controlled continuously.
SIRIUS ACT Push Buttons
SIRIUS ACT offers a unique portfolio of pushbuttons, indicator lights and switches. Designed for rugged reliability and critical operations - even oils, caustic solutions and extreme environmental influences cannot disrupt operation.
Open Channel Flow
Open Channel flow monitoring requires highly accurate data of influent flow to meet regulatory demand.
Temperature Transmitters
Water Screw Pumps
Water screw pumps rotate in an open concrete trough and are used to lift water in sewage treatment and drainage plants.
Magnetic Flow Meters
The ratio of Return Activated Sludge (RAS) to Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) is critical and may be controlled using Magnetic flow meters.
Gear Units for Aerators
Aeration required in the biological part of a sewage plant swirls the surface of the water so it is enriched with oxygen. This activates the bacteria, so the biodegradable constituents are removed from the sludge.
PCS 7 Controller Template – “Control of Biological Stage of Wastewater Treatment Plant with Intermittent Operation"
The PCS 7 Water Unit Templates provide typical components, open and closed loop control, and the necessary logic to visualize a biological stage.
Level Control
Level control in the digester is critical.
Agitators
Agitators are used for effective mixing.
Radar Level
The inventory level of chemicals used for the wastewater process must be monitored and the dosing controlled.
Magnetic Flow Meters
Flocculent inventory and dosing control are crucial for operation.
SITRANS Pressure Transmitter
The filter back-wash operation is carried out using head loss measurement across the filters using differential pressure transmitters.
Ultrasonic Level Measurement
Dewatering is typically a mechanical process, in which the sludge level must be controlled to prevent damage to the press.
Belt Scales
The sludge from the dewatering press is transported via belt scales or by a screw conveyor, protected by motion sensors.
Motion Sensors
Water Solutions for Oil & Gas
Siemens oil and gas business includes water treatment technologies, total water treatment solutions and water treatment services.
Gear Units for Water Turbines
Water power plants use a water turbine that converts the potential flow energy contained in water into mechanical energy; this mechanical energy is subsequently converted into electrical energy in a generator. The gear units for water turbines gear up the low turbine speed into a very high generator speed.
