
What exactly does water have to do with power generation? Actually, quite a bit. Generating power from combustible sources, such as nuclear, natural gas, and even coal produce a lot of heat. If the heat isn’t dissipated, the plant risks shutdown, and no one wants the lights to go out. Keeping things cool takes large flows of water, typically from nearby rivers, lakes, or oceans. Frequently, those flows require pretreatment, and of course, once used, the power wastewater needs treatment.
We engineer water and wastewater process solutions for the power industry, including water pretreatment, cooling tower makeup, and water treatment. Our ultrafiltration pretreatment guarantees a silt density index of less than 3, protecting downstream reverse osmosis processes. With ISO 9001:2015 certified quality processes, WesTech is positioned to provide true turnkey solutions. We stand ready to meet your deadlines and assure minimal downtime with focused service for your power wastewater treatment needs.
Power and Cogeneration
Our society has demanding energy needs amidst a growing climate crisis. Cogeneration adds efficiency to conventional power stations and the opportunity to generate heat and hot water from the excess produced. This not only adds cost savings, it reduces emissions and the plant’s carbon footprint.
We can help design a water treatment solution to make sure the final waste stream has the quality needed for reuse. Treatment may include ion exchange or reverse osmosis, filtration, flocculation, oxidation, scrubbing, precipitation, thickening, and dewatering.
Zero Liquid Discharge
Discharge requirements for industrial wastewater are becoming stricter. Many companies are moving to zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems.
Power Solutions
Boiler Feed Water Demineralization
Hard water can cause costly breakdowns in water handling equipment. Boilers demand water with low mineral and solids content. Our solutions provide superior demineralization treatment systems.
Coal Ash Pond Remediation
Changes in the regulatory landscape are measured in years, not decades. Process equipment from WesTech can help you maintain compliance. Our coal ash pond remediation solutions include clarifiers, filters, thickeners, dewatering equipment, and on-site operations.
Cooling Tower Makeup Water & Sidestream Treatment
Treating both raw water for cooling tower makeup and sidestream cooling water can significantly improve cooling tower performance. WesTech solutions help boost that performance.
Flue Gas Desulfurization
FGD wastewater contains a variety of contaminants from coal, limestone, and makeup water. Our solutions help keep the plant up and operating.
Gypsum Processing
WesTech solutions can help your operations make the most of FGD gypsum.
Remediation Pollution Treatment
Landfill leachate, heavy metals, groundwater, and dredging to remove contaminants all require expert water pollution treatment solutions. WesTech provides them.