Industrial Insulation at Worcestershire Sewage Treatment Works
Severn Trent Water are one of the UK’s major water utility companies and runs a large network of both water and wastewater treatment plants. These supply safe drinking water and treat sewage for roughly 4.6 million customers throughout the Midlands. Its operations include pumping water from rivers and reservoirs, treating it, and then transporting it through thousands of miles of pipes.
On their wastewater side, they collect and treat sewage before safely returning it to the environment. This involves maintaining infrastructure, fixing leaks, managing flooding risk, whilst meeting strict quality and environmental standards set by Ofwat and the Environment Agency.
As part of that work, Severn Trent appointed AFECO as a contractor to work on one of their Bishampton sewage treatment works. AFECO are an innovative specialist engineering services provider, offering cleantech products. They specialise in the design and delivery of process, mechanical, electrical and ICA engineering-based projects within the water, wastewater and waste treatment sector.
Project Details
Bishampton Sewage Treatment Works in Worcestershire is a rural wastewater treatment plant serving the local population. It treats domestic sewage before discharging treated effluent to a nearby watercourse. Recent upgrading of the site has focused on improving operational performance.
This included infrastructure to support enhanced chemical dosing, which helps improve treatment efficiency and environmental compliance.
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The Impact
Bishampton plays a critical part in protecting the quality of the local watercourses and ensuring public health standards within the local community. Jade Insulation were appointed as an industrial insulation contractor to provide both industrial insulation, insulative jackets and trace heating to ensure operational stability throughout the year.
Our Solution
Having reviewed the drawings, climatic conditions, and specification from the client, we evaluated the thermal efficiency required and chose 40mm Paroc stone wool insulation as the best option on a price/performance basis.
The DN80 and DN100 tertiary solids removal (TSR) pipework was then protected with Aluzinc cladding, given its mechanical strength and corrosion resistance. We also designed, manufactured and supplied high-quality removable insulated jackets with Velcro fasteners for the likes of valves and flanges to enable easy access for maintenance.
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