Our representative in Chile built a waster water treatment plant for a client in Arauco South Chile (very close to the quake epicenter) for a treatment process that was mainly a chemical - physical treatment (DAF) with a secondary treatment as AOP (advance oxidation process) and a reverse osmosis final treatment in order to get 20.000 liters back to process water.
The plant worked greater then expectations for several months until February 27th, 2010 when a 8.8 Magnitude earthquake struck Chile, the WWTP was located 100 meters from the sea coast, all of the equipment suffered damage from the quake and was then submerged in sea water as the entire plant was flooded by the sea several times.
They lost track of their client, he owed some money at that time, and this was not the main concern at the time, since the client’s health was obviously more important!
They lost track of their client, he owed some money at that time, and this was not the main concern at the time, since the client’s health was obviously more important!
Majority of the equipment and components had been stolen by locals and after 8 months the ATLAS 30 was discovered under remains of the building, filled with sand and had sustained damaged on the corner of the enclosure.
Our dealer proceeded to open the unit to check the damages; the electronic circuit board had corrosion from the seawater. They soon decided to do several chemical baths and repair the components. In order to check the performance, all we had to do was switch the ozone cell fan on and the ATLAS 30 worked like brand new!
Our dealer proceeded to open the unit to check the damages; the electronic circuit board had corrosion from the seawater. They soon decided to do several chemical baths and repair the components. In order to check the performance, all we had to do was switch the ozone cell fan on and the ATLAS 30 worked like brand new!
The ozone cell had no damage since it was connected from the oxygen concentrator from one side and the Venturi Injector on the other side.
With reliability and the ability to take some abuse, Absolute Ozone Generators are the most logical choice for any industrial application. Contact us at (780) 486-3761 for more information. Or by email at Office@AbsoluteOzone.com
See more about the earth quake at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake
