chemise_gb 20/02/07 17:05 Page 1 Your contact: VEOLINK All the way through… • VEOLINK Com • VEOLINK Tech • VEOLINK Advanced Control • VEOLINK Star • VEOLINK Data Base 11/2006 - Photos: VWS - VE photo library • VEOLINK Maintenance • VEOLINK Pro • VEOLINK Expert Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies “L ’ Aquarène” 1 place Montgolfier 94417 Saint-Maurice Cedex - France Tel.: + 33 (0)1 45 11 55 55 Fax: + 33 (0)1 45 11 55 00 www.veoliawaterst.com Contact: info@veoliawater.com VEOLINK Software & Services all the way through your projects Communication, traceability, constant improvement of environmental performances and regulatory compliance... these are the key points of the ISO 14001 certification which are directly addressed as well by our range of Software & Services. ISO 14001 chemise_gb 20/02/07 17:05 Page 2 Resource conservation, risk prevention, cost optimization, raising public awareness: Your project reflects commitment to sustainable development. VEOLINK Software & Services supports you every step of the way, from decision-making to the plant commissioning and during operation. Connecting citizens, technicians and experts Share targets and challenges of your project with your citizens and partners: VEOLINK Com, a customized and flexible web site for permanent access to information. VEOLINK Tech, a secured access area for exchanging technical data among experts. Optimized tools for the advanced control of your plant Get more from your SCADA: Increase your SCADA features with VEOLINK Advanced Control module and its options. All your steering tools, from sensors to supervisory screens, are connected and remotely controlled for management and PLC programs maintenance. Standardized information help dialogue among technicians, operators, and experts. Get more from your data management to evaluate performance: You need a common tool to analyze, organize and retrieve all the operating data available. Turn your data into a valuable asset! VEOLINK Data Base, allowing data processing, as well as archiving for further use in environmental reports, is your solution. Get a more reliable operation: Starting now, set up a complete asset management solution, allowing the schedule of preventive maintenances and future investments. VEOLINK Maintenance is a daily management tool dedicated to all your operation and maintenance activities. Save costs, improve performance and reliability with VEOLINK Star an advanced system for online process control. Real time tuning of steering parameters provides answers to both your economic and environmental challenges. Gain from our expertise, always Control operating costs in a partnership with VEOLINK Pro Get access to our network and benefit from the latest market developments, purchasing frame agreement and extended warranty. Privileged access to our expertise with VEOLINK Expert Get answers to all your needs in terms of new installations, refurbishment or training. fiche_com_tech_gb 20/02/07 17:10 Page 1 VEOLINK Com A public link to your projects The VEOLINK package VEOLINK Com is a public web site created to get easy and immediate access to your project. Based on a standard web page, easy to maintain and improve, VEOLINK Com, the tool dedicated to your public communication, includes: a presentation of the project, with a view of the site and its architectural integration within the environment, your environmental policy, a presentation of the treatment goals and regulatory requirements (sensitivity of the discharge area, noise and odors regulations), a presentation of technical and financial choices, process diagrams, the construction schedule, progress and pictures, a public access form, water and waste management awareness, links to your own web site and others. Options virtual guided visit (video), newsletter, water treatment teaching aids (to prepare a visit…), water regulations... “ What is this new construction site in my town? ” “ How long will the construction go on? ” “ What will be the return on investment? ” “ How many companies are involved in this project? ” “ May I visit the site? ” fiche_com_tech_gb 20/02/07 17:10 Page 2 VEOLINK Tech A secured network to share technical information The VEOLINK package VEOLINK Tech, accessible from the web, is a secure area dedicated to your technical services and advises among engineering firms, contractors… You have the flexibility to authorize access to this page, for instance, to the water administrative authorities or other selected individuals (in respect to legal information property). It includes: drawings, latest updated construction file, operation instructions and information, training supports for operation staff, supplier documentation, environmental regulations applied to your project, self-monitoring manual, environmental reports, reports to share with the authorities Options Many options according to your needs: parts of the environmental impact study, new regulations, new technologies… “ Where is the latest environmental report? ” “ Where are the engineering files and approved drawings? ” “ What is the detailed process diagram and what are the mandatory sampling points? ” “ How do we analyze the results? ” “ What are the main operating parameters of the dewatering system? ” “ Who is my contact on site? ” fiche_avanced_control_gb 20/02/07 17:08 Page 1 VEOLINK Advanced Control Get more from your SCADA The VEOLINK package SCADA, the interface between machines, sensors and operators, provides a dynamic view of your plant operational data and archives event history. VEOLINK Advanced Control: brings to the SCADA, a web connection allowing remote access, management and maintenance of your PLC softwares, allows dialogue among all the VEOLINK modules, is the interface for specific sensors and advanced modeling tools. Options Many options according to your needs: alert on digital devices (cellular phone, PDA…), specific sensors suited to your treatment and improvement goals, advanced modeling tools, remote maintenance of software PLC. fiche_avanced_control_gb 20/02/07 17:08 Page 2 VEOLINK Advanced Control Specific applications Based on a standard specification, VEOLINK Advanced Control can be adapted to any kind of project: the VEOLINK Advanced Control basis configuration applies to the largest water treatment plants, the Stepvue SCADA, based on the most common processes, is dedicated to the smaller water treatment plants, the VEOLINK modules, applied to stand-alone process or specific equipment, allow analyzing and data transfer, and can be remotely operated. All the systems include expertise software allowing: handling and validation of data on a defined timescale, mathematical analysis to monitor the data evolution (trends, means, charts…), real-time adjustment of operating parameters, warning set-points to anticipate any deviation of the process performances, integration of specific sensors and PLC modules associated. Many applications are possible: * An Odotech Inc. brand marketed under exclusive licence in the water treatment field by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. fiche_star_gb 20/02/07 17:07 Page 1 VEOLINK Star Improve performance with advanced on-line control The VEOLINK package VEOLINK Star, the second generation of Star system, is the online control system for improved performance and energy savings at your wastewater treatment plant – existing or new. The structure is based on standardized modules, and yet can be adapted for any nutrient removal processes. In all cases, the wastewater treatment plant will benefit from online control without new construction. The system: utilizes online sensors for Dissolved Oxygen, Ammonium, Nitrate and Phosphate to find the best way to control the existing equipment, performs optimized process control according to present wastewater composition at any time of the day, is automatic – you choose your performance strategy – and VEOLINK Star will operate it for you, 24 hours a day, operates in combination with your existing SCADA system by advanced calculation of set points to optimize process performance, uses a graphic user interface on website technology, calculates key figures and reports performance to management, has multi-criteria controls actions, and patented data quality checks and safety fall back strategies, is designed by process engineers to work for you. Options process service agreement and participation in user group after delivery, additional VEOLINK Star control modules, teaching and training modules on process control. “ How can you increase the hydraulic and biological capacity? ” “ Can you improve effluent quality without new civil works? ” “ How can energy consumption be decreased easily? ” “ How can the operator save some time while improving the plant’s performance? ” “ Do we need to add all these chemicals? ” fiche_data_base_gb 20/02/07 17:11 Page 1 VEOLINK Data Base Get the most from your operating data The VEOLINK package VEOLINK Data Base, specifically designed for water treatment data management, centralizes and analyzes multiple technical data collected during the plant operation: SCADA control, lab results, meters reading (energy, chemicals consumption, waste…) This information-sharing system: includes a powerful data base archive system, allowing the traceability of the operating data, allows immediate graphical representation of the data, gives access to operating conditions (graph and date) at a glance, creates regulatory reports, is a hassle-free system, with a remote system back-up and restoration, produces electronic and/or hard copies of the data for an easier remote expert analysis. A proven system VEOLINK Data Base has already been installed in more than 60 plants and is used daily for operation analysis of plants operated by Veolia Water. The main features of this tool are: time saving in the data analysis and reports (daily, monthly, yearly), reliability and legibility of the data. fiche_data_base_gb 20/02/07 17:11 Page 2 VEOLINK Data Base Functions Information from labs, analyzers and meter readings, along with operational comments, are entered into the data base to create operating and regulatory reports. The user has instant access to graphical representation of data. The control panel, with its interactive and easy-touse screens, is dedicated to the control and optimization of your plant. All the information needed for your process expertise is included. A back-up of all the operating data stored by the SCADA (meters, running time, flows…) is automatically performed in the data base. Based on the auto-control requirement, the yearly schedule of lab analysis is automatically created for all parameters. Stand-alone or in a network, VEOLINK Data Base includes a connection to a specific server for an automatic data update, restoration and maintenance. Based on a user friendly interface to select data, reliable reports including predefined values (mean, sum, non-compliance data…) are easily created. Implementation VEOLINK Data Base is a modular tool, which can be installed according to your need. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is your guide through the installation and can manage the complete set-up of your database. fiche_maintenance_gb 20/02/07 17:13 Page 1 VEOLINK Maintenance Get the most from your equipment The VEOLINK package VEOLINK Maintenance, a Computer-Assisted Maintenance Management (CAMM) software, is a tool for the daily management of maintenance activities. Designed to meet the need of water treatment operators, VEOLINK Maintenance allows effective planning of the work load as well as optimized use of the equipment. A proven system VEOLINK Maintenance has been installed in more than 50 plants worldwide. Designed and defined for internal use in Veolia Water, the main features of this module are: increase of your productivity, reliability of your equipment, optimization of your investments. You will also gain from our implementation method, which includes the definition of the equipment in the database and its position within the system. Based on our experience on this area, an internal Veolia Water Maintenance Commitment has been defined and used as reference for VEOLINK Maintenance. fiche_maintenance_gb 20/02/07 17:13 Page 2 VEOLINK Maintenance Functions VEOLINK Maintenance is based on standard software and integrates all the features required for a CAMM to ensure optimum maintenance of your plant: multi-tree system to describe the installation, flexible “work-flow” with the same layout of the information on hard copy and monitor, user-friendly schedule module, exhaustive analysis module, easy-to-customize screens. Based on a friendly and intuitive interface, with a user-customized syntax, the input of data in VEOLINK Maintenance allows to: detect and prevent all corrective maintenance operations, launch and control preventive maintenance, monitor equipments running time, improve reaction time, analyze quickly the maintenance reports, identify the origin of a failure (process or equipment issues), define the optimum period for maintenance. Implementation VEOLINK Maintenance is a modular tool which can be installed according to your need. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is your guide through the installation and can manage the complete set-up of your database. fiche_pro_expert_gb 20/02/07 17:02 Page 1 VEOLINK Pro Get full access to our equipment catalog The VEOLINK package Either for refurbishment or new projects, our expertise in design & build and our close relationship with suppliers give you access to: best advice and latest market innovations for: – spare-parts selected for your equipment, – specific chemicals for your processes, extended warranty linked to our services. By using the spare-parts recommended by the design engineers, the processes installed achieve always the optimum efficiency. Benefits The maintenance and replacement schedule can be adjusted according to the utilization and the analysis of the plant reliability. Thanks to VEOLINK Maintenance, the assets management tool, the specific spare-parts are registered to facilitate the ordering. VEOLINK Data Base analyzes the chemicals consumption according to the data stored on a daily basis and compares with either the operational set points or other plants using similar technologies to check the plant efficiency. VEOLINK allows an easy and reliable management of the plant efficiency by comparing the initial chemical consumption and the actual dosage. fiche_pro_expert_gb 20/02/07 17:02 Page 2 VEOLINK Expert Get full access to our expertise New projects... Your plant has been designed with parameters, of which some may change over time: raw water characteristics, which can be modified if more customers are connected to your sewer network, if there is a new rain water management… new regulations on treatment, sampling or analysis, economic or regulatory conditions on natural resources consumption (water, energy, chemicals…). Whether you decide to test new operation modes or if you have to face new conditions, our experts will be available to assist you in making the best choice. The VEOLINK package Technical assistance provides the best fit to match your needs and ultimate goal. Our basic offer includes: initial audit of your site, two annual visits to meet your operation staff, existing data analysis, set-up of performance forms, remote supervision of the plant and monthly reports …and can be upgraded with the following options: collection and analysis of further data, advanced statistical analysis, set-up of a new audit plan, creation of an internal training kit adapted for the operation staff, on-site training for remote locations, environmental audit to prepare the ISO14001 label, expertise for all water treatment fields.