From biotechnology to cosmetics, manufacturing plants from a range of industries rely heavily on purified water. As such, finding a purified water generation system that best suits a plant’s specific needs can be difficult. However, thanks to our Orion* range and online Orion Savings Calculator, this process is now a lot easier. In this blog, we detail how plants can use this tool to select the best product for them from our Orion range, ultimately helping to reduce their energy usage and carbon emissions.
Balancing Compliance and Sustainability
Purified water generation systems are essential across a number of important industries, not only to facilitate experiments and industrial processes but also to help ensure best performance from equipment. However, whilst critical, purified water systems can pose a significant expense. Navigating the complex market can be daunting as it forces facilities to evaluate intricate multi-technology setups while balancing strict regulatory demands against modern sustainability goals. This overwhelming complexity often leads plants to delay crucial upgrades, leaving them to tolerate inefficient, underperforming systems. Fortunately, new solutions, such as our Orion range of purified water generation systems, are making this concern a thing of the past.
What is the Orion Series and How Does It Work?
The Orion is a pre-validated, skid-mounted system that combines softening, reverse osmosis (RO), and continuous electro-deionisation (CEDI) to reliably produce high-quality purified water. Specially designed with sustainability at their core, these systems help companies reduce operational costs in the long term.
The Orion is available in three distinct models with an expanded range of flow rates from 0.5 to 20 m³/hr:
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Series C: Our classic Orion offers you the core Orion technology within the most economical investment package.
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Series E: Our mid-range Orion reduces waste water during recycle mode. It also conserves energy to meet good environmental practices.
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Series S: Our premier Orion meets the ultimate requirements for sustainability. Optimised technologies reduce overall energy and water consumption and offer long-term operational savings.
The Orion series achieves this through several key features, including low-energy membranes, reverse osmosis (RO), and concentrate recycling. It also features regular hot water sanitization at 85°C to guarantee microbial compliance, and is fully compliant with FDA, cGMP, and GAMP requirements. Additionally, 99% of the materials used in the system are recyclable, helping facilities reduce their environmental footprint from day one.
In terms of daily operations, the Orion recovers 40% of its feed water. It also delivers significant utility savings, reducing energy consumption by up to 50% and emitting 30% less CO2 compared to the previous MK II model. Furthermore, the system requires minimal chemical use during operation and is easy to monitor using automated PLC controls.
How Can the Orion Savings Calculator Reduce Your Costs?
Understandably, companies remain concerned about the potential costs associated with upgrading purified water generation systems. In the past, even the process of assessing the viability of such solutions often came at a price. At Veolia, we wanted to make this process far simpler for companies, whatever the sector.
That is why we created the simple Orion Savings Calculator, which can help site managers quickly determine how much money they could save by switching to an Orion.
The online calculator only takes a minute to generate a result. All users need to do is enter their specific plant requirements, and the calculator will instantly display:
- Estimated financial cost savings
- Water volume savings
- Electricity and energy savings
By inputting your plant's operational parameters, the calculator helps identify which of the three Orion models (Series C, E, or S) will deliver the optimum balance of capital investment and long-term operational savings for your facility. Once completed, users can then speak directly with a member of our team of experts to discuss the calculator’s findings in specific detail.
Start Saving on Energy and Water with Orion
At Veolia, we are always on the lookout for ways to help companies save time and money when dealing with their water purification needs. If these savings can go hand in hand with a reduction in energy output, carbon consumption and chemical usage then even better. That’s why we are such big proponents of the Orion range, which is helping companies to tackle all of these issues in a cost-effective, reliable manner. What’s more, with the launch of our Orion Savings Calculator, it has never been easier to find out how the system could benefit you.
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Author | Kalpesh Shah
Kalpesh Shah is the Industrial Sales Manager for Veolia Water Technologies UK. He started out working within internal sales in the early 90's before moving into international sales. In 2000, his focus led him into project management where he worked on a variety of complex and demanding projects with clients ranging from the NHS, Industrial and Pharmaceutical, for over a decade. He then moved into pharmaceutical business development which he did successfully until his promotion to Industrial Sales Manager. Kalpesh has 26 years of extensive experience with all types of industrial water treatment systems and processes. He is able to support his clients with the design and implementation of efficient water treatment systems using an array of technologies.
