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Real-time engine oil analysis helps AD Wangen’s new X-UNIT system offers 6 bar
operators protect their most expensive asset pressure stability

In a bid to help AD operators reduce engine maintenance costs, Wangen’s new modular X-UNIT system, designed for the
prolong the life of their asset and increase operational efficiency, separation and crushing of foreign bodies provides protection
gas engine support specialist Gen-C will launch their latest for plant and equipment and now has 6 bar pressure stability and
range of oil condition monitoring sensors at Energy Now 2020. optimised properties. The X-UNIT is made up of the X-TRACT
Providing a 24/7, real-time analysis of the quality of your gas (foreign matter separator) and the X-CUT (cutting unit). The
engine oil, the sensors detect any contamination including fuel, X-TRACT foreign matter separator, part of the modular system,
water or metal and provide a snapshot of the overall health of was most significantly improved by the optimisation. Both
your engine – often the most expensive piece of equipment components are available separately or together as the combined
on an AD plant. Says James Thompson, Managing Director of X-UNIT. It is designed for biogas systems, bio-waste recycling,
Gen-C. “Oil quality is an often-overlooked area that can have animal stables in agriculture, slurry technology in vehicle
a detrimental effect on an engine’s overall running. Our oil construction and municipal sewage treatment plants.
condition monitoring sensors can help operators plan scheduled
maintenance at a time that coincides with an oil change, thereby The X-UNIT offers improved process safety and protection of
increasing uptime, as well as protecting the engine by detecting systems, as foreign matter and contaminants are removed and/
any contamination issues as soon as they occur. They also help or crushed by the X-TRACT foreign matter separator and the
operators avoid over-ordering engine oil, keeping costs down.” X-CUT cutting unit. The X-CUT cuts up the medium, opening
up its fibres. The surface of the substrate is increased and,
Gen-C’s engine upgrade service includes the latest ignition system, correspondingly, has a shorter dwell time, for instance in the
fuel mixer, throttle, detonation control, HT leads and spark plugs fermenter of a biogas unit. Both the function and design of the
– as well as oil condition monitoring sensors – and comes with an unit have been enhanced and offer considerable benefits over its
open access control panel, enabling operators to take full remote predecessor model.
control of their engine 24/7.
Liquinex suitcase water purification wins award
Standards NSF/ANSI cuts permissible lead
concentration to 5 ppb The Singaporean water treatment and recycling company
Liquinex, developers of a compact, solar-operated water
The joint committee governing the American National Standards purification system the size of a suitcase, has won a global water
for drinking water treatment units recently lowered the maximum award in Dubai. Liquinex was awarded first place in the Innovative
allowable concentration of lead in treated drinking water to 5 Research and Development Award International Institutions, part
parts per billion. of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award.
The company was one of 10 winners from eight countries, who
Standards NSF/ANSI 53: Drinking Water Treatment Units - received their awards for producing innovative solutions to secure
Health Effects and NSF/ANSI 58: Reverse Osmosis Drinking clean water for poor communities, during a ceremony organised
Water Treatment Systems, now require drinking water treatment by the UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia).
units to reduce the lead in drinking water to 5 ppb or less. This
is a 50% drop from the previous 10 ppb and a threshold that The Liquinex compact water purification system is the size of a
matches Health Canada’s new maximum allowable concentration suitcase and weighs under 30 kg, so is easily transported and able
level of 5 ppb. to access remote areas. It can operate on a 12V DC battery or
with solar, wind or pedal power.
To be certified by NSF International, drinking water filters and
treatment devices are tested with challenge water containing 150 The water treatment uses a ceramic filter instead of polymeric
ppb lead, 10 times the US Environmental Protection Agency’s membranes to withstand high temperatures and acidic content.
action level of 15 ppb. Previously, a water treatment system Swedish company Lightlab supplies technology which uses
could be certified if it reduced lead to 10 ppb or lower and met mercury-free UVC tubes to remove bacteria and viruses, and a
other requirements set by the standard, such as material safety and filtration cartridge from Grafoid, a Canadian graphene research
structural integrity. These other requirements remain unchanged. and development company, removes heavy metals such as arsenic
Updates to both standards are effective immediately for any new and lead.
filter or filtration device claiming to reduce lead.

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