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VOCUS also reduces solvent emissions in Hungary
Budapest | 09-05-2011
Only 5 months after the introduction of the VOCUS in Hungary, Pure Air Solutions can already announce their first Hungarian order from Harsona. This flexoprinting company was close to buy an RTO, but was just in time to find Pure Air Solutions biological solutions for reducing their solvent emissions (VOC). The VOCUS was selected because it has the lowest cost and smallest carbon footprint compared with any other technology.
Harsona calculated that the cost for gas and energy consumption from the RTO would be around € 130.000 per year at an average voc concentration of 659 mg/Nm3. The operational cost for the VOCUS are estimated at € 20.000 per year, so compared with RTO there is huge return on investment possible with the VOCUS. Another great advantage of the VOCUS is its modular design enabling Harsona to build the system in 3 phases spreading the investment cost.
Also from an environmental perspective the Vocus is more favorable than an RTO, because of the threat of future CO2 emission taxes and NOx emission (caused by burning of gas). The VOCUS reduces solvents emission with biotechnology, a green, clean and cost-effective way to comply with the solvent emission directive. For this reason also the regional Hungarian environmental authority is very pleased with the introduction of the VOCUS.
Pure Air Solution’s sales Hungarian sales representative, Mr Daniel Horvath, is very pleased: “We are very excited that Harsona selected us in favor of incineration and believe that this first step in Hungary is further evidence of the market’s recognition of Pure Air Solutions leading position in VOC control in Europe.”
Vocus used to reduce the solvent emission at Portuguese flexo printer
Heerenveen | March -2011
Showing a great care for environmental problems, the Portuguese flexographic printing company Plasteuropa S.A. selected the VOCUS as best available technology. In May 2011 a system with three reactor is installed to reduce their solvent emission below the European VOC emission limits.
The VOCUS is increasingly becoming the preferred technology for reducing solvents emissions. At average VOC concentrations up to 3 g/m3 the VOCUS provides much lower energy consumption than the conventional treatment with thermal oxidizers (RTO). As a result Pure Air Solutions rapidly gaining ground all over Europe.
With global greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels like gas expected to increase at an exponential rate and regulations becoming more stringent, there is a clear need for clean and low-cost air emissions control solutions. With their high performance, biological systems Pure Air Solutions offers a clean and cost-effective alternative to outdated, traditionally used technologies like RTO’s.
Pure receives order from German flexo printer
Schopfheim | October-2010
Pure Air Solutions announced that it has received an order from German Flexo printer for its advanced biological-based volatile organic compounds (VOC) abatement system, VOCUS. The VOCUS was selected because it has the lowest cost and smallest carbon footprint compared with any other technology.
Flexo printers looking for a solution for their solvents emissions do not want technologies with high energy requirements or that produce secondary pollutants, such as Nitrous Oxides which typically result from Thermal Oxidation processes. “They understand that the gas and energy consumption of RTO is huge and only shifts the environmental impact,” said Bart Smit, Operations Director. Also the regional German environmental authority is very pleased with this system. “I’ve been informed that the environmental authority will recommend us for an German environmental award”, commented the C.E.O. of the flexo printer based in the South-East of Germany.
Since 2005 Pure Air Solutions has been developing the VOCUS for the elimination of VOCs using natural, biological techniques. The key objectives was to develop a solution for solvent emissions which is cleaner and cost-effective than CO2 producing technologies such as Thermal Oxidizers. Now they have a clean solution which helps companies to comply with the Solvent Emission Directive with a fraction of the cost of conventional technologies.
The VOCUS was introduced in the European market by the end of 2008. “Securing this order in the German market demonstrates Pure Air Solutions is on track with our strategy to launch and distribute our world-class technology into new markets. We also installed full-sized commercial unit in The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Rumenia, with new orders expected in other European countries,” said Smit.
Pure presents plans to accelerate growth
Heerenveen | August-2010
From 2005 Pure Air Solutions invested hugely in development of the next generation biological air treatment techniques related with the removal of VOC’s, H2S and organic odours. This strategy allowed the company to become the front-runner in the European market with a unique technology, challenging outdated technologies, like thermal oxidation processes, with high energy requirements and secondary pollutants production such as CO2 and NOX.
Today Pure Air Solutions revealed plans to further advance their innovative and advanced biological air treatment systems. “Our objective is to play an active part in carbon emission reduction and minimizing climate change by the development, advancement and worldwide distribution of our technology,” stated André Schoonhoven, Managing Director. “Consequently we will explore opportunities for new products, but our focus is to enlarge the scalability and application of our technology in two major market segments.”
While maintaining its leading position in odour control, the Company is focusing on new industrial sectors emitting volatile organic compounds (VOC) and segments like biogas purification. The reduction of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions is as a global target for the control of the troposheric ozone levels. With the VOCUS, Pure Air Solutions already developed a technology to support this target in a sustainable and affordable way. The same applies for the Sulphus, a technology which is already successfully applied to H2S and other odour sources from Waste Water Treatment plants and now ready to purify raw biogas.
By combining knowledge and expertise from European partners with its own biofiltration technology expertise, Pure Air Solutions aims to introduce their technology into a wider range of industrial sectors. The Company is setting up a consortium with the University of Valencia and Exel Composites, a technology company which designs, manufactures and markets composite profiles and tubes for industrial applications. The consortium is in the process to obtain more than € 1 million of funding from the European Union to accelerate their plans.
First Vocus installed in Spain.
Villareal | 04-03-2010
In September 2009 Pure Air Solutions introduced the VOCUS in the Spanish market. After the first publication in Cartiflex the company is looking at a huge interest from Spanish companies in and outside the flexographic industry. Now the first VOCUS is installed in Spain at GAMADECOR, a firm part of the well-known PORCELANOSA Group.
GAMADECOR has deep respect for the environment. As a result they decided to select the VOCUS to reduce their solvent emission instead of using a thermal oxidizer. The assessment and selection of technology has been done in close cooperation with the the University of Valencia.
Together they concluded that the VOCUS was the best available technology. Thermal oxidizers need natural gas to remove solvents, which is very costly and bad for the environment due to additional emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). The VOCUS is a clean, green and cost effective method to reduce solvent emissions. It is using natural, biological processes to remove solvents like ethanol and ethyl acetate.
The VOCUS is already installed at flexo printers in countries like The Netherlands and Belgium. Following successful operation in their home market, Pure Air Solutions showed that it is very well prepared for an extensive market expansion in the printing industry. The VOCUS is now introduced throughout the European Union which large interest due to its many advantages.
In Spain the company is represented by INNOPACK SYSTEMS. Daniel Vilchez, director of INNOPACK quoted: “We recognize that flexographic companies are strongly affected by the solvent legislation. For them the total cost to comply with legislation needs to be in proportion with their business operations". Especially for these companies Pure Air Solutions developed the VOCUS. It enables flexo printers to combine environmental responsibility with business growth.
Partnership to promote VOCUS in Italy
Brescia | 15-02-2010
Pure Air Solutions enters into a partnership with ST Converting, an Italian company specialised in development and industrial automation for the flexographic field. The cooperation has to help Pure Air Ssolutions to put the VOCUS on the Italian market.
The VOCUS can play a significant role in reducing volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) from flexo printing processes. Every company using more than 15 tons of VOC´s has to comply with the European directive 1999/13/CE . The VOCUS is extremely competitive compared with other VOC abatement technology (e.g. non-thermal oxidation, active carbon). It accomplishes high removal efficiencies (80% – 99%) in a consistent, cost-effective and sustainable manner. One VOCUS can save up to more than 80.000 EURO per year, which equals 100 households on gas consumption.
André Schoonhoven, Managing Director of Pure Air Solution said: “It is a strategic cooperation which combines the know-how of both companies in packaging printing industry. Using ST Converting knowledge and sales network, helps us to gain faster access into the enormous Italian Flexographic market.” ST Converting will promote and market the VOCUS as the best technology to reduce solvent emissions, achieving a cost-effective and sustainable solution for the Italian Flexographic Packaging Printing industry.
PAS win contract in Rumania
Heerenveen, August 2009
Pure Air Solutions has won the contract by Mutlipack Srl. in Rumania for the delivery of a Vocus to treat the solvent emission from their flexographic printers. The Vocus will treat an airflow of 5.000 m3/h with a concentration of 1.190 mg solvents/ m3. The design is made according to the demands of the European Solvent Emission Directive 1999/13/EC.
After careful consideration of various technologies like incineration (RTO), Multipack decided for the Vocus because it was the most efficient and cost-effective technology for their emission. The Vocus is a biotrickling filter that uses biomass (microorganisms) to treat the solvent emission. The Vocus is due to be brought on line in early December this year.
PAS successful with two prestigious orders in Belgium
Heerenveen, July 2009
After considering to buy an RTO (incinerator) or Solvent Recovery System, 2 Belgium flexo printers, Cirepa and Gallopin, both have awarded Pure Air Solutions a contract for the VOCUS. It´s a huge success for the company after they introduced the Vocus in Belgium in May this year.
Driven by European legislation (directive1999/13/EC) to reduce solvent emissions into the atmosphere, both companies are forced to install a VOC control system. RTO appeared to be a costly and fossil fuel consuming technology. Besides being confronted with high annual cost, it seems paradoxical to reduce solvent emissions while the burning of fuel produces carbon dioxide.
Pure air solutions, a Dutch supplier of air pollution control equipment, is the first European company to implement a biological technology for the reduction of solvent emissions. The technology, called Vocus, provides companies and environmental authorities with a green and cost-effective solution