Testimonials
Auto Clave (Steam Sterilization)
GAP Laboratory – London, Ontario
GAP President Gary Palmatere
Application: A small 1” scale control unit was installed for Lab Autoclave scale control.
Comments: Following 6 months of treatment the service technician arrived for the regular cleaning. His comment was, “Did someone just clean this?” The normal amount of scale was not present.
Belt Press
City of Warren Ohio
Application: A 6” Electronic Precipitator was installed to reduce polymer costs on a two meter Ashbrook Belt Press de-watering primary sludge.
Comments: The application was very successful saving $24,542 the first year.
Note: Several attempts treating secondary sludge were unsuccessful. Photos available.
Boilers
Hunsfos Paper Mill – Kristiansand Norway
Chief Eng. Per Age Agesen ( Mill now closed. No Contact for years)
Application: Water Tube Boiler Feed, 4” pipe.
Comments: Boiler tubes showed marked reduction in scale over 6 months of treatment.
Maple Leaf Poultry – Toronto Ontario
Chief Eng. Harold Steffler
Applications: Two steam boilers treated with 2” systems, one fire tube and one water tube. Our treatment was added to softener and chemical program.
Comments: Despite softening and chemical treatment both boilers required acid washing prior to adding electronic treatment. No acid washing now for 5 years. I am in contact with Mr. Steffler regularly. If this reference is used please make sure you mention my name. Photos available.
Timken Bearings – Wooster Ohio – 2002
Application: A 4” system was installed on the main cold water feed which treated office potable water, fire tube boiler feed and other msc. applications.
Comments: Large amounts of scale removed from the boiler in 60 days. Stains on toilets and fixtures in offices dissolved in weeks. Photos available.
Provmar Fuels – Hamilton Harbor – Ontario – 2000
Sold by John Moriarty – Reference can be obtained.
Application: A 2” system was installed on the steam boiler feed along with a second unit for fuel treatment (see fuel)
Comments: Large amounts of scale removed in 90 days.
Various Cargo Ship Boilers – See Ships
Compressors
Molson Brewery – Barrie Ontario – 1999
Plant Closed
Application: One of three Atlas Copco air compressor heat exchangers was treated with a 3” system to compare.
Comments: Oil temperature on the treated compressor dropped 10 degrees proving scale was being removed. When the heat exchanger was removed for inspection it completely cleaned up with a water cold water hose. Photos available.
Superior Dairy – Canton Ohio – 2001
Application: A 2” system was installed on the Atlas Copco air compressor.
Comments: The heat exchanger regularly fouled with scale. When the oil temperature reached 110 degrees, shut down and cleaning had to be performed. The system was installed at 107 degrees and within one month the temperature was normal at 95 degrees.
Crompton Chemical – Elmira Ontario – 2000
David Quesnel
Application: A 2” system was installed on the feed water to 3 compressors.
Comments: Prior to treatment, the heads had to be removed to physically de-scale twice a year. Electronic treatment solved the problem.
Redpath Sugar – Toronto Ontario – 2002
Application: One of three Atlas Copco Air Compressors was treated with a 2” unit to prove system efficacy.
Comments: In 1 month the treated compressor oil temperature was 7 degrees cooler than the other 2.
Honda Canada – Alliston Ontario
Mr. Don Parker
Application: Honda has five 1,000 HP Ingersol Rand air compressors each with a heat exchanger. A 3 inch system was installed on one to prove de-scaling and scale control.
Comments: Normally the heat exchangers had to be sent out for chemical and mechanical cleaning at a cost of $7,000 each. Following 60 days of treatment the tube bundle was easily removed and cleaned with a pressure washer. Photos available.
DAF (Dissolved Air Floatation)
Horizon Poultry – Ayr Ontario – 2002
Application: Three inch system pre-treating flocculator prior to polymer and flocculent introduction.
Comments: Provided 57% improved DAF effluent quality through enhanced flocculation. Photos available.
Case Poultry – Winesburg, Ohio – 2002
Application: Six inch system pre-treating flocculator prior to polymer and flocculent introduction.
Comments: Provided improved DAF effluent and significant chemical reduction of $3,000 monthly. More stable DAF operation noted as well. 40% Polymer reduction & 80% PAC (Poly Aluminum Chloride) reduction. Photos available.
Maple Lodge Farms – Norval Ontario – 2001
Mr. John Hilario – Eviscerating Manager
Application: Ten inch electronic coil housed in a long 8” over 6” S.S. Reaction Chamber. Installed inside a 20” pipe at the effluent from the Rotary Screen Filter. This location pre-treat 3 separate DAF systems.
Comments: This is the largest chicken processing plant in Canada spending over $750,000 per year on Polymers. Lab studies proved a 27% polymer savings with electronic DAF pre-treatment. Photos available.
General Motors Power-Train Plant – Bay City Michigan
Application: Ten inch system installed on a 6 inch carbon steel pipe prior to chemical introduction and flocculation tank.
Comments: Treatment achieved 30% polymer reduction, 50% Ferric Chloride reduction and 50% Hydrogen Peroxide reduction. Oil and grease removal improved to 100% for the first time ever. Photos available.
Sergeant Farms – Milton Ontario – 2001
Application: Four inch system pre-treating flocculator prior to polymer and flocculent introduction.
Comments: Provided thicker sludge with less water. Reduced sludge hauling costs provided fast pay-back.
Evaporators
Hunsfos Paper Mill – Kristiansand Norway
Chief Eng. Per Age Agesen
Application: A 16” electronic precipitator installed on a five effect evaporator train.
Comments: Outstanding results removing insulating scale and increasing evaporative performance. Engineer supplied performance graphs available. Photos available.
Commercial Alcohols – Chatham Ontario
Steve Ten Doeschate
Application: 6” Feed to triple effect evaporator and 18” re-circulating line of 2nd effect evaporator.
Comments: Excellent results saving $450,000 CND annually. Photos available.
Commercial Alcohols – Tiverton, Ontario
Ten Dodkin
Application: A 3” system installed on evaporator re-circulating line.
Comments: Marked reduction in scaling. Photos available.
Ship Evaporators – See Ships
Evaporative Condensers
Maple Leaf Poultry – Toronto, Ontario
Chief Eng. Harold Steffler
Application: Com-4000 treating 4” riser to 300 Ton BAC condenser. With sand filter.
Comments: Excellent results replacing chemical treatment. Good scale and biological control. . I am in contact with Mr. Steffler regularly. If this reference is used please make sure you mention my name. Photos available.
Atlas Cold Storage – Toronto and New Brunswick
Application: Three separate locations treating condensers for ammonia refrigeration. Pipe sizes range from 3” to 6”.
Comments: Good scale and biological control without chemicals. Photos available.
Trenton Cold Storage – Trenton Ontario
Application: Pipe sizes range from 3” to 6” on 7 different condensers.
Comments: Good scale and biological control without chemicals. Photos available.
Sobeys Refrigerated Warehouse – Whitby Ontario
Application: Two 500 ton condensers treated with one twin coil 12” system, Griswold Separator and UV.
Comments: Good scale and biological control without chemicals. Photos available.
Strathroy Cold Storage – Strathroy Ontario
Application: One 3” system on a single condenser.
Comments: Good scale and biological control without chemicals
Strathroy Foods – Strathroy Ontario
Application: One 2” side-stream system for de-scaling prior to start-up.
Comments: Hundreds of pounds of scale were removed. Photos available.
Consolidated Freezers – Mississauga, Ontario
Application: One 3” system on a single condenser.
Comments: Good scale and biological control without chemicals
Conestoga Cold Storage – Guelph, Ontario
Application: One 3” system on a single condenser.
Comments: Good scale control without chemicals
Cold Springs Farms – Thamesford, Ontario
Application: One 3” system on a single condenser.
Comments: Good scale control without chemicals
Flow Lines
Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. – Distillery – Windsor Ontario – 2002
Mr. Chuck MacDermid
Application: Two 6 inch systems were installed on various S.S. flow lines in the plant.
Comments: All old scales were dislodged and scaled valves began to function again.
Strathroy Foods – Strathroy Ontario – 1999
Mr. Bob Freer
Application: This vegetable processor applied a 2” system to the effluent of a wastewater pump. The water contained bleed from cooling towers and blow-down from boilers so hardness was very high. The discharge pump and pipe was badly scaled.
Comments: The pump and 200 feet of 2” galvanized pipe de-scaled in one month. Photos available.
Cultured Stone (Owens Corning) Navarre Ohio – 2001
Application: A 4” system was installed on a 4 inch PVC wastewater line. This plant manufactures stone veneer products and the wastewater is full of cement and dissolved rock. The pipe would regularly clog and force the plant to truck wastewater while the pipe was being cleaned.
Comments: This was very successful, completely solving the problem. Savings reported to be $18,000 per month. Photos available.
Crompton Chemical (formerly Uniroyal) – Elmira Ontario
Dave Walker
Application: A 6” PVC cooling water transfer line was treated to restore flow and pressure.
Comments: Receiving pressure increased 8 psi in 90 days proving de-scaling. Photos available.
Wooster Ohio Potable Water Plant – 2001
Application: A 10” iron pipe carries waste water from the lime softening process to the wastewater plant a ¼ mile away. I 2 years the 10” pipe had scaled more than 1” thick so a 10” precipitator was installed.
Comments: The pipe completely de-scaled in 2 months and remained clear. Photos available.
City of Alliance Ohio
Application: Two 2” systems were installed on caustic lines to control scaling.
Comments: Good results
WhiteCrest Mushroom Farm – Putnam Ontario – August 1999
Application: A 2” system was installed on their ground source cooling water loop.
Comments: Hundreds of pounds of Iron Bacteria bio-film were removed. Flow and cooling efficiency restored. Photos available.
Heat Exchangers
Maple Leaf Poultry – Toronto, Ontario – January 2000
Chief Eng. Harold Steffler
Application: Five shell and tube heat exchangers treated with 2” systems.
Comments: No cleaning required for almost 5 years. I am in contact with Mr. Steffler regularly. If this reference is used please make sure you mention my name.
Crompton Chemical – Elmira Ontario
David Quesnel
Application: Two inch system installed on shell and tube heat exchanger.
Comments: Delta T improved without chemical or physical cleaning.
Heat Treating
G & S Titanium – Ohio –
Application: A 6” system was installed along with a Tech-Clean filter on the cooling water loop to the heat treating oven. This company makes exotic welding rods for military use.
Comments: Electronic treatment prevented calcium from fouling the cooling jackets of the heat treating oven. Photos available.
Thyssen Marathon Heat Treatment – Windsor, Ontario – 2003
Application: A 3” side stream system along with a pump and bag filter continuously treat the cooling water sump tank for scale control.
Comments: Good results controlling scale.
Humidification
Waterpark Place – Toronto Ontario 2001
Application: A 3” system was installed on the feed line to an air handler which contains a humidification grill the air passes through.
Comments: The grill was cleaned with chemicals prior to commissioning the system. After 6 months of continuous operation the grill was cleaner than when we started. A second 3” system was purchased for the neighboring high-rise office tower. Photos available.
Seaway Towers – Sarnia Ontario
Application: A 2” system installed on the distribution bar which applies water to the humidification grill within the air-handler.
Comments: All areas of the grill where direct spray contacted the old scale cleaned up.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. – Mississauga
Mr. Peter Keleher
Application: Two inch system on humidifier feed.
Comments: Good scale control.
Irrigation
Guelph University Celery Growth Experiment – Holland Marsh, Ontario
Kevin Vander Kooi
Application: This was a controlled lab experiment where a 1” unit treated water to a specific group of celery plants started from see. A control group without treatment were in the same room and treated identically with regards to water and fertilizer.
Comments: The treated group showed 62.5% more weight, 40.2% taller shoot and 17.2% longer roots. Photos available.
Calasanty’s Tomato Farm – Leamington, Ontario – 2001
Application: This farm grows 50 acres of tomatoes indoors. Five individual rows were treated with 1” systems on the drip irrigation lines. A 10” system was later installed treating 50% of the farm.
Comments: University of Guelph students evaluated the treated tomatoes and found 28% less blossom end rot which is a deficiency of calcium getting to the fruit of the plant. The treated water must have delivered more calcium the plant could use.
Field Trials – Holland Marsh, Ontario – 2004
Application: Two 12 volt solar chargeable 3” systems were recently installed on mobile irrigation equipment in the Holland Marsh, Ontario.
Comments: The equipment irrigates carrots in soil that has some permeability problems. We expect the treated water to improve yield.
Lamella
General Motors – Oshawa, Ontario – 2002
Brian Springer
Application: One of 3 Lamella Separators was treated with a submerged 6” coil inside an 18” pipe.
Comments: After a full year of treatment the Lamellas were opened for inspection. The two control Lamellas had heavy fouling of the inclined plates while the treated Lamella had only a thin fouling coating. Photos available.
Leachate
Green Lane Landfill – St. Thomas, Ontario
Application: A 4” system was installed ahead of the flocculation tank and a 6” system was installed to treat the final effluent pumps.
Comments: The flocculation tank scale dissolved and maintained, scale free. The effluent pump scale problems were solved. Photos available.
Atlas Specialty Steels – Welland, Ontario – 2002
Application: An 8” system was installed on a 3” PVC pipe to control an unprecedented scale problem. A new pipe was plugged 80% in 5 days of operation.
Comments: After failing with smaller systems the 8” unit worked, controlling scaling 100%. Additional benefit was 80% reduction in required CO2 for pH control. Photos available.
Lime
Wooster Ohio Potable Water Plant
Application: This is a 5 million gallon per day lime softening plant. The 2 year old plant was suffering from heavy scaling of their sand filter room. The sand bed is 3 feet deep with dimensions of 60 feet square. Two 6” coils powered by a 12” controller were submerged in a channel that feeds the sand filter.
Comments: Prior to treatment the sand bed was growing 0.41” per month and faced re-bedding at a cost of $60,000. Following treatment the growth stopped and reduced 6” in 2 years. Photos available.
Metal Coatings – Mississauga, Ontario
Application: A 1” system applied to the pH probe feed line.
Comments: Prior to treatment the pH probe had to be cleaned every 8 hours. No cleaning was required after treatment.
Pasteurizers
Molson Brewery – Barrie Ontario – 1999
Application: Six inch system installed on feed to beer pasteurizer for scale control.
Comments: Entire system including final bar screen de-scaled. Photos available.
Sleemans Brewery – Guelph Ontario – 2002
Application: Six inch system treating pasteurizer for scale control.
Comments: Scale softened in 30 days. Not sold due to Chemical Co. interference.
Plastics
Ventra Plastics – Windsor Ontario
Application: Side stream treatment of two open cooling towers systems and two closed chilled water systems. Combination systems using Precipitators, Bag Filters, Ionization and UV.
Comments: Good scale and biological control. Photos available.
Sun States Plastics – canton Ohio – 2000
Application: Full flow 6 and 4” systems on chilled and tower water.
Comments: Replaced chemicals. Good scale and biological control. Photos available.
Rubbermaid (Grayco Division) Canton Ohio – 1999
Application: 200 GPM side-stream cooling water system. Using, electronic precipitator, Ionization and Tech-Clean filter.
Results: Good scale and biological control. Photos available.
Poultry Water Systems
Over 50 2” systems have been sold to poultry growers to treat the drinking water systems and prevent scaling of bell and nipple drinkers. A few references follow:
Cal-Main Foods – Rossburg Ohio Pullet Barn Feed Water
Leonard Kropp Replaced Polyphos Chemical
Gerber Poultry – Ohio Barn Feed Water 2 Locations
Larry Neuenschwander Drinker Scale Control
Kampbow Farm Inc. – Ontario Barn Water – Drinkers
Mr. George Campbell Turkey Grower
New Life Mills – Hanover Ontario Barn Water – Drinkers
Mr. Henry Kanters 4 Farms
Lorian Farms – Elmira Ontario Barn Water – Drinkers
Mr. Barry Martin 150,000 Layers 50,000 Pullets
Pools
Hundreds of Complete Treat systems sold using Electronic Precipitation, Copper/Silver Ionization and Ozone to replace or reduce chemicals.
Pump Protectors
General Motors – Bay City Michigan – 2000
CRA Eng Firm – Michael Tomka
Application: Fifteen remediation wells pumping PCB laden water. Pumps foul every 3 weeks with iron bacteria bio-film. Custom fabricated 3” precipitators fitted on submersible pump intake with controller at surface.
Comments: Two demos kept pumps at 100% capacity for 4 months. Fifteen pumps treated in total. Photos available.
TRW Seatbelt Factory – Midland Ontario – 2001
Application: A 1” pump protector installed for iron bacteria control.
Comments: Results same as GM.
Residential
Hundreds of residential Precipitators sold to control residential hard water.
Reverse Osmosis
Inland Marine – Hamilton Ontario
Jenna
Application: A 2” system installed on feed to 10 GPH R/O system.
Comments: In 60 days water production increased to 7 GPH by de-scaling the membrane. Still good results today
V-Cept
Application: A 2” system installed on the feed to a vibrational R/O system designed to treat high % solids water. This test was performed at Ridgetown College (U of Guelph)
Comments: A test was set up processing swine waste. Three control samples were run with the precipitator off and effluent volume timed and measured in a calibration column. Three runs with the precipitator energized proved 17% more fresh water production.
Softeners
Headwaters Hospital – Orangeville Ontario – 2001
Dan Pitcher
Application: Four inch system installed on feed to industrial size softener.
Comments: Pre-treatment has allowed a 50% reduction in regeneration salt requirement. Saving $350 per month. Photos available.
Cold Springs Farms – Thamesford, Ontario – 2002
Application: Four inch system installed on feed to industrial size softener.
Comments: Pre-treatment has allowed a 50% reduction in regeneration salt requirement.
Photos available.
Residential Softeners
Comment: Many residential users choose to use the precipitator with their ion exchange softener at reduced salt levels.
Ships
MS Christian IV – Colorline Ferry Boat – Kristiansand Norway – 1999
Project sold by Per Age Agesen (Paper Mill Eng.)
Application: Potable Water Feed from Holding Tank – 3” Carbon Steel Pipe
Comments: Fifteen years of hard water had clogged the hot and cold water pipes to the cabins. Water volume and pressure were restricted to the point re-plumbing was being considered. The 3” system de-scaled the entire system over a 6 month period. Photos still in my possession showing the ship and the unit installed.
John Moriarty has been specializing in ship applications since 2000. Following are various shipping companies applications and references.
Upper Lakes Group – St. Catherines, ON. Wastewater UV Treatment – 9
Mr. Al Davies Evaporators – 4
Mr. Wayne Armstrong Fuel Oil for Boilers – 6
Mr. Dave Pauze Fuel Oil for Engines – 3
Mr. John Kerbrat Feed Water Condensate – 5
- Fuel Purifiers – 1
Lower Lakes Towing Evaporators
Port Dover ON. Boiler & Engine Fuel
Mr. Tony Walker 3 Ships
Ontario Northland Transportation Ship
Owen Sound, ON. Wastewater System
Mr. Brian Pike –
USS Great Lakes Fleet Ship
Duluth, Minnesota Evaporators
Mr. Gene Walroos –
Photos available.
Sugar
Redpath Sugar (Tate & Lyle) – Toronto, Ontario – 2002
No reference available
Application: Raw sugar wash treated with 4” system.
Comments: Excellent scale control of centrifuge raw sugar wash spray heads.
Photos available.