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innovative technical solutions for soil remediation, water- and air purification and soil protection
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Innovators in Environmental Engineering

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A brief introduction Profile Soil remediation Soil protection Water and air purification systems Test facilities Rental Thermal remediation Want to know more? 5 6 10 16 20 22 24 28 31

Innovators in Environmental Engineering

A brief introduction
HMVT stands for Hannover Milieu- en Veiligheidstechniek B.V. (Hannover Environmental and Safety Technology). Together with our Belgian subsidiary WeGroSan/HMVT bvba we implement environmental-technical solutions for soil remediation, water and air flow purification and ground and soil protection. This includes: Complex (in situ) soil and groundwater remediation Water or air purification, for example when an industrial process needs to be covered for a period of maintenance Bench-scale or pilot study into the feasibility of solutions Purification of air flows with cold plasma Corona Technology Remediation studies, planning and obtaining permits Installation of liquid-proof hard concrete surfaces, container storage areas and newly built or renovated service stations and tank parks. We have a broad range of clients, ranging from local authorities, petrochemical and chemical industries, project developers to other service providers. Our strength lies in the application of our practical experience combined with our creativity. In brief: we really want to solve your environmental-technical problems!

Profile
We offer innovative technical solutions for soil remediation, water- and air purification and soil protection

Soil remediation, water and air purification systems and soil protection

Why HMVT and WeGroSan/HMVT?

The remediation of a diesel crust under a former industrial site, cleaning groundwater contaminated with chlorine underneath a town, purification of processed air with a (catalytic) incinerator or the deployment of a temporary water purification system during the maintenance of an industrial plant. These are all examples of projects we deal with on a daily basis. Whether it involves cleaning soil, water or air, we would like to be your partner in finding innovative but above all practical and feasible solutions. We have been doing this since 1988: effectively, efficiently and saving costs! Landowners have an obligation to prevent soil contamination. A clean site is a form of good housekeeping. We have been helping landowners in this task and installing soil protection measures in newly built and refurbished service stations since 1995. In recent years we have laid down liquid-proof floors, installed hard surfaces and put in company drainage systems numerous times. Our installations can be admired at service stations, waste processors (container storage sites) and industrial and facilities installations.

We are an environmental technology company that searches for innovative solutions for the protection and remediation of soil and the purification of water and air flows. Our staff are our most valuable asset: innovative but straightforward with a practical approach and focused on the solution and the customer. Thats why we would like to be your partner!

Soil remediation

The soil is the starting point for any building development; it supports buildings and infrastructure as well as a significant part of our environmental quality. The soil is used very intensively. Our aim is to remediate contaminated locations as sustainably as possible in such a way that the site is also suitable for the needs of the next generation. HMVT and WeGroSan/HMVT are an all-round soil remediation company. We are not restricted to one or two techniques but adapt our approach to the site. More than 20 years ago, we were one of the first companies that started with on-site remediation. In the meanwhile we have gained experience of a broad range of remediation techniques, ranging from excavation, pump & treat to biological, chemical and thermal technologies. Our strength lies in finding smart solutions. This sometimes means that we advise you to do nothing or just monitor the situation. The right solution for a particular site often lies in a combination of the appropriate remediation techniques.

Water and air purification systems

We take clean water and pure air for granted, but behind the scenes we have to work increasingly hard to even make this possible. HMVT wishes to be your partner here too, by finding and realising practical solutions. We have our own production hall where the purification installations are assembled to customised specifications. Our installations are suitable for the purification of industrial processed air or -water. We have a broad range of technologies at our disposal and are particularly specialised in mobile installations.

Profile
We offer innovative technical solutions for soil remediation, water- and air purification and soil protection

How we operate

Any soil remediation or air or water purification system is always custom made. Besides, we believe that the social and ecological costs of remediation or purification should not be astronomically high. We put together a specialist team for each project with a broad base of expertise. This team researches and designs the most fitting solution with the client. We guarantee that our solutions work and not only install systems but maintain these if you so wish, also on the basis of a fixed price.

Our company

HMVT and WeGroSan/HMVT employ approximately 40 experienced environmental experts and technicians. On average, our employees have been working in this field for ten years. Quality and safety are at the core of our company strategy. The personnel we deploy, the projects we carry out and the installations we assemble and maintain comply with all the standards, ranging from ISO 9001, VCA** and the Achilles Protocol to the BRL guidelines and CE marks. ATEX systems are also in safe hands with us.

Innovation

Innovation is in our genes. Our research team is always searching for new solutions, whether this concerns soil remediation or purification of water or air or civil engineering works. We work a lot with students, research institutes and consultancies. A good example of our innovative powers is the continued development of Corona Pulse Technology jointly with the Technical University of Eindhoven. Stated briefly, this method purifies air by creating mini-lightning. This is a highly energy-efficient method for getting rid of odours from industrial vapours. You can find more information about this promising method of air purification at www.corona-airtreatment.com.

Carbon Footprint

We offset the Carbon Footprint of our buildings and our travel miles through the Trees for All foundation. Your project can also be offset via this foundation. We not only compensate but we also continually search for greener ways to decontaminate soil, for example. We have developed our own Carbon Footprint Calculator for this purpose and are experimenting with geothermal, wind and solar energy to run our installations. You can find more information on www.treesforall.nl and www.hmvt.eu.

Soil remediation
All-rounders in traditional and on-site chemical, pump&treat and biological remediation

Excavation

In practice
1 Antwerp, Belgium (project value > 2,000,000 euros): largescale NAPL remediation with more than 600 remediation filters. A NAPL layer of more than 1,500 m3 was removed. 2 Antwerp, Belgium (project value 280,000 euros): combination of NAPL remediation with groundwater extraction, compressed air injection and soil vapour extraction. The NAPL layer was completely removed. 3 Dendermonde, Belgium (project value 92,000 euros): removal of NAPL layer using Multi-Phase Extraction. The NAPL layer was completely removed thus achieving the remediation objectives.

Excavation is a fast and efficient way of removing contamination. Depending on the situation a suitable method is chosen. It is, for example, often necessary to take stability measures to safeguard nearby structures. Soldier piles, sheet piling, sheeting boxes and excavation tubes are techniques that we frequently use and in which we have gained considerable experience. At sites that are difficult to access, specially adapted equipment will be used. Sometimes it may be appropriate to carry out manual excavations or excavation using soil suction. WeGroSan/HMVT has a wealth of experience in similar projects, and based on its expertise is able to deploy a suitable method.

In practice
1 Edingen (project value 150,000 euros): excavation of the centre up to 7 metres below ground level using a sheeting box to safeguard the adjacent structure. 2 Flmalle (project value 120,000 euros): considering the very small space it was decided to excavate the contaminated ground in the immediate vicinity of the building using tubes up to 12 m below ground level. The first excavated tube was used as a pump pit in order to be able to carry out the rest of the excavation in a dry area. 3 Meerle (project value 35,000 euros): : excavation in private garden. In view of the small area excavation work was carried out alongside the building using a small aluminium box. For the removal of the highly contaminated soil from the crawl space a ground suction system was used.

Biological remediations

Many of our remediation methods also involve a biological phase in which, for example, the residual contamination in the plume is broken down biologically after removal of the core. Depending on the nature and the seriousness of the residual contamination, the breakdown is stimulated by introducing oxygen and/or a carbon source and nutrients. We use both aerobic and anaerobic breakdown processes. We design and monitor these degradation processes in-house. In some cases natural degradation is such that monitoring is sufficient. We apply the following techniques: Bio-venting the unsaturated zone Air-sparging the saturated zone Shock load injections (one-off nutrient injections) Continuous injection by means of extraction and infiltration of the groundwater with nutrients. Biological techniques are a particularly suitable and economic alternative in plume areas or as a biological barrier.

Pump & Treat or Extractive Remediation

Extractive remediation techniques are techniques where the contamination is extracted from the soil and is often treated above the ground. We apply the following techniques: soil vapour extraction compressed air injection various types of groundwater extraction - dewatering by means of vacuum drainage - gravity drainage - Multi-Phase Extraction - deep-well drainage

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Soil remediation
All-rounders in traditional and on-site chemical, pump&treat and biological remediation

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Aerobic degradation in practice

1 Vilvoorde, Belgium (project value 800,000 euros): combination of Multi-Phase Extraction, compressed air injection and soil vapour extraction. By means of compressed air injection, the chlorohydrocarbon contamination was remediated down to below the post-remediation value imposed by the Belgian authorities. Soil vapour extraction ensured that the vapours released in the compressed air injection process were extracted. 2 Oosterhout, The Netherlands (project value >200,000 euros): combination of chemical oxidation with compressed air injection and soil vapour extraction. The volatile aromatics and mineral oil contamination present in the plume area were reduced to below the post-remediation value by means of compressed air injection. The combination of chemical oxidation and compressed air injection resulted in reduction of the load by more than 90%. 3 Bilthoven, The Netherlands (project value 205,000 euros): combination of compressed air injection with nutrient injection. The mineral oil and BTEX contamination found in the groundwater was remediated and certified by the competent authorities. Depending on the specific situation of the location, we will select our nutrients, inject compressed air, oxygen releasing salts or nutrients. We also regularly inject the slow-release electron donor developed by our R&D department on the basis of soya oil, namely, ENNA.

ENNA

Natural breakdown of VOCl contaminations (including the degreasing substances Per and Tri) is possible with the right Redox conditions and in the presence of a substrate (DOC). Per and Tri can be degraded under anaerobic conditions. Micro-organisms use a different substance (the substrate) as food and break down the chlorated hydrocarbons during the process. The contamination is broken down to a harmless ethane in several steps. This means that for Per and Tri, but also for the waste products Cis and VC, this contamination can only be broken down anaerobically. In practice we often encounter VOCl contaminations where some degradation is taking place, but the REDOX conditions and the levels of natural substrate (DOC) in the soil are not sufficient to attain a stable end situation without active intervention. It is possible to promote the breakdown by introducing a substrate (a source of DOC) into the ground. ENNA promotes the sustained breakdown of VOCl. For ENNA a mixture of substrate is injected only once into the source. The principal constituent of this substrate consists of vegetable soya oils. Care must be taken that no crust is created at the top. That is why with ENNA the soya is added as a suspension (10 to 15% soya vegetable oils). Moreover the soya acts as a source of carbon to promote sustained breakdown over 5 to 10 years. Therefore an amount is introduced so in principle a single injection is sufficient. This helps to reduce costs. We have applied the ENNA concept in many locations with great success.

The classic in-situ techniques are often insufficient to efficiently removing a true hotspot with DNAPL. In such cases we can deploy a thermal technique called Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH). This technique involves heating up the soil and groundwater to almost 100oC, whereby the chlorinated hydrocarbons simply evaporate from the soil. With this technology it is possible to achieve very high returns, up to more than 99%. We carry out ERH together with TRS Group from the United States under the Joint Venture HMVTRS. The TRS Group has more than 10 years experience with ERH and has already successfully completed dozens of projects. More information about Thermal remediation can be found on page 28 and 29.

Thermal remediation

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Soil remediation
All-rounders in traditional and on-site chemical, pump&treat and biological remediation

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Anaerobic breakdown in practice

1 Dordrecht, The Netherlands (project value 73,000 euros): groundwater extraction and infiltration of groundwater with biological stimulants. By pumping groundwater to the surface, providing a substrate and reinfiltrating this mixture, we successfully remediated a large plume area by means of anaerobic breakdown. 2 Zwolle, The Netherlands (project value 700,000 euros): chemical oxidation in combination with stimulated breakdown. Chemical oxidation removed a large part of the VOCl source. Biological breakdown followed successful stimulation after the injection of ENNA, developed in-house. The concentrations fell to below the reconditioning values but for one monitoring tube. 3 Veghel, The Netherlands (project value 350,000 euros): stimulated breakdown of VOCl contamination with ENNA. Emplacement of bio-screen with injection of long-lasting ENNA carbon source. The pollutants in the plume area, which extended a few hundred metres, were stopped by three bio-screens.

Chemical reduction

In addition to chemical oxidation, we also apply chemical reduction by injecting zero-charged nano ferrite powder. We often combine this method with biological degradation together with the ENNA concept: FENNA.

Immobilisation

Not all pollutants are necessarily suited to remediate by chemical or biological extraction, for example heavy metals. A (partly) mobile contamination can also be immobilised so that escape to the air or elsewhere in the soil can be prevented. This will eliminate the risk caused by the contamination. We have immobilised to several types of contamination.

Chemical remediation in practice

1 Ermelo, The Netherlands (project value 107,000 euros): chemical oxidation in combination with Multi-Phase Extraction to remove aircraft fuel. Combining these techniques caused a fall in concentrations, which was approved by the competent authorities. 2 Doetinchem, The Netherlands (project value >700,000 euros): chemical oxidation in combination with biological stimulation (ENNA): remediation of VOCl contamination with chemical oxidation led to a dramatic decline in the source concentrations, which made stimulated biological breakdown possible. Following the remediation, the location was declared suitable for the development of new apartments. 3 Bergermeer, The Netherlands (project value 15,000 euros): chemical oxidation of volatile aromatics and mineral oils with an effectiveness of more than 90%. 4 Pilot Ede in The Netherlands (project value 80,000 euros): injection of carbon source (pump & treat) combined with groundwater extraction of heavy metals, including zinc contamination. Further dispersion of zinc in the groundwater was stopped completely thanks to the successful immobilisation of the zinc.

Chemical Remediations

Chemical techniques are increasingly used to tackle contamination problems, on the one hand to break down contamination (for example oxidation and reduction), and on the other hand to fix contamination in the soil.

Chemical oxidation

A technology that has proven itself in recent years is chemical oxidation. With the help of chemical oxidation we are able to obtain a high rate of remediation within a short period of time. This technique is often particularly applied to core areas with high pollutant concentrations. Depending on the local contamination situation we apply the following chemical oxidation techniques: Chemical oxidation using hydrogen peroxide (Fentons reagent) Application of Enhanced Fentons Chemical oxidation using permanganate Chemical oxidation using activated persulphate.

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Soil protection
Installation and renovation of service stations and container parks

Good Housekeeping

A clean location is a form of good housekeeping. We have been assisting landowners in this task and providing liquidproof installations at container parks as well as newly built and renovated service stations since 1995. In recent years we have laid down numerous liquid-proof floors and installed hard surfaces and company drainage systems. Our installations can be admired at service stations, container parks and industrial and facility installations.

Container parks

Soil protection measures

Remediating a site will always be more expensive than taking measures to prevent contamination. Where a site is to be sold, it can become more valuable because the correct measures have been taken and the proper provisions have been installed. Providing a soil protection installation with a suitable drainage or collection for water and/or products is a customized job. We look at what type of installation will best suit the soil polluting activity. Depending on the possibilities and wishes of the client, a suitable paving, drainage and, if necessary, buffer/ collection is installed.

Local government such as councils and intermunicipal cooperations are obliged to organize the waste policy, at a local level as well as with respect to legislation. They run container parks, among other things, and ensure that domestic waste is collected. Container parks are the cornerstone of the selective collection. In order to ensure that this is done optimally with a minimal impact on the environment, an adapted infrastructure is necessary. We offer total solutions for the newly-built or renovation of container parks; with WeGroSan/HMVT you are assured of a structured, expert and cost-effective approach.

Industrial & service facilities

Service stations

We are proud of our experience of working on petrol service stations for over 15 years. We implement these projects for major oil and other companies but also for smaller chains and private forecourts, whether big or modest in scale, complex or simple. Every year we tackle a variety of service stations. We have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in the areas of soil remediation, soil protection installations and civil engineering works. This wide range of knowledge finds its optimum application in our work on service stations. In most projects WeGroSan/HMVT acts as contractor and as such is responsible for the soil remediation, the civil engineering works such as the forecourt, the drainage system, hydrocarbon separator and hard surfacing, including the supply of underground tanks, piping and electricity. Thanks to our experience and expertise we are able to carry out the demolition, soil remediation and construction as a turnkey project within the allotted time. WeGroSan/HMVT can offer you a total package.

Whether it is released during your production process or falls from the sky, both clean and contaminated water is usually collected and transported by your company drainage system. It may then be stored temporarily and/ or treated, after which it is discharged or reused. Company drainage systems are often vulnerable. Leakage as a result of corrosion or wear forms a risk of soil contamination. Due to the complexity of the systems it is often difficult to inspect and maintain them. WeGroSan/HMVT takes care of the construction, repair, maintenance and inspection of company drainage systems. We can also see to separating the waste water and rain water, as well as buffering, recycling and purifying the water. In addition to company drainage systems, we also take care of private connections. For the entire Flemish territory zoning plans were drawn up in order to determine the areas in which waste water from houses would need to be purified collectively or individually. Those people whose houses cannot be connected to the public drainage system need to install an IBA (Individual Wastewater Treatment) to purify their own wastewater. Supply, installation and maintenance of these systems also fall within our expertise. Given our extensive knowledge in the areas of drainage systems, buffers, purification and process water, WeGroSan/ HMVT can offer you a total solution for your drainage and water network.

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Soil protection
Installation and renovation of service stations and container parks

In practice
1 New-construction of IDS service station with 6 lanes for lorries in Waregem (project value 450,000 euros): the activities included 5000m earthworks, and carrying out foundation work, drainage and roadwork. 2 Remediation + new-build of Dats 24 service station in Lier (project value 360,000 euros): carrying out soil remediation through excavation using sheeting technology. Afterwards, a new service station was built at the former service station site. Due to the combination of remediation and new-build this turnkey project was realized within a short period of time. 3 Drainage system and surface reinforcement works in Deurne (project value 500,000 euros): complex project for the separation of RWA and DWA within a factory site, including construction of a 135 m rainwater buffer. 4 New construction and remodelling of various container storage parks (project values on average 525,000 euros): the projects included work on the soil, ground and foundations, laying drainage systems and roadworks. WeGroSan/ HMVT also takes on loading and delivery bays, the construction of warehouses and electrical installations.

Want more information?

For more information on our civil engineering projects, visit www.wegrosan.be or contact our offices in Belgium.

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Water and air purification

Purification of processed air or water, turnkey solutions for temporary water or air purification

(Mobile) water and air purification

Pure water and clean air. It seems so natural. But behind the scenes we have to work increasingly hard to keep the quality of water and air at their present level. This requires innovative solutions. HMVT and WeGroSan/ HMVT are advisors to industry in meeting this challenge. We have our own production facilities for the assembly of water and air purification plants.

Aeration: plate aerators and stripping towers Filtration: sand and activated-carbon filtration Biological treatment: bio-rotors and bio-reactors Chemical treatment: acid and caustic dosages, ozone, UV and hydrogen peroxide treatments Deferrisation plants. As regards to air purification we have a lot of experience with the following purification systems: Biological air treatment Active carbon filtration Air washing Chemical treatment with ozone, for example Catalytic oxidation, possibly including the washing of air Incinerator Pulsated cold plasma (Corona) Mobile installations and pilot installations.

Applications: mobile or definitive solutions

We have a broad range of air and water purification installations at our disposal. We particularly specialise in mobile air/ water purification solutions. Our mobile installations are often deployed for a few weeks to clean an industrial water or air flow, for example in the event of major overhaul maintenance at a clients premises. For temporary mobile remediation we often look after the entire project: from consultancy and design to installation and management, often for a fixed weekly fee. In addition to mobile installations we also supply customised solutions to industry and the sales and management of permanent installations.

Rental & sale

We both rent out and sell our treatment plants. This may involve either temporary or permanent treatment plants.

Consultancy & design

For all our services our approach remains practical and aimed at a solution. The same goes for the approach to purification of air and water. Our focus is not only on the installation of a purification plant, but in particular on finding the correct solution jointly with the client. If necessary we will develop and carry out tests for this purpose in our test labs and will test the solutions in practice on the scale of a pilot run.

European Directives

We design and build all of our plant in accordance with the applicable EC Machinery Directives. Prior to handover, we conduct a Risk Assessment and Evaluation to ensure that the plant operates both safely and reliably and that it complies with the ATEX Directives.

In practice
1 Zwolle, The Netherlands (project value approx. 45,000 euros): chemical reduction of groundwater polluted with chromium VI. Roughly 1,500 m of groundwater had accumulated in an old concrete cellar. We treated this water on site with chemicals which precipitated the chromium. The cleaned water could subsequently be pumped out to the drainage system. The contaminated sludge was removed when the cellar was demolished together with the polluted rubble and soil. 2 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (project value approx. 40,000 euros): mobile water purification installation for processing approximately 2,400 m of polluted firefighting water that had been released during a major fire at an industrial location. 3 Rotterdam, The Netherlands (project value approx. 40,000 euros): mobile air purification installation for the cleaning of tank vapours consisting of allyl chloride and epichlorohydrin. 4 Beerse, Belgium (project value approx. 350,000 euros): supply and maintenance of processed water purification plant.

Implementation & management

Our water or air purification installations are assembled and prepared to specification in our centralised workshops by an experienced team of engineers, process technologists and electronics experts. The plant is then installed on site. Maintaining a water purification plant is commonly not the core activity of any business. Not only do we construct installations, but if the client so wishes we can manage the technical side of the installation as well. We can in these cases guarantee operational security and achieve the correct quality of the purified water; this is often carried out for a fixed monthly or annual fee.

Type of installations

We design and construct a variety of installations for various applications. The appropriate solution is often a comination of installations with several purification filters. As regards to water purification we have a lot of experience with the following water purification systems: Influent/effluent buffers Oil/water separation

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Test facilities
For bench-scale studies, research & development and feasibilitytests

To measure is to know

Detailed information about the soil, the groundwater and the contamination is crucial for on-site remediation. In some cases prior investigations into drawing up remediation plans are not sufficiently complete for proposing the optimum on-site remediation technology. For example, information may be missing that could give an indication of the potential biological activities on site. This could include the redox conditions, the iron content and/or the sulphate content. If chemical oxidation is included, it will be necessary to obtain an impression of the buffer capacity to be able to calculate the chemical quantities to be applied. HMVT has its own laboratory facilities with all the necessary equipment to carry out these tests. A field sample of water and/or soil is taken and analysed in several tests under laboratory conditions. The following is a list of experiments and tests:

Next to the laboratory tests needed to obtain supplementary information for specific projects, the lab is also used within HMVTs Research & Development section. Thanks to our knowledge, combined with supplementary tests, we are able to give a verdict on the remediation method and its feasibility for almost every case of contamination. Carrying on the tradition of innovation at HMVT, we develop new techniques year on year. We are able to accomplish this partly thanks to our own testing space (laboratory) and by carrying out pilot field trials. Besides research into soil remediation we also carry out tests to find the most suitable purification methods for air and water. You will find a series of new technologies developed by HMVT summarised under the heading In practice.

In practice
1. Development of new chemical oxidation techniques 2. Development of the sustainable substrate ENNA (ENhanced Natural Attenuation) 3. Development of several substrate compounds for biological breakdown of VOCl 4. Feasibility tests for biological breakdown of contamination with various substrates 5. Jar tests for the optimisation of water purification methods, e.g. iron removal 6. Dispersion behaviour of ENNA in the soil.

For extractive remediation

Permeability test Contaminant analysis

For biological stimulation

Contaminant analysis Buffering capacity Attenuation test (aerobic and anaerobic) Laboratory analysis (iron, sulphate, DOC, etc.)

For chemical oxidation

Contaminant analysis Determine the buffering capacity Determine the matrix requirement Attenuation test

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Rental
Rental of temporary water and air purification installations

Rental with added value

HMVT Rentals has a large range of mobile remediation equipment and water and air purification plant available. This equipment is not only deployed for our own projects but is also indirectly available for hire from our rental department by external customers. We strive for hiring out with added value. That is to say that we not only deliver what you ask for, but that on the basis of our experience and expertise we also prefer to consider jointly with our client what the most suitable solution is. All of this is available at very competitively fixed price tariffs.

Rental tariffs

For an up-to-date overview of our rental tariffs, please visit www.hmvt.eu. We would of course be pleased to offer a customized quotation. We would in that case ask you to contact one of our offices.

Remediation equipment

Remediation is often customised work. So obviously we are able to rent out customized installations to you. However, we also have a number of standard remediation installations: A Multi-Phase Extraction container (20 feet), including an inbuilt oil/water separator with a capacity of 5m/hour. A Soil Vapour Extraction and Compressed Air injection container (20 feet). A purification container (10 feet) consisting of an integral oil/water separator and a multi-step plate aerator (10m/ hour).

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Rental
Rental of temporary water and air purification installations

Water Treatment Plants

We have a broad range of rental possibilities as regards water purification installations:

Buffers, sediment tanks and storage tanks - influent/sedimentation buffer or sandpans - pump buffer - effluent/cleansed water buffer - sludge buffer - effluent water buffer - oil/water separators Pumps - suction pumps - submerged pumps - membrane pumps - mono pumps - vacuum pumps - MFE systems - immersion pumps - dosing pumps Biological - bio-rotors - biological reactors Filters - sand filters - iron removal systems - active carbon filters - bag-type filters - candle filters - various fillings Measuring and control equipment - control boxes - pH, Ec, oxygen, Ec sensors - telemetrics and monitoring - (electro-magnetic) flow rate meters Pilot installations - physical techniques - biological techniques - chemical techniques - combinations

Aeration - stripping towers - multi-stage plate aerators Compressors - aeration - compressed air injection systems

Containers - integrated purification - storage Mixing equipment - mixing tanks - static mixers

Dosages - dosage pumps - storage tanks - dosing units for chemicals or nutrients

Chemical - ozone - hydrogen peroxide - UV treatment - combinations

Air purification systems

Filters - biological compost filters - active carbon filters Incinerator plant - catalytic combustion units - incinerators Compressors

We also have a broad range of techniques and equipment for mobile air purification installations:
Gas or air washers - stripping towers - multi-stage plate aerators Pulsed Power Corona Technology - demonstrator Pilot installation 10kW Fans - side passage closer valves - high under-pressure ventilators Containers - integrated purification - storage Mixing equipment - mixing tanks - static mixers Measuring and control equipment - control boxes - telemetrics and monitoring - flow meters Pilot installations - physical techniques - biological techniques - catalytic or incinerator units - combinations

- aeration compressed air injection systems Dosages - dosing pumps - storage tanks - dosing units for chemicals or nutrients

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Thermal remediation
Quick and robust in-situ soil remediation with Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH)

Joint Venture HMVTRS

The most robust way of remediating a location in-situ is to use thermal remediation. For on-site thermal remediation we use Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH). ERH is carried out by our Joint Venture HMVTRS, in which we work together with the TRS Group. TRS is based in the USA and specialises in soil remediation using ERH.

Advantages of ERH

What is ERH?

During ERH a Power Control Unit (PCU) is used to pass an electrical current through the soil and groundwater. This causes the soil to heat up to such a level that a wide range of volatile and semi-volatile contaminants are vaporized. These vapours are then collected by a soil vapour extraction system or multi-phase extraction system, after which they are purified above ground. In contrast to the many other in situ remediation techniques, the soil is remediated throughout; sand as well as clay and loam layers with poor permeability can also be tackled effectively. ERH is therefore able in contrast to practically every other insitu remediation technique to completely remove all DNAPLs even in the smallest and very last pore spaces. During ERH the subsoil is heated in a smooth and controlled manner. As ERH requires soil moisture to conduct the current, it is impossible for ERH to completely dry out the soil. The technology is also intrinsically safe. If the heating stops, for whatever reason, the steam generation in the subsoil stops immediately. No backup generators are therefore needed for ERH. And finally: due to the high temperatures during and after the ERH process the biological degradation of the chlorinated hydrocarbons is greatly enhanced. This polishing effect occurs during the ERH process as well as the following months as the soil slowly cools.

Thermal remediation with Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) is a very robust in-situ remediation technique. All other in-situ techniques such as pump & treat, biological techniques, soil vapour extraction, two-phase extraction, compressed air injection, chemical oxidation and chemical reduction can be described as contact sports. In order to be effective with these methods we need to get the water/air flow or the chemicals to each pore space. ERH is not a contact sport. With ERH we heat up the complete soil volume, so we automatically reach all pollutants in every tiny pore space in the soil volume that is being treated. We therefore do not have to know the exact location of the DNAPL to be able to remediate successfully. Robust means that we can achieve over 99% removal rates without any rebound effects, even if pure product or DNAPL is present. ERH is not negatively influenced by heterogeneous soils. This is in contrary to the more classic in-situ remediation techniques, including steam enhanced extraction. There is even a positive effect. Due to their electrical properties any loam and clay layers are heated up first. As a result of biological activity, higher concentrations of chloride ions are present around soils containing more pollutants. As a result, the zones that are polluted are heated up first.

More info?

More information about Electrical Resistance Heating can be found at www.hmvtrs.nl or www.hmvt.nl.

Accelerating Value

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Want to know more?

HMVT and WeGroSan/HMVT would like to accept the challenge of solving your environmental engineering problems as optimally as possible. Our strength? Know-how, years of experience and an innovative outlook. Would you like to know more about the opportunities we can offer? Our consultants are always willing to answer your queries and provide you with more information. Also visit www.hmvt.eu for more information on our specific products and services.

The Netherlands (HMVT) Maxwellstraat 31 PO Box 174 6710 BD Ede T +31 318 62 46 24 E info@hmvt.nl www.hmvt.nl Belgium (WeGroSan/HMVT) Vaartkant Rechts 27 2960 Sint-Lenaarts (Brecht) T +32 3 609 55 30 E info@wegrosan.be www.wegrosan.be

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