London's Heathrow Airport Saves 130 Million Liters of Water Annually with GE Advanced Water Treatment Solutions
August 03 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Saved More than $310,000 in Cooling
Water Operational Costs
- GE’s Advanced Chemical Treatment
Technology and Real-Time Monitoring and Data Analysis Significantly
Reduced Water Usage and Increased Efficiency
- Heathrow Airport Honored with a GE
Ecomagination Award
The largest airport in the United Kingdom saved more than 130
million liters of water annually using GE’s (NYSE:GE) advanced
water treatment solutions. Thirty-nine cooling towers across four
terminals at London’s Heathrow Airport were treated with GE's
corrosion inhibitor, cooling and chemical treatment technologies.
After 12 months, the airport saved the equivalent of 5 percent of
total site water usage and $310,000 in costs.
In recognition of its noteworthy reductions in water usage, GE
honored Heathrow Airport with an Ecomaginaton award, which
recognizes the achievements of industrial users for striking a
positive balance between today's environmental, industrial and
sustainability challenges. It is given to the top GE customers in
environmental and economic performance.
“With more than 75 million passengers per year, 80 airlines,
over 76,000 employees and an average of approximately 1,300 flights
per day, Heathrow Airport is one of the busiest airports in Europe,
and we consume a significant volume of water,” said Chris Allen,
Heathrow Airport Limited. “It is crucial we work with partners to
reduce our environmental impact and are pleased that the GE
technology has allowed us to exceed our environmental and
industrial goals while meeting our high operational demands. We
have been able to reduce our water usage and costs and improve
efficiency. We are honored that GE has recognized Heathrow Airport
with this award.”
The airport’s cooling towers were monitored in real time, and
the data was analyzed with GE’s InSight* knowledge management
system and TrueSense* for Cooling remote monitoring and diagnostics
platforms. Using the power of the Industrial Internet, GE’s InSight
and TrueSense technologies enabled the precise dosing of chemicals
in the right quantity and allowed for continuous monitoring to
ensure system performance, cost optimization and improved
efficiency.
Previously, the 39 cooling towers were treated with ozone, which
restricted the cooling towers to only two cycles. After using GE’s
water treatment chemicals, GenGard* corrosion technology, Spectrus*
microbiological control, TrueSense and InSight, Heathrow Airport
was able to reduce make-up water demand by increasing cooling tower
cycles from two to five, which led to a substantial increase in
water efficiency and clean water.
“Airports use a large amount of water and energy. By reducing
corrosion and increasing the efficiency of the cooling towers
across four terminals, Heathrow Airport saved over 130 million
liters of water a year,” said Amy Ericson, global leader, chemical
and monitoring solutions—water and process technologies for GE
Power. “Heathrow Airport truly deserved the Ecomagination award not
only for improving its operations from an environmental
perspective, but also for putting the safety and well-being of its
passengers, crew and employees at the forefront of its
operations.”
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