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Solar Manufacturing
Automation
& Waste Treatment Solutions
Heavy
metal removal system
No one else has Wastech's experience
in chemical delivery and waste treatment for solar
production. With solar installations worldwide,
Wastech engineers are able to design your photovoltaic (PV) process,
provide complete engineering submittals, and fabricate automated
equipment to the high reliability standards of the solar power industry.
Semiconductor experience with
silicon wafers is changing solar photovoltaic production, and
semiconductor tools and processes are now typical. These new processes
increase conversion efficiency and yields, help lower the overall cost
per watt, and improve photovoltaic production volumes. Wastech is
now applying modified semiconductor designs and waste treatment
solutions to economical processes safe waste treatment for solar
facilities.
Automated chemical delivery systems
for semiconductor plants have been supplied by Wastech since 1987.
Semiconductor plants have demanded custom fabricated thermoplastic
tanks, enclosures, valve boxes, and piping systems for many years, and
Wastech craftsmen have met that demand. As a control system integrator,
with proven automation experience and a software library of application
modules, Wastech can now provide semiconductor grade hardware and
software automation solutions to solar facilities.
Automated waste treatment solutions
for semiconductor plants is a Wastech specialty that has benefited
new solar facilities. With discharge limits for fluorides and heavy
metals constantly being lowered and under rigid regulatory scrutiny,
boards of directors are increasingly concerned about fines, penalties
and negative publicity from spills and environmental violations. An
experienced waste treatment solutions provider, such as Wastech, is
needed. With hundreds of installations, Wastech provides unmatched
experience in handling strong acids, dispensing chemicals safely, and
treating acid waste. Fluoride and heavy metal discharge limits are met
and exceeded by new proprietary chemical precipitation technologies.
Wastech waste treatment systems
are automated and skid mounted and factory tested for fast contractor
installation. Experienced field engineers work with owners and
contractors to provide working systems within budget and on time.
Automated control panels with communication options make tuning the
system fast and painless. Wastech offers its HelpNET service with every
installation. This system allows Wastech factory engineers to monitor
the working system in real time and help on-site maintenance personnel
correct and tune the equipment when the waste stream changes. Discharge
violations are avoided and production delays or shutdowns are
eliminated.
Automated
process control system
Wastech is staffed to serve the
rapidly growing photovoltaic market. As interest in renewable energy
expands in the USA, more and more solar production is being built.
According to industry analysts, the market for solar energy will more
than double over the next five years. Production of photovoltaic modules
has moved from R&D and 15 MW size facilities to new modern 450-650
megawatt and soon gigawatt capacity plants.
For more information, please see our papers
on our process support for the solar cell manufacturing industry:
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