Home About Vogelaar Our options Contact Login In the news 25-04-2012 The New website of Vogelaar Vredehof BV is online from 10 May 2012. 16-05-2012 Project sustainable use of transport water. As part of the introduction of sustainable production methods, a pilot project was started at Vogelaar Vredehof in 2010 to improve the physical and chemical quality of the transport water. The aim of the project was to significantly reduce the intake of clean transport water and to purify the used water as much as possible and to reuse it in the production process. In particular, the removal of micropollutants requires an innovative approach, avoiding the use of chemicals. Because these contaminants involve pesticide residues as well as organisms (fungi, bacteria and yeasts), it was decided to apply membrane filtration. A pilot installation has been set up for this purpose in collaboration with Colsen BV from Hulst. It has been demonstrated using nanofiltration techniques (NF) that visually and chemically clean water can be produced. The tests showed that the different classes of contaminants are removed to a sufficient extent. At the same time, it appears that biological fouling takes place on the membranes, which limits the capacity and necessitates interim cleaning. Further research is in preparation to investigate whether upstream techniques can contribute to an increase in the removal efficiency and to prevent biological fouling. During the test period it has also been found that the choice of materials for pumps and pipes has an effect on the removal efficiency. This project (no. 00855) was made possible in part by a contribution from the European Regional Development Fund in the context of OP-Zuid (Operational Program for the South of the Netherlands European Regional Development Fund 2007 - 2013). Suppliers Customers Product Range Sitemap Vogelaar Vredehof BV General website conditions