Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) announced that industrial wastewater technology from Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) will help a Wyoming petroleum refinery remove contaminants from its wastewater to meet new environmental requirements. HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining LLC has selected Honeywell UOP’s XCeed bioreactor technology to remove selenium from wastewater at its 52,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Cheyenne, Wyo. The high-performance unit will process approximately 1 million gal/d of wastewater when it goes online this year.
“Honeywell UOP’s XCeed bioreactor technology was selected above other technologies after a successful field demonstration for selenium removal,” says Jim Stump, senior vice president of refining for HollyFrontier. “Honeywell UOP has a long history as a supplier to HollyFrontier’s subsidiaries. Adding this new technology will help HollyFrontier continue to meet its environmental commitments by further polishing the refinery’s treated effluent water.”
Honeywell UOP’s XCeed bioreactor technology removes organic and inorganic contaminants to help industrial, manufacturing and groundwater remediation facilities meet contaminant removal specifications for wastewater discharge or reuse (for more process information, see Chem. Eng., October 2014, p. 12; www.chemengonline.com/an-energy-saving-bioreactor-for-wastewater-treatment).
“Honeywell UOP is working with HollyFrontier to deliver this project as a turnkey solution,” says Rebecca Liebert, vice president and general manager of Honeywell UOP’s Catalysts, Adsorbents and Specialties business. “With more than 50 successful installations, the XCeed bioreactor system is a reliable and cost-effective solution for food and beverage companies, chemical and textile manufacturers, refinery and petrochemical facilities, and for groundwater remediation, to meet increasingly strict wastewater regulations worldwide.”