Industrial Project

Presentation
Water Treatment Company: Quality Filtration Systems
Branches [Strand & Johannesburg]
Position held [Intern Mechatronics Engineer]

• Presenter names: Mahoana Euler Mlahleki

• Institution: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
• Student Number: 216263743
 Presentation Overview
• Project: Pilot demo plant
• Background Research and Introduction
i)Water Treatment
ii)Filtration Chart
• Problem Statement
• Concept Formation and Final Choice
• Procedure
i) Piping and Instrumentation
ii) Mechanical Design
iii) Electrical Design
iv) Automation
• Project Building
• Challenges
• Conclusion
 Project: Pilot demo plant
• Pilot plant is a water treatment process used for testing a full scale process
needed for purification of wastewater.
 Background Research & Introduction: Water Treatment
• Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it more acceptable for a specific end-use.
The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many
other uses, including being safely returned to the environment. Water treatment removes contaminants and
undesirable components, or reduces their concentration so that the water becomes fit for its desired end-use. This
treatment is crucial to human health and allows humans to benefit from both drinking and irrigation use.
Background Research & Introduction: Filtration Chart
 Problem Statement
• Design and automated demo Pilot Plant needed for testing a full scale water treatment process
needed to purify water and also demonstrate to potential clients and the company clients for the
service available to them. In your design pay attention to efficiency of the system, cost and
hygiene.
 REQUIREMENTS
 P&ID
 Mechanical Design Plant Drawings
 Electrical Control Panel Design Schematics
 Skid Fabrication (Mechanical Building of plant)
 Automation of Filtration process (PLC Programming)
 Part-list of Plant
 CRITERIA
 Less fouling
 Efficient backwash (low fouling)
 Cost effective
 Easy to operate
 CONSTRAINTS
 Time
 Cost
 Size
 LOGO SOFT programming skill
Concept Formation and Final Choice
Developed Concepts

Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept 3
 Final Concept Selection

Design Matrix
Criteria Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

Components and material 2 3 3

availability

Membrane Fouling 4 3 3

Cost 1 2 4

Simplicity 3 4 3

Ease of Automation 3 3 4

Ease of Operation 2 3 4

Maintenance 2 3 4

Total 17/35 21/35 25/35

Rated out of 5 with the best having 5/5

 Procedure

PIPING & INSTRUMENTATION DIAGRAM

Improvements made:
 Increase in CIP frequency to reduce membrane
fouling
 Valves and Piping system strategically designed to
reduce the number of actuated valves in the system
to reduce complexity in programming
 Part-list(BOM)
P&ID Description Availability(order/available) Qty Cost
Tanks
Raw Water Feed for water from source 1
Permeate(Final water) Final treated water 1
Waste Water( UF Wash) UF waste clean 1
Dosing Chemical Dosing 1

Pumps
Raw feed ( to UF)End Suction centrifugal Pump water from raw tank 1
UF Wash End Suction centrifugal UF waste wash 1
Dosing Adding chemicals 1

Valves
Non return Valve 1
Hand Valve 4
Solenoid Valves 3

Instrumentation
Pressure gauge Pressure Indication 2

Equipment
Bagfilter housing Bagfilter 1
UF Modules Water treatment 1
Dosing pipe Adding chemicals 1

Pipe and Fittings

PVC Pipes Water channel

Automation
Siemens LOGO PLC Program 1
Solid state relays Voltage adoptor for solenoind valves 6
HMI Control buttons 1
Isolator Switch Emergency switching 1
Control Panel Casing box Enclosure for control equipment 1

Total 30
Mechanical Design
Electrical Schematic Design
 Electrical Designs
• Before panels are built, with the desired automation control in mind, components to be used are selected
based on cost, safety, availability, power consumption. Then Electrical Control Panel schematics are drawn and
with their wiring connections.

Eplan 3D PANEL
Eplan 2D PANEL PLC SCHEMATIC CONNECTION
 Automation
START/ STOP

START

SYTEM
INITIALIZING

STOP

NO

TANK LOWER TANL LEVEL

LEVEL SENSOR NO LOW
ON WARNING

YES

SYSTEM
INITIALISE TIME
ELAPSED

DP HIGH
DP<SETPONT<DP ABOVE
WARNING

YES

CONST. Q. CONST. Q.
PUMP ON PUMP OFF
LOGO LADDER PROGRAM
 Project Building

Mechanical Building

Electrical Control Panel Building

Demo Pilot Plant
 Conclusion
• I am very grateful for the opportunity that QFS has given me to help me
develop in my career and get the relevant experience and exposure.

• I would like to thank all my colleagues for being there to assist me in

different tasks I had to complete, not only did I gain experience in the field of
mechatronics, but professionally I have also developed in role play in a
team. Gained skills which are important and understood the role of
individuals in a team in terms of Responsibility, Accountability, Consultation,
Informative.
• QFS helps you enjoy quality clean water with latest technology, all you
have to do is to take a sip of that quality water and enjoy!!!
• Thank you
Demostration