APG-Neuros’ Turbo Blower reduces energy consumption, while improving the working environment The City of Watsonville replaced one of its centrifugal blowers with a new APG-Neuros NX Series turbo blower combined with replacing its coarse-bubble diffusers with more efficient fine bubble aeration diffusers. The new turbo blower supplies the majority of aeration, while the three remaining…
Retrofit upgrade project confirms energy savings at wastewater treatment plant The city of Orange Cove is an agricultural community in Fresno County that is located along the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Through value engineering and the assistance of incentive money from their utility provider, the WWTP pursued various upgrades; including the addition…
Decrease energy consumption, noise level, heat generation, and maintenance costs Project BackgroundIncreasing energy efficiency is a top priority at King County, so it wasn’t difficult to find an opportunity when it came to their existing multistage centrifugal (MSC) blowers at their South Plant facility. With the support of Puget Sound Energy and the Washington State…
High energy and maintenance costs, inflexible operating range and high noise levels Gig Harbor WWTP replaced its positive displacement blowers with APG-Neuros turbo blowers, reducing its energy consumption, increasing its operational flexibility, creating a pleasant working environment and saving thousands of dollars thanks to its small foot print. The aeration blowers were one of the…
High energy consumption and limited and inefficient operation LOTT Alliance secured a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) grant to replace its existing Positive Displacement blowers with Dual Core High Efficiency APG-Neuros turbo blowers which resulted in 100 HP power reductions and savings of around 300 HP based on the plant’s average operation. ChallengeThe LOTT Alliance, Budd…
Multistage blowers unable to meet required flow turndown ChallengeThe City of Vancouver treats approximately 25 million gallons of wastewater each day between its two wastewater treatment plants. The aeration systems are required to provide oxygen for the biological processes and mixing to keep solids suspended for more effective treatment.In 2011, the Westside Water Reclamation Facility…
High energy consumption and limited and inefficient operation NAPA Sanitation District’s consultant QuEST and Herwitt Engineering conducted a study on replacing the plant’s Multistage Centrifugal blowers to address their inefficient operation, operational inflexibility and high energy consumption. Following the recommendation of the study, NAPA Sanitation District replaced their existing blowers with the High Efficiency turbo…
July 2017 – APG-Neuros CEO, Omar Hammoud, was awarded as “Best Turbo Blower Manufacturer CEO – North America” by CEO Monthly. The award is to recognize the CEO’s hard work to ensure that their company remains at the forefront of its industry and provides its clients with the very highest standards of products or service.…
Everyone loves a great story about an underdog; someone who perseveres and succeeds in the face of adversity. Such is the case for Omar Hammoud, a man who founded his Blainville, Quebec company APG-Neuros from humble beginnings as a one-man operation just over a decade ago. Now with $42 million in sales, a healthy EBITDA…
An energy audit points the way to major savings in aeration and host of future improvements for the clean-water plant in Stratford, Ontario Energy conservation is part of the planning process for the city of Stratford, Ontario. With the wastewater treatment plant consuming more than 20 percent of the city’s total energy, it made sense…
