Kumar, S.
Sandeep Kumar is a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at Fluor India with more than 20 yr of industry experience. In addition to being the Fluor Global Subject Matter Expert (SME) for water and wastewater treatment, he is also India office lead of Fluor Global Water Technology Group. Kumar has experience working on pre-front-end engineering design (FEED), FEED, detailed engineering and construction support for refineries, chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, and infrastructure projects. His core strength is in the detailed design and engineering of mechanical utility and process packages, including water and wastewater treatment packages, ZLD plants, sludge incineration plants, condensate polishing and DM packages, PSA nitrogen/hydrogen packages, HVAC and process refrigeration, etc. He has worked on large-scale, schedule-driven industrial wastewater treatment plants in recent years, including a ZLD plant in the Middle East region.
Zero-liquid discharge: A stepping stone to water sustainability—Part 2
This article will evaluate zero-liquid discharge technologies and the preliminary treatment, disposal or further treatment for a preliminary treated system.
Zero liquid discharge: A stepping stone to water sustainability—Part 1
Among the available technologies of wastewater treatment to recover reusable water, zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) has become the most frequently used term in oil and gas refineries and petrochemical plants. It has been effectively used in the treatment of brine to maximize the recovery of freshwater or recycled water and to recover salt and other chemicals that are used in other industries.
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