Case Study: Brown and Caldwell saves up to $600,000 and reduces downtime with Datacor Arrow

Brown and Caldwell saves up to $600,000 with Datacor Arrow

The customer, Brown and Caldwell, was hired to design upgrades for a major wastewater treatment plant that was experiencing downtime and operational issues. Its blowers were prone to surging in hot weather, which risked shutting down the essential secondary treatment process. Datacor's Arrow pipe flow modeling software was used to address this challenge.

Datacor's solution involved using Arrow to model the entire aeration system. The model determined that by lowering the blowers' discharge pressure setpoint, the plant could eliminate the surge risk and significantly increase airflow. This solution from Datacor saved the client between $200,000 and $600,000 in capital costs compared to other options and provided the additional capacity needed for the plant's long-term viability.

Brown and Caldwell