Envorem chooses Solid Edge from Siemens to bring massive greentech project to life
Solid Edge from Siemens is the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software the Envorem design team have used to design The Envorem Sludge Remediation System.
Many have expressed interest as to why we chose Solid Edge from Siemens, and you can find out by watching the video below created by ONE PLM, its foremost European PLM partner.
In the video, our Managing Director, Mark Batt-Rawden outlines the importance of the Envorem Solution as a massive breakthrough for the Oil Industry, providing green technology that will save them vast amounts of money while also being highly beneficial to the planet.
Sludge Treatment – a sustainable solution for oil producers
“Oily sludge is formed when crude oil is extracted from the ground and carries with it sediments which are in entrained within the oil,” says Mark. “The Oil Industry remove those settlements in the form of an oil saturated sludge. The scale of sludge problem is immense and to date, there has been no environmental solution available. Thermal methods of oily sludge disposal consume huge amounts of energy and certainly in the case of incineration, just convert all the hydrocarbons into greenhouse gases which is really bad for environment.
”Leaving the sludge in open lagoons in the environment isn't great either because lighter oils evaporate polluting the air whilst the remainder, which look like water lakes from the air, form a hazard for wildlife. Furthermore, over time they can leach into the ground threatening water resources. The Envorem Solution is a whole range of different known industrial processes but heavily tailored for this application. In essence we're taking the sludge and subjecting it to cavitation and hydraulic shock to tear the sludge apart to leave clean water, recovered oil and clean sediments.
“Our plea to the oil industry is, “Yes we know you've got all these legacy wastes but firstly let us help you stop creating additional waste. Our equipment can integrate with oil industry processes intercepting the sludge at source returning the oil and water straight back into the production process and all that leaves the oil processing site is clean sediments for return to the environment.”
Why the Envorem Design Team uses Solid Edge from Siemens
Our chief engineer, Ben Monkton, describes how he came to use Solid Edge from Siemens. ”So I wanted a piece of software that I knew would handle the assembly side of our CAD well and also give us the flexibility to use a full bill of materials and also be able to produce good manufacturing drawings. And, from my experience, I know that the Siemens software, Solid Edge does this really well,” Ben says.
”Then, ONE PLM introduced us to the Solid Edge Start-up Scheme, which gave us a complete bundle of Solid Edge. Using all those tools has enabled us to accelerate the design process, for instance, things like Piping Wizard, Finite Element Analysis and CFD came with that package which has improved that design flow massively.”
Other members of the Envorem design team have found Solid Edge from Siemens to be ideal for the work we do at Envorem. These include our design and development engineer, Dashe Illuyemi, who says: “I use Solid Edge mainly in the assembly environment to make sure all the forces are balanced out and assess the stability of the structures.”
Our senior controls and electrical engineer, Pawel Wieczorek says he likes Solid Edge because he can pick up parts from various manufacturers and put them into assembly and see how they work with each other.
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