S.sensing® CS: Advanced online monitoring optimises water and wastewater treatment
S.sensing® CS technology offers an innovative equipment to control the product dosage in industrial wastewater treatment systems. This state of the art wastewater monitoring system is using a laser-based technology and offers an in situ measurement of the turbidity between the flocs.
The advantage of measuring the turbidity between the flocs is that this enables the S.sensing® CS water and wastewater monitoring system to control the product dosage already at the inlet of the sedimentation basin, which means before the actual sedimentation process.
1. Real-Time Coagulant Dosing Control
S.sensing® CS continuously monitors the coagulation process inside the reaction tank and automatically adjusts coagulant dosage in real time. Unlike conventional control systems that rely on treated water quality measurements taken much later in the process, S.sensing® CS detects changes much closer to the dosing point, enabling faster and more stable control.
2. Advanced Laser-Based Floc Monitoring
The system uses a proprietary laser-based coagulation sensor to measure the turbidity between flocs directly in the coagulation/flocculation zone. This provides a more accurate indication of coagulation performance and enables precise chemical dosing.
3. Significant Chemical Savings
Case studies show substantial reductions in coagulant consumption:
- 28% reduction in inorganic coagulant usage at a textile WWTP.
- 27% reduction in coagulant usage combined with optimization of decoloring chemicals.
- Other documented applications report 25–50% reduction in coagulant consumption.
4. Sludge Reduction
By preventing overfeeding of coagulants, S.sensing® CS reduces sludge generation:
- Up to 160 tons/year sludge reduction in one textile wastewater treatment plant.
- Up to 50% reduction in sludge generated from inorganic coagulants in another case study.
Key Benefits
Less product consumption
Avoid overdosing by the right and on-time product amount dosage
Total Cost Reduction
Stable treated water quality through reduced operational cost
Decrease in Sludge Amount
Optimized treatment consumables, thus reduced waste generation and disposal cost
S.sensing® CS Key Advantages
- Optimisation of coagulant dosage
- No overdosage
- The advantage to dosing always the correct amount of product at the right time
- Stable quality of treated water
- Reduced cost of pH control
- Reduction of sludge amount, therefore the sludge disposal cost are reduced considerably
- Labour saving of water treatment operation
- Total cost reduction
Customer Review
The online monitoring technology provided by Kurita to control coagulant of the waste water treatment has achieved the following goals:
1) Direct savings by coagulant consumptions reduction about 30.000€/y.
2) Effluent parameters limits fulfilling regulation
3) Trustable equipment that allows an automatization of the plant, reducing time and attention by operators
In addition, since manual control is no longer necessary, manpower needed for system operation at the wastewater treatment facilities has been shortened, while the sludge water content has decreased, resulting in smoother dehydration and incineration processes.
