Research and Implement Center UNITOK LLC Yekaterinburg

UNITOK, Scientific and Implement Center, Ltd was founded in 1992 by the employees of the Ural Scientific Research Chemical Institute (UNIHIM). Its highly professional team consists of scientists and engineers who have unique experience in the field of molecular physics, optics, analytical and physical chemistry, mechanics, electronics and programming. UNITOK has developed a whole range of new automated modular solutions for water treatment plants, including a Coagulant-Clarifier, an Automated Coagulant and Flocculant Dose Controller, a Chlorine Monitor, an Automatic Alkaline Doser, a Stabilization Water Treatment Module and a Filtering Equipment Washing Modul. Each of the UNITOK Modules is an independent local automated laboratory for monitoring and controlling a particular part of the reagent-based water treatment process. Each unit is compatible and may be incorporated into a larger computer-aided process control system ‘UNITOK.’ All the UNITOK automated control equipment may be easily integrated with any other computerized process control systems using standard information communication channels. UNITOK mainly focuses on developing advanced solutions for new and reconstructed water treatment facilities, which provide drinking and technical water for a vast range of industrial, commercial, and municipal use. The UNITOK Modules, i.e., the technological laboratories for water treatment plants, are capable of measuring on a daily basis of approximately 6,000 variables of turbidity, chromaticity, pH, total alkalinity, active aqueous chlorine concentrations, working doses of coagulants and flocculants. There is also a possibility to verify the equipment diagnostic parameters which determine the accuracy of these technological measurements. The UNITOK Modules provides automatic monitoring of the entire process chain, as well as automatic dosing of all the used reagents. The automated technological solutions for drinking water supply facilities developed by UNITOK are used in many cities of Russia and Kazakhstan, including: Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Ussuriysk, Novosibirsk, Kurgan, Kirov, Perm, Izhevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Novodvinsk, Severodvinsk and others, as well as the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Astana. The examples of the UNITOK automated technological solutions for technical water supply include such enterprises as Sinarsky Pipe Plant Public Joint Stock Company (located in Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Region), Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, OJSC, (Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region), Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill, JSC (Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region), JSC PO Sevmash (a shipbuilding company based in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region), UPTZH for PPD (Administration for Preparation and Treatment of Process Fluid for Pressure Maintenance, Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan). UNITOK is a company that implements an integrated approach to solving problems. The range of works and services provided by the company in connection with the production and use of the UNITOK Modules includes: 1. Development of methods for measuring the physicochemical parameters of water systems using automatic analyzers. 2. Development and production of automatic analyzers of physicochemical parameters of water systems. 3. Development and production of the UNITOK Measurement & Control Modules for automated monitoring of the reagent-based water treatment processes. 4. Certification the UNITOK Modules. 5. Inspection of water treatment facilities and development of design documentation for intelligent automation of the reagent-based water treatment processes with the use of the UNITOK Modules. 6. Installation and commissioning of the UNITOK Modules. 7. Teaching of the technical staff and maintenance personnel of the water treatment plants to operate the UNITOK Modules. The professionalism of the company's team determines the effectiveness of the UNITOK Modules’ performance, the main results of which are: - Improved quality of the feed water as to its turbidity, color, oxidability, the content of residual aluminum/iron and organochlorine impurities; - Reduced cost of reagents (on average by 20%); - Reduced cost of wash water (on average, by 30%); - Reduced influence of the human factor on the result of water purification; - Creation of automated workstations and centralized control over the technological processes. The UNITOK Modules are installed in more than 40 new and reconstructed water treatment plants of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. This practical experience strengthens the company's confidence in the successful solution of the problems connected with the improvement of the feed water quality and simultaneous reduction of its production costs.