Royal HaskoningDHV and Schneider Electric transform wastewater treatment with innovative automation platform
Royal HaskoningDHV and Schneider Electric collaborate on next generation process control for Nereda® wastewater treatment plants.
Together with preferred global supplier, Schneider Electric, we are excited to announce the successful integration of the EcoStruxure™ Automation Expert (EAE) solution with Nereda® Process Control Software, for sustainable and cost-effective wastewater treatment technology.
Earlier this year, Royal HaskoningDHV announced Schneider Electric as the preferred global supplier for our Nereda wastewater treatment solution. As a result of this collaboration, the next-generation technology is designed to improve sustainability, resilience, and process efficiency in treatment plants through complete lifecycle management, seamless integration with information technology and operational technology services, and enhanced system diagnostics for automation systems. A cloud-ready, cyber secure, flexible and scalable architecture delivers cost-savings by reducing footprint with simplified but robust architectures, alongside emissions reduction and is future-proofed with AI and Machine Learning capabilities for continuous improvement. Based on the IEC61499 standard for interoperability, the integrated solution has been successfully tested and validated through Royal HaskoningDHV’s rigorous certification process. Developers, operators, and system integrators can improve all aspects of the water treatment process, from design and construction to operations and maintenance.
The benefits are clear:
- Treatment plants can realize up to a 50% improvement in engineering deployment
- 30% optimization on commissioning
- and 10% savings on optimized, robust architectures.
“We have made it our mission to lead the way in next-generation sustainability and digital transformation in water, and in doing so are constantly seeking to join forces with innovative and complementary partners,”said Alain Dedieu, President of Water and Wastewater at Schneider Electric. “With Royal HaskoningDHV we can deliver a future-proof, digital solution for wastewater treatment, providing access to next-generation process controls that combine the best of our automation technologies with Royal HaskoningDHV’s transformative Nereda platform.”
EcoStruxure™ Automation Expert enables Nereda plant operators to leverage IT/OT convergence, expanding their monitoring reach, and ultimately reducing unplanned downtime with easier and faster troubleshooting.
By using EcoStruxure Automation Expert, the time spent on integrating and testing control software for Nereda installations will reduce significantly. The standardized application makes it straightforward to troubleshoot and adapt processes to customer-specific configurations. The easy-to-use Schneider Electric Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is ultimately a robust solution for industrial applications.
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