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Taiwan Wastewater Management and Cleaner Technology for PWB Industry. Jane Tran Orange County Sanitation District. Taiwan Industrial Park. Water Pollution Control Act 95 industrial parks 8,000 industries
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Taiwan Wastewater Management and Cleaner Technology for PWB Industry Jane TranOrange County Sanitation District
Taiwan Industrial Park • Water Pollution Control Act • 95 industrial parks • 8,000 industries • 41 industrial parks have their own treatment plants (POTWs), treatment capacity = 100.3 MGD
Taiwan Industrial Park • NPDES permits applying to all industrial parks and industries with direct discharges (maximum discharge limits only) • Rely on self-monitoring for compliance monitoring • Currently no pretreatment controls between POTWs and IUs
Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Plant • Complete primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment processes • Total capacity: 8.2 MGD • Industrial profile: food (1%), chemical (34%), dyeing (33%), plastic (2%), metal processing (8%), electroplating (7.5%), steel mills (2%), machinery (5.5%), paper mills (2%), others (5.5%)
Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Pilot Plant • Operator training • Perform and evaluate feasibility study • Research and development • Apply practical and field experience for students and operators
Kuan-Yin Wastewater Treatment Pilot Plant • Biological treatment system: activated sludge and contact oxidation • Chemical treatment system: cyanide destruction, chromium reduction, hydroxide precipitation, flocculation, clarification, filter-press, O&G separation • Advanced treatment system: sand filter, carbon adsorption, ion-exchange, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, disinfection
Compeq • Locations: China, Taiwan, Singapore, USA • Up to 16 layers PWB mass production • 1.9 million SQFT/month
Compeq • Heavy metal streams (400 gpm): chemical precipitation, ion-exchange, electrolytic recovery (500 lbs Cu/day), RO • Organic streams: biological treatment system, electrolytic Fenton system • All systems are locally made with a team of 8 engineers • ISO-14001 Environmental Management System
Compeq • Spill containment problems: overflow and leaks • Water reduction and reuse opportunity • Waste segregation needs • No run-off or storm water control • Pollution prevention opportunity
Nan Ya • Up to 10 layers mass production • Mining their own copper for substrates, inner layers, and ground planes • All manufacturing processes are automatic • Financial data: capital = $1.01B; assets = $4.07B; revenue = $3.29B; net income = $0.31B
Nan Ya • Industrial treatment systems: chemical precipitation, hydrogen peroxide/ferrous sulfate oxidation, and incineration technologies • Biological treatment systems: primary, secondary, and tertiary • Power generation plant
Nan Ya • Lodging accommodations (3 large apartment complexes on site) • Medical facilities, supermarkets, bakery • Movie theater, full scale dining facilities • Sport facilities • Recycling program with profits directly benefiting the employees
Design for the Environment (DfE) - PWB Project • U.S. EPA • Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC) and its member companies • University of Tennessee’s Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies • Other interest parties: academic, research, public interest representatives
DfE - PWB Project • “Direct metallization” technologies without the use of the electroless copper solutions • Alternatives to hot air solder leveling process that do not use lead • Cleaner surface finishing technologies: organic solder protectorates, immersion Pd, immersion Ag, immersion Sn, electroless Ni/immersion Au, electroless Ni/electroless Pd/ immersion Au
Making Hole Conductive Cleaner Technology • Carbon • Conductive Polymer • Graphite • Non-Formaldehyde Electroless Copper • Organic-Palladium • Tin-Palladium Publication: PWB Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: Making Holes Conductive, Vol. 1&2; EPA 744-R-97-002a and 002b; August 1997
DfE Information Products • Cleaner technologies substitutes analysis: making holes conductive • Implementing cleaner technologies in the PWB industry: making holes conductive • PWB industry and use cluster profile • PWB pollution prevention and control: survey results analysis • Pollution prevention case studies and project fact sheets • Federal regulations affecting the electronics industry
To Obtain Information or Publications for the DfE - PWB Project Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW (7409) Washington, DC 20460 Tel: 202-260-1023 Fax: 202-260-4659 Email: ppic@epamail.epa.gov DfE: www.epa.gov/dfe IPC: www.ipc.org/html/ehstypes.htm#design