A Greener Recipe for Clean Drinking Water

By DE Editors

Trojan Technologies (London, Ontario) a Canadian company whose systems disinfect drinking water with ultraviolet (UV)  light, has more than 60 designers and engineers who use SolidWorks 3D CAD software and SolidWorks Flow Simulation software from Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks; Concord,  MA) to custom-design and configure systems for each client.

Trojan Technologies used SolidWorks to design and build the largest UV disinfection system in the world, made up of 56 water disinfection units, for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The facility is capable of treating up to 2.2 billion gallons of water each day.

Trojan claims the largest installed base of UV systems in operation on the planet. UV rays penetrate bacteria and viruses, destroying their ability to function and reproduce. The process is simple but effective, destroying harmful microorganisms without adding chemicals or changing the water’s taste or odor.

Trojan has used SolidWorks for a decade and, according to Cerny, now needs to build only one-third of the costly prototypes it once did. He credits the effectiveness of SolidWorks Flow Simulation software and the accuracy of 3D CAD for the improvement. Trojan has recently begun using SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software to accelerate design by working efficiently around the clock, with the implementation of an offshore engineering team in Bangalore, India.

For information, visit SolidWorks Corp. or Dassault Systèmes.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.