Solar Manufacturing Automation
& Waste Treatment Solutions

 Heavy metal removal system

No one else has Wastech's experience in chemical delivery and waste treatment for solar production. With solar installations worldwide, Wastech engineers are able to design your photovoltaic (PV) process, provide complete engineering submittals, and fabricate automated equipment to the high reliability standards of the solar power industry.

Semiconductor experience with silicon wafers is changing solar photovoltaic production, and semiconductor tools and processes are now typical. These new processes increase conversion efficiency and yields, help lower the overall cost per watt, and improve photovoltaic production volumes. Wastech is now applying modified semiconductor designs and waste treatment solutions to economical processes safe waste treatment for solar facilities.

Automated chemical delivery systems for semiconductor plants have been supplied by Wastech since 1987. Semiconductor plants have demanded custom fabricated thermoplastic tanks, enclosures, valve boxes, and piping systems for many years, and Wastech craftsmen have met that demand. As a control system integrator, with proven automation experience and a software library of application modules, Wastech can now provide semiconductor grade hardware and software automation solutions to solar facilities.

Automated waste treatment solutions for semiconductor plants is a Wastech specialty that has benefited new solar facilities. With discharge limits for fluorides and heavy metals constantly being lowered and under rigid regulatory scrutiny, boards of directors are increasingly concerned about fines, penalties and negative publicity from spills and environmental violations. An experienced waste treatment solutions provider, such as Wastech, is needed. With hundreds of installations, Wastech provides unmatched experience in handling strong acids, dispensing chemicals safely, and treating acid waste. Fluoride and heavy metal discharge limits are met and exceeded by new proprietary chemical precipitation technologies.

Wastech waste treatment systems are automated and skid mounted and factory tested for fast contractor installation. Experienced field engineers work with owners and contractors to provide working systems within budget and on time. Automated control panels with communication options make tuning the system fast and painless. Wastech offers its HelpNET service with every installation. This system allows Wastech factory engineers to monitor the working system in real time and help on-site maintenance personnel correct and tune the equipment when the waste stream changes. Discharge violations are avoided and production delays or shutdowns are eliminated.

 Automated process control system

Wastech is staffed to serve the rapidly growing photovoltaic market. As interest in renewable energy expands in the USA, more and more solar production is being built. According to industry analysts, the market for solar energy will more than double over the next five years. Production of photovoltaic modules has moved from R&D and 15 MW size facilities to new modern 450-650 megawatt and soon gigawatt capacity plants.

For more information, please see our papers on our process support for the solar cell manufacturing industry:

• Overview, Solar Industry Support Systems
• Waste Water Treatment
• Waste Collection
• Process Support