Tag: PCB

The topic of decontamination from PCBs is very much felt by the French Ministry of the Environment. In effect, last December, the minister Kosciusko-Morizet reminded that in all Europe, Directive EC no. 96/59 imposed to decontaminate or dispose of within 31stDecember 2010 all the equipment with PCBs exceeding 500 ppm (mg/kg). After this communication, an investigative campaign followed to verifyRead more

On 29th November 2010, a cognitive meeting took place at the headquarters of Sea Marconi in Collegno (Turin- Italy) with doct. Nurlan Yeskendirov, project manager charged by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to evaluate the best solutions for the management of the PCBs problem in the generation, transportation and use of electric power in Kazakhstan. Talking of natural resources, Kazakhstan is probably the CountryRead more

A three-day training session on the management of PCBs provided by Sea Marconi to a delegation coming from Mongolia, was concluded with a visit to a work site in Porto Venere. The contacts with Mongolia, matured within a project promoted by UNIDO, started about a year ago. Then in the subsequent months, the need by their side to start a training path finalised toward theRead more

Following an invitation by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), on 25th August Sea Marconi participated in New Delhi to a technical seminar on the “State of the art of alternative technologies for the management and disposal of PCBs. The event represented another step (after those already brilliantly achieved) by the UNIDO commissioners evaluating Sea Marconi as a possible supplier for a technological solution finalized toward the managementRead more

Dopo After 40 years form the STOP to the production of PCBs in the USA and after about 30 years (1979) from the first official regulation on the PCBs problem, the EPA (also designated as USEPA – United States Environmental Protection Agency) is questioning the need for modifying or not current regulations. The document released by the EPA, dated 30th April 2010,Read more

On 10th June 2010, in Vienna at the premises of Wien Energie Wienstrom a Viennese multi-utility serving 2 million people the meeting of IEC TC 10 MT 22 was held. The objective of the working group, coordinated by doct. Bruce Pahlavanpuor, is revising the important technical standard 60422 (Mineral insulating oils in electrical equipment – Supervision and maintenance guidance). In particular, the various editorial andRead more

On 19th May, at the Sea Marconi HQ, the first international meeting of IEC TC10 MT27 took place finalised toward the revision of the norms on PCBs – Askarel: IEC 60588-1, First edition 1977-01, Askarels for transformers and capacitors, Part 1: General IEC 60588-2, First edition 1978-01, Askarels for transformers and capacitors, Part 2: Test methods IEC 60588-3, First edition 1977-01, AskarelsRead more

The new European technical norm CENELEC CLC/TR 50503, titled: Guidelines for the inventory control, management, decontamination and/or disposal of electrical equipment and insulating liquids containing PCBs has finally been issued. This norm represents the best response for the activities for the management of the life cycle of fleets of electrical equipment with insulating fluids in operation finalised toward preventing or mitigating theRead more

The agreement between Sea Marconi and EDF continues, since, thanks to the brilliant results obtained by our technology CDP Process) for the dehalogenation of transformers with PCBs, the current exclusive agreement already in effect for over three years has been renewed. CDP Process by Sea Marconi, is the only technology operating in continuous, closed-loop mode, without draining even partially the transformer that, besides decontaminatingRead more

Last January, in Korea, our partner Green Field inaugurated the centre for the decontamination and re-valorisation of transformers contaminated by PCBs. The event was attended by the delegate of important Clients, institutional authorities at central and local level, who personally viewed the progress of the Country important “PCBs-free” project. AIn the centre is currently operational a stationary decontamination system developed by SeaRead more