BOULDER, CO. — New technology from GE (NYSE: GE) will make it easier for the water process industry to analyze difficult industrial water samples.

Expanding GE’s capabilities for process, environmental and wastewater analysis, the Sievers InnovOx On-Line Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer will allow users to analyze challenging water samples on a routine basis without requiring excessive preventive maintenance. Monitoring the levels of TOC in the water is an important step for industrial users to control processes that are critical to their operations and to comply with regulations.

The Sievers InnovOx offers increased uptime and instrument reliability, two important features when it comes to analyzing difficult industrial samples. It has been designed by GE Power & Water’s analytical instruments unit (www.geinstruments.com) for the petrochemical, petroleum, pulp and paper and food and beverage markets, as well as environmental organizations and municipalities.

The InnovOx On-Line, like its InnovOx Laboratory model predecessor, uses an innovative Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) technique that offers enhanced reliability, greater ease of use and lower maintenance than other TOC analyzers available today. By utilizing SCWO, the InnovOx is the TOC instrument most capable of cost effectively analyzing difficult industrial process, environmental and wastewater samples on a routine basis.

SCWO has historically been used to treat large volumes of aqueous waste streams, sludges and contaminated soils. GE is the first company to use this technique in a commercially available TOC analyzer.

The first commercial application for the new InnovOx On-Line TOC Analyzer is monitoring seawater in Taiwan. The seawater, which contains about 3 percent sodium chloride, is used as industrial process water, and both incoming and outgoing water streams need to be monitored for environmental protection. One of the main sources of contamination can be hydrocarbons coming from a petrochemical refining process. The InnovOx’s robust handling of the brine sample was a significant factor in the analyzer’s selection.

“The TOC market demanded technology with greater reliability and uptime, two critical needs that were not being met,” said Stephen Poirier, vice president of business development for the analytical instruments unit of GE Power & Water. “Our patent-pending InnovOx technology offers increased uptime and instrument reliability and handles tough samples easily.”

GE Power & Water offers a complete set of chemical and equipment solutions for water and wastewater treatment and reuse.

The many features of InnovOx will be on display at GE’s booth during Singapore International Water Week, which is taking place from June 28 through July 2, 2010. Visit GE at booth E24.

About GE

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GE serves the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that helps make efficient use of natural resources. With nearly 85,000 global employees and 2009 revenues of $37 billion, GE Energy www.ge.com/energy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery

technologies. The businesses that comprise GE Energy—GE Power & Water, GE Energy Services and GE Oil & Gas—work together to provide integrated product and service solutions in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels.