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Since November 2005 KU and in specific IFRPD conducts research work with a Sterisol 10 laboratory plant provided over KTT Hightech from Zimmermann Verfahrenstechnik AG. Below text shows an abstract of the article published in KU journal.
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Efficacy of Electrolyzed - Oxidizing Water for inactivating Escherichia coli inoculated on Holy basil
Jantima Japakaset, Siriporn Stonsaovapak, Pornthip Charoenthamawat, Wanchal Panthavee
ABSTRACT
Electrolyzed - Oxidizing (EO) water is a relatively new method that has been utilized for killing pathogens in agriculture, medical sterilization and food sanitation. This water was generated by passing sodium chloride solution through EO water generator. In this study the EO water was used to treat holy basil inoculated with Escherichia coli. The initial pH and oxidation - reduction potential (ORP) of EO water was 2.09 and 1200 mV. The treatments were changed to ORP's of 800, 950 and 1100 mV. The contact times were 10, 30 and 60 min. In pure culture, E. coli viable counts in the samples treated with EO water were reduced to undetectable levels at all ORP and time levels. However, no reduction in E. coli counts was achieved in the reference sample (treated with de-ionized water). The initial population of E. coli was about 8.5 log10 CFU / ml which was inoculated on 5 g of holy basil. Results showed that the treatment with EO water reduced the counts of about 2 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 800 and 950 mV, and 4 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 1100 mV after 10 min residence time. When the contact time was increased to 30 min, the reduction of E. coli count was about 3 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 950 mV and 5 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 1100 mV. But the reduction was not different from 10 min when treated with ORP 800 mV. When the contact time was increased to 60 min, the reduction of E. coli count was about 3 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 800 mV, 4 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 950 mV, and 6 log10 CFU / ml in ORP 1100 mV. This results can be concluded that the ORP of EO water and contact time have affected to the inactivation of E. coli.
Key words: electrolyzed - oxidizing water, Escherichia coli, holy basil
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Have a look to Zimmermann Thai website from KU!
In the past few years, members of KTT Hightech were
working part times or full time on behalf of different European and
American companies in management functions for a limited time. We
call this kind of time limited occupation Interim Management.
Interim Management offered by KTT has the big advantage that people
with knowledge of local language and culture, which are also
familiar with western standards, can be placed quickly and with
lower costs in management functions to support foreign investors in
Asia to build up new branches, reengineer their company branches, to
revamp their outsourced production or to get in charge with new
plant erections, commissioning and startups.
This year KTT Hightech supported two companies from Europe in the realization of projects in China. Dr. Gilles Baenziger a process engineer with extensive experience for plant commissioning and startup was in charge from February to September as site manager for the onsite organization and workflow control of erection, commissioning and startup of a technical yarn plant in Chinas Henan province. Mr. Max A. Braendli who belongs also to KTT’s pool of experts is working since August 06 in Shanghai for another European company, and was put in charge with the reengineering of the Shanghai branch. Max is one of the highly experienced and trained interim managers of KTT’s pool of experts whose work and experience we will introduce in this article.
Max has extensive experience in senior financial management positions in the field of multinational industrial- and service companies. In his professional career he worked principally as Finance Director, but he has also extensive experience in General Management, Human Resources and Project Management.
After a long successful career as Financial Manager in various American and Swiss companies he came to the conclusion that his extensive practical and theoretical knowledge and his broad professional experience could be of better use for interested companies on a consulting basis. Therefore, he decided six years ago to become Interim Manager.
Max started his career as Interim Manager in Germany, where Interim Management is well known under the German expression “Management auf Zeit”. Soon however he decided to provide that service to European and American Companies in Asia and the Middle East. For that purpose he relocated to Thailand. He acquired various assignments from European companies as Asia Pacific Controller out of Hong Kong, Financial Director and General Manager in Saudi Arabia, Integration Manager in the United Arab Emirates.
Max invested considerable time in learning the Thai language and acquired important knowledge about the cultures of Southeast Asia and China. The aim of this was to assist Western companies to do the business activities in this part of the world the first time right. He firmly believes that it is of a great asset for European and American companies to have a person of trust who knows the culture of Europe and the United States of America and also the culture of the various countries in Asia and the Middle East, this at least for a limited time during crucial periods such as startups, reorganizations etc.
For our company, our experts successfully terminated so far the following assignments in the past two years:
Mandate in Maptaphut, Thailand Thai
A
Polyethylene company in Thailand, a subsidiary company of a Thai
petrochemical Group requested
support for the design and construction of a Polyolefin Pilot Plant to
produce either Polyethylene as also Polypropylene. Dr. Gilles
provided support during the basic engineering phase from March to
July 2005 for a Thai engineering company which received the order for this work.
Mandate in Maptaphut, Thailand
In September 2005 Dr. Gilles was in charge with an expertise for
review of engineering documents and budget allocation of
Hydrogenator plant extension for a subsidiary Peroxide producer of a
Belgium company in Thailand.
Mandate in Penang, Malaysia
During September and October 2005 Max successfully introduced an
accounting and controlling system for a Publishing company.
Mandate in Penang for a Shanghai based Building
Automation company
From November 2005 to January 2006 Max was assigned to perform a
market study in Malaysia for this Shanghai company.
Mandate in Pingdingshan, China (Henan)
From January to September 2006 Gilles managed onsite organization
for erection, commissioning and startup of a PET TY plant, and ended
this work by conducting commercial discussions with the involved
parties.
Mandate in Chittagong, Bangladesh
In June / July 2006 Max’s experience was solicited by a company who
opened the largest supper market in this town of several million
persons. His assignment consisted of organizing the structure of the
company and to analyze and correct the established control system
and the procedures of the company.
Mandate in Shanghai, China
Since end of August 2006 Max is stationed in Shanghai where he
accepted a very interesting assignment for a European company. His
duties are summarized as follows. Interim Financial Manager,
extensive investigation in a fraud by key persons of the Chinese
subsidiary, strategic planning, assistance in the search of a local
partner. The assignment, which was initially foreseen for 2 months,
has been in-definitively prolonged.
Mandate in Zurich, Switzerland
In October to November 2006 Dr. Gilles joined as an expert the
evaluation phase for an advanced process control design for a new
polyethylene plant in Saudi Arabia, offered by a big German
engineering company.
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Improvement on Barmag Winder
Technology for TY Process (to top)
Recently Barmag started its upgrade work to improve their ACW
winders for technical yarn production. After extensive development and
test runs done at Barmag site in Remscheid, Germany it is planed to
conduct this winder conversion on all Technical Yarn (TY) plants in
China and other parts of Asia. The conversion work was started with
winders of Shenma Industries Co., Ltd. The company is located in
Pingdingshan, Henan province and belongs to the Sinopec group. KTT
Hightech as contractor of Barmag was in charge with site organization
matters for material handling and work assignment to Barmag and BBM
(Barmag Beijing Machinery) staff.
Beside winder conversion work, KTT finalized the planning of repair and maintenance work, and conducted system optimizations on upstream polyester solid state post condensation plant (SSP). After winder conversion KTT engagement for the technical part of TY project in Pingdingshan will come to an end. The project will end in November.
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