Desal project at Egyptian thermal power plant goes to Aquatech

Canonsburg, Pa.-based Aquatech International said it’s been picked to design and build a special seawater desalination project for a thermal power plant in Egypt.

Financial details of the project for the client, West Delta Electricity Production, and consultant PGESCo were undisclosed. The project is expected to use Multiple Effect Distillation (MED) technology, which allows for uninterrupted water supply.

The new facility at Abu Qir, a village on the Mediterranean coast northeast of Alexandria, is planned to include two MED units with thermal vapor compression technology. Each is expected to have the capacity to generate a net of 5,000 cubed meters of water per day and supply 10,000 cubed meters of fresh water a day to the power station.

The plant is to use Mediterranean Sea water to produce pure water with less than 5 milligrams per liter total dissolved solids, and is to use plant steam to provide energy to operate the desal units.

Aquatech is an original equipment manufacturer of industrial water and wastewater treatment systems, and a supplier of water management services. Its water purification technology focuses on desalination, water reuse, and zero liquid discharge. It has a worldwide presence through subsidiaries in Europe, the Middle East, India, and China.

In June, the company won a contract to design, build and operate one of the largest desalination plants in India (see Aquatech wins seawater desal project in India). Aquatech plans to pre-treat the seawater using lamella clarifiers and a two-stage pressure filtration. Then, four streams of seawater reverse osmosis banks are followed by two banks of brackish water reverse osmosis.

Earlier this year, Aquatech was also awarded an industrial wastewater reuse project that uses reverse osmosis for a chemical facility by TCI Sanmar Chemicals, also in Egypt. The system is expected to have a capacity of 8,500 cubed meters per day, recovering more than 90 percent of the water suitable for use within the facility for various processes.

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