GE사의 전력 변환 암(arm)이 모터 및 MV7000 드라이브를 포함해 전기 가변 속도 드라이브(eVSD) 시스템을 제공하는 사전계약을 체결했다. GE는 사우디 아라비아에 건설 중인 Yanbu 3 전력 및 담수 플랜트의 담수화 과정뿐만 아니라 전체 비용을 실행하는 데 필요한 에너지를 줄일 수 있을 것이라고 말했다.

GE는 펌프 제조 업체 KSB와 그들의 고객인 지역 설계·조달·건설회사 Al-Toukhi에 MV7000의 eVSD 드라이브와 전기 모터 장비를 공급한다. 이 장비는 Yanbu 3에서 Saline Water Conversion Corporatios(SWCC’s)의 보일러 급수 펌프로 전원을 공급하는데 사용된다.

 

 

 

GE's Power Conversion arm has won a deal to provide the electrical variable speed drive (eVSD) system, including motors and MV7000 drives, to the Yanbu 3 power and desalination plant under construction in Saudi Arabia.The systems will reduce the energy needed to run the desalination process as well as the overall cost, said GE.

 

GE is supplying its MV7000 eVSD drive and electric motor equipment to pumps manufacturer KSB and its customer, local engineering, procurement and construction company Al-Toukhi. The equipment will be used to power the boiler feed pumps at Saline Water Conversion Corporation's (SWCC's) Yanbu 3 facility.

 

The deal includes 15 induction motors (17.1 MW each), 15 input transformers (23MVA) and 15 medium voltage variable frequency drives each rated at 18 MW. "Our research has shown that an 8% increase in energy efficiency will help save the region SR 50 billion (US$ 13.3 billion) over 10 years, and we are committed to working with the Kingdom to deliver these savings," said GE's Power Conversion's general manager, Sandro Malquori.

 

Saudi's SWCC is building the Yanbu 3 power and water treatment facility on the Red Sea coast, about 200 km north of Jeddah, to provide 2,700 MW of reliable electricity and 550,000 m³/d of clean water for eight million residents and businesses in the region.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 1월 27일]