Energy Recovery가 자사의 PX 압력변환기술을 세계 최초의 대규모 태양열 담수화 플랜트에 공급하는 140만 달러 규모의 계약을 체결했다.

Energy Recovery는 PX-Q300 압력변환장치를 사우디아라비에에 위치한 태양열 기반 플랜트에 공급하게 될 예정으로, 이 플랜트는 하루 6만㎥의 담수를 생산하는 용량을 보유하고 있다. Energy Recovery는 PX 설비가 연간 73GWh 이상의 전력을 절약함으로써 플랜트의 전력부하를 8.4㎿까지 저감할 것이라고 밝혔다.

 

 

 

Industrial fluid pressure technology specialist, Energy Recovery, has won a US$ 1.4 million deal to supply its PX pressure exchanger technology for the world's first large-scale solar-powered desalination plant.

 

Energy Recovery will supply its PX-Q300 pressure exchanger devices for a solar driven plant in Saudi Arabi that will produce fresh water at 60,000 m³/d. Energy Recovery said its PX equipment will reduce the plant's electrical load by some 8.4 MW, saving over 73 GWh a year.

 

Energy Recovery's president and chief executive officer, Joel Gay, said, "Our PX pressure exchanger technology continues to play a crucial role in desalination processes, even as plant designs evolve, which increases my confidence that our technology will remain critical to this industry for a long time to come."

 

Energy Recovery anticipates that the order will ship during the first quarter of 2016 and the plant will be operating by the first quarter of 2017.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 9월 10일]