| Process : | Multiple Effect Distillation with Thermal Vapour Compression |
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| Country : | Bahrain |
| Contract Description : | Design / Supply / Deliver CFR Bahrain / Manage erection and commissioning of four desalination units |
| Contract date : | June 1999 |
| Capacity : | 47000 m3 product water per day |
The desalination units were supplied as part of a contract for the installation of a new coke calcining plant in Bahrain. Produced water covers site requirements (4 000 m3/day) and the balance is exported toward Bahrain potable water grid.
The plant consists in 4 units, each one able to produce 12 300 m3/day, delivered in modules. Steam is obtained by heat recovery boilers placed on the flue gas of the kilns. The units are capable of operation between 40 % and 100 % of their nominal capacity.
