H2O Innovation Inc. recently announced that its specialty chemical business line has been selected to provide antiscalant to the world’s largest seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant. Operated by ACWA Power, a leading developer, investor and operator of long-term contracted power generation and desalinated water projects worldwide, the Taweelah plant is designed to treat 240 MGD (909 000 m3 /day). The plant is located in the United Arab Emirates.
The corporation's Piedmont business had previously secured the sale of its fiberglass reinforced plastic (“FRP”) cartridge filter housings to the plant. Through a highly competitive bid process, which considered the complete technical offering, logistics, dosage, and price, the Corporation’s unique dendrimer-based SpectraGuardTM 100 was selected to inhibit membrane scaling and fouling at this mega-desalination plant. The product’s high level of functional end groups on its molecular surface binds up hardness to disperse silt and inorganic colloids, while the internal cavities sequester organic molecules, making the product ideal for seawater applications.
“ACWA Power’s mission is to reliably and responsibly deliver power and desalinated water at low cost, and we are achieving this by collaborating with highly specialized companies to engineer the most superior technological and technical solutions. Taweelah is the world’s largest SWRO desalination plant and H2O Innovation were chosen for their high quality, antiscalant product expertise which is essential to ensure that the water desalination process is safe, usable and energy efficient,” stated Rajit Nanda, Chief Portfolio Management Officer and Acting Chief Information Officer of ACWA Power.
SOURCE: H2O Innovation
