TRINIDAD, Sept. 1, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Under a contract worth more than $4 million, ABB will supply drives to Ionics, Inc. for use at the largest seawater desalination plant in the western hemisphere, the company said today.
The plant is under construction in Trinidad in the Caribbean Islands through Desalination Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Desalcott), a joint venture between Ionics, Incorporated and Hafeez Karamath Engineering Services Ltd. The $120 million facility will produce up to 28.8 million gallons of drinking water per day.
As part of the agreement, ABB will supply 12 ACS 1000 medium-voltage drives and 27 low-voltage drives from the ACS 600 series, to optimize control of the variable-speed water pump motors to be used throughout the plant.
Desalcott will build, own and operate the new plant under a 23- year contract with the Water and Sewerage Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (WASA).
The joint venture will supply water to Trinidad's Point Lisas Industrial Park, enabling the water currently being used by the park to be made available for municipal purposes.
Motors for the project are being supplied by Siemens; pumps by David Brown Union Pump.
ABB, the global technology company, is a large manufacturer of electric motors and drives. The company, with U.S. headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., serves customers in automation; power transmission and distribution; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; building technologies; and financial services. Worldwide, ABB reported revenues of $25 billion in 1999.
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