세계에서 가장 큰 규모의 SWRO 해수담수화 플랜트인 이스라엘의 Sorek 플랜트가 62만4천㎥/일 규모로 곧 정상운전을 시작할 것이라고 시공사인 IDE사가 발표했다. 현재 54만㎥/일 규모의 담수화 물을 이스라엘 송수시스템에 공급하는 Sorek 플랜트는 담수화 용량과 물생산비용면에서 벤치마킹 역할이 기대되고 있다.
총 4억달러의 공사금액으로 BOT(build-operate-transfer) 방식으로 건조된 이 플랜트는 텔아비브 남쪽에 위치하고 있다. 이 플랜트는 대규모 담수화 플랜트로는 처음으로 대구경의 16" 멤브레인을 수직배열로 설계·건설된 플랜트로 이로서 압력베셀, 파이프 헤더, 콘트롤 및 계측용 기기들의 사용수량을 줄이게 되어 투자비용을 절감할 수 있었으며 반면에 플랜트의 생산용량은 증가, 설치부지면적은 감소를 가져왔다.
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World's largest SWRO desalination plant operational
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World's largest SWRO desalination plant operational
The world's largest seawater reverse-osmosis plant, the 624,000 m³/d Sorek plant in Israel, is now fully operational.
The plant's constructor, IDE Technologies, made this announcement on 15 October 2013.
The Sorek plant, which currently supplies 540,000 m³/d to Israel's water distribution system, sets significant benchmarks in desalination capacity and water cost, resulting in substantial savings for the local water market while alleviating the country's water shortage problem. With a financial scope of US$ 400 million and constructed under the build-operate-transfer model, the Sorek plant is located south of Tel Aviv.
The plant, for the first time in a large-scale facility, uses 16-in membranes in a vertical arrangement. This lowers investment costs by decreasing the number of pressure vessels, piping headers, and the amount of control and instrumentation equipment, as well as increasing the capacity of the plant and reducing its footprint.
In addition, the plant's pressure-center design reduces energy consumption due to the increased efficiency of large high-pressure pumps and energy-recovery devices. Additional measures such as pipe-jacking of long and large diameter pipelines, as well as sludge treatment and its disposal to specific permitted areas, have been implemented to minimize the impact on the terrestrial and marine environments.
"Ushering in a new standard in the global desalination industry, the Sorek plant reinforces our leading position in the industry's mega‑SWRO space," said Avshalom Felber, CEO of IDE Technologies. "This plant builds upon several other successful desalination joint ventures, including our large-scale SWRO projects in Hadera and Ashkelon, which demonstrate our expertise and competence as a trusted partner, providing leading technology, project management, engineering and construction knowhow, and financial strength."
The plant's constructor, IDE Technologies, made this announcement on 15 October 2013.
The Sorek plant, which currently supplies 540,000 m³/d to Israel's water distribution system, sets significant benchmarks in desalination capacity and water cost, resulting in substantial savings for the local water market while alleviating the country's water shortage problem. With a financial scope of US$ 400 million and constructed under the build-operate-transfer model, the Sorek plant is located south of Tel Aviv.
The plant, for the first time in a large-scale facility, uses 16-in membranes in a vertical arrangement. This lowers investment costs by decreasing the number of pressure vessels, piping headers, and the amount of control and instrumentation equipment, as well as increasing the capacity of the plant and reducing its footprint.
In addition, the plant's pressure-center design reduces energy consumption due to the increased efficiency of large high-pressure pumps and energy-recovery devices. Additional measures such as pipe-jacking of long and large diameter pipelines, as well as sludge treatment and its disposal to specific permitted areas, have been implemented to minimize the impact on the terrestrial and marine environments.
"Ushering in a new standard in the global desalination industry, the Sorek plant reinforces our leading position in the industry's mega‑SWRO space," said Avshalom Felber, CEO of IDE Technologies. "This plant builds upon several other successful desalination joint ventures, including our large-scale SWRO projects in Hadera and Ashkelon, which demonstrate our expertise and competence as a trusted partner, providing leading technology, project management, engineering and construction knowhow, and financial strength."