[사우디아라비아] Ras Al Khair 프로젝트, 최고의 담수화 플랜트 상 수상

사우디 아라비아의 Ras Al Khair 프로젝트가 2015년 글로벌 워터 어워드에서 ‘올해의 담수화 플랜트 상’를 수상했다.

이 플랜트는 사우디의 국영 염수 전환 공사(SWCC)가 소유하고 있으며, 최근 800억 달러의 투자 계획 하에 추가적으로 240ML의 용량을 확장했다. 이번 확장은 향후 10년 간 운영되는 것으로, SWCC의 담수 생산량을 2년 내에 현재의 44%인 5천200ML 이상 늘리고, 2025년까지 8천500ML를 늘리겠다는 계획이다.
 
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Ras Al Khair bags best desalination plant prize
 
The Ras Al Khair project in Saudi Arabia has won the "Desalination Plant of the Year" award at the 2015 Global Water Awards.
 
The plant is owned by Saudi's state-owned Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) which had appointed Poyry as engineer responsible for project management, design review and site supervision.
 
The plant has been expanded recently to add 240 Ml/d to its output under a SR 300 billion (US$ 80 billion) investment plan running for the next ten years to increase SWCC's production of desalinated water by more than 44 per cent to 5,200 Ml/d in less than two years and on to 8,500 Ml/d by 2025.
 
The Ras Al Khair plant - the largest combined power and desalination facility in the world - includes multi stage flash and seawater reverse osmosis desalination and deploys the largest membrane plant in the Gilf of Oman. It also uses dissolved air flotation pre- treatment in converting more than 1 billion litres of seawater into potable water each day. 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 5월 24일]