Water Treatment & Desalination
Projects for the desalination of seawater to provide potable and industrial water are frequently constructed as integrated to power generation and sea water desalination plants. In this context it is very important to choose and optimize the most appropriate plant configuration and technology for the desalination process. This applies in particular to privately financed projects in public-private partnership models.
That is why SANTEK always designs such facilities individually, to best meet the specific project requirements. This encompasses both processes for sea water desalination as well as raw water treatment and post-treatment and/or conditioning of product water in line with the relevant requirements.
These plants are:
- Sea water desalination plants of any size in thermal processes (MED & MSF) as integrated to power generation plants.
Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) is a similar process as MSF with smaller outputs. In the MED process, the evaporation takes place in a vacuum, allowing the seawater to reach boiling points at lower temperatures. This makes MED more efficient and economical than MSF. Since 2006, SANTEK has manufactured, erected and supplied small-capacity MED plants in the Middle East.
In the Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) process seawater is heated and evaporated, and the steam is condensed to produce desalinated water. As the water vapor is being condensed, it is used as a thermal energy source to heat incoming seawater. The evaporation and condensation is split into many stages that are repeated several times, increasing overall efficiency. One of the benefits of the MSF process is that it can produce large amounts of water at a time. SANTEK MSF business is primarily focused in the Middle Eastern market. Since starting to supply machinery in 2006, we have been implementing the whole process from design and production to the set-up of MSF desalination plants.