Company news.Qafco contract awarded to ERG's process division ERG's APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. Process Engineering division has been awarded a e1/41million contract to supply two gas conditioning plants for a major project in Qatar. The equipment is destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for use on the fertiliser plant expansion project, Qafco 5. This latest contract continues the company's unbroken record in supplying gas conditioning plants to the Qafco facility, which began with units for the Qafco 1 project in 1973 and continued through each expansion phase to Qafco 4 in 2005. ERG has been awarded this contract by the project's lead contractor, the Italian based Saipem. Qafco (the Qatar Fertiliser Company) operate the world's largest ammonia ammonia, chemical compound, NH3, colorless gas that is about one half as dense as air at ordinary temperatures and pressures. It has a characteristic pungent, penetrating odor. and urea production site at Mesaieed City, Qatar. The Qafco 5 project is a $3.2 billion investment and the new capacity is scheduled to come on stream in 2011. Each of the Qafco plants uses high pressure natural gas from offshore as the principal raw material for the ammonia and urea production. However the natural gas contains H2S H2S Hydrogen Sulfide H2S How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Also abbreviated H2$) H2S Heart to Soul (song) which corrodes the pipework and forms scale in the gas stream. This scale, together with any entrained particulates, must be removed from the gas stream prior to downstream processing Downstream processing refers to the recovery and purification of biosynthetic products, particularly pharmaceuticals, from natural sources such as animal or plant tissue or fermentation broth, including the recycling of salvageable components and the proper treatment and disposal . To accomplish this critical gas cleaning, ERG is supplying two specially designed high-pressure venturi scrubbers A venturi scrubber is designed to effectively use the energy from the inlet gas stream to atomize the liquid being used to scrub the gas stream. This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as wet scrubbers. to remove 99.5 per cent of particulates. The Qafco 5 scrubbers will be constructed from 25 mm thick 316L stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. and each system will be capable of conditioning 90,000N cu m/hr of gas. James Scott-Bowden, managing director of ERG commented: "Few companies in the world have our unique experience and specialist knowledge in designing high pressure gas conditioning systems. We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious contract and look forwarded to working with Saipem". ERG (Air Pollution Control) is a leading supplier of air pollution control systems and services with a 30 year track record, providing turnkey tailor made solutions. Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2009 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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