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Desalination plant control system.


Location : Shuwaikh Details : Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water has ordered desalination desalination
 or desalting

Removal of dissolved salts from seawater and from the salty waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters, and municipal wastewaters.
 plant control systems from Yokogawa Electric Corporation to replace the control systems for the boilers, distillation units, and auxiliary facilities at the Shuwaikh Seawater Desalination Plant.

The Shuwaikh plant is located on Kuwait's coast, near Kuwait ity.

The plant has been in operation since 1953 and is a key art of Kuwait's infrastructure. With the ability to desalinate de·sal·i·nate  
tr.v. de·sal·i·nat·ed, de·sal·i·nat·ing, de·sal·i·nates
To desalinize.



de·sal
 up to 90,000 tons of seawater each day, this plant accounts for 6 er cent of the country's desalination capacity.

This project aims to make the plant's operations more fficient and reliable by replacing the aging control systems for the plant's three boilers, three distillation units, and auxiliary acilities. Work on the project will commence in February 2010 and is expected to be completed in 2012.

This order is for a Yokogawa Centum cen·tum  
adj.
Designating those Indo-European languages, including the Italic, Hellenic, Celtic and Germanic subfamilies, that merged the palatal velar stops with the plain velars k, g, gh
 series integrated roduction control system that will control all plant facilities; a ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System for the boilers' burner anagement system; and engineering, installation, and commissioning services.

Contact Details: Yokogawa Kuwait Office PO Box 171 Safat 13002 Kuwait Phone: +965 65815251, Fax: +965 22409219

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Title Annotation:Shuwaikh Seawater Desalination Plant in Kuwait
Publication:Saudi Economic Survey
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:7KUWA
Date:Nov 11, 2009
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