Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel Project

Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel Project

Krone has delivered 12 filters for Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuel Project – desalination plant – with MED desalination technology.

Krone has been awarded to produce 12 self cleaning filter for contract signed by Tecnicas Reunidas Madrid with SAUDI ARAMCO. Krone has supplied to the contractor filters for a desalination plant for filtration of RAW seawater.

The scope of supply included the engineering, fabrication and delivery of 12 filters for the three Multiple Effect Distillation with thermal vapour compression units TVC. The desalination technology used is Multiple Effect Distillation (MED-TVC).

A Multi Effect Desalination MED unit is an evaporator where sea water is evaporated in one or more ( up to 14 ) evaporation stages at low temperature (< 70°C ) in order to produce clean distillate water.

MED process is designed to produce distilled water with steam or waste heat from power production or chemical processes, and/or to produce potable water. Krone filter KAF reliable self cleaning filter system supports the functionality of the plant in this crucial job.