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Fluidra instala equipos de tratamiento de aguas para una central térmica en KeniaFluidra installs equipment for treatment of water for a thermal power station in Kenya
November 24, 2009
Fluidra, multinational group dedicated to the development of applications for the sustainable use of water, continues to expand its activity at the global level and contributing to the growth of developing countries. This time it's a project of treatment of the water in the thermal central Nairobi South, located in the capital of Kenya, which has been entrusted to Astramatic, Spanish company subsidiary of Fluidra. The project has the function of optimizing the operation of the plant in its process of power generation.
After a technical study, defined the installation of two lines of treatment of water by reverse osmosis, with a capacity of 2 cubic metres per hour, respectively. In this way, gets a quality of water of 10 µS/cm, the required exact conductivity. Astramatic has been commissioned to manufacture the osmosis of double step, which was mounted inside a container to be transported and mounted in the central.
Container with the installation of double step osmosis, manufactured by Astramatic (subsidiary of Fluidra).
Reverse osmosis installed in the central teams Nairobi South have a productive capacity of 96 cubic metres of water per day. They incorporate several components that guarantee the optimal treatment of the water, such as systems of quality control and methods for dosing of various elements to eliminate or regulate the levels of chlorine and CO2, and adjust the pH.