Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago Selects GE Advanced Water Treatment Technology for Process Water Production at Refinery
December 5, 2012
- GE’s ZeeWeed* Ultrafiltration and MobileRO* Reverse Osmosis Technology to Help Refinery in Pointe-a-Pierre Produce 3.5 Million Imperial Gallons of Water Daily
- Mobile Water Technology the Centerpiece of a Temporary Water Treatment Plant
POINTE-A-PIERRE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO—December 5, 2012—Petroleum Company of Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd. (PETROTRIN) has contracted with GE (NYSE: GE) to design, construct, operate and maintain a temporary water treatment plant, utilizing GE’s advanced ZeeWeed* ultrafiltration (UF) and MobileRO* reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which will supply the refinery with 3.5 million imperial gallons of water per day of filtered water.
PETROTRIN has undertaken a Clean Fuels Programme, which involves the addition of new plants and an upgrade of the existing fluid catalytic cracking unit to enhance the economic performance of the refinery and to meet future demands in gasoline quality. As a result of these changes within the refinery, the refinery steam and cooling water demand will increase to sustain these process units. Therefore, the water demand will increase in tandem with the increased steam and cooling water demand.
The mobile water treatment plant will be located within PETROTRIN’s refinery at Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. The new mobile water treatment plant will provide RO process water to meet the higher demand for filtered water that will be used for industrial processes inside the refinery. GE’s technology offers the added benefit of a small footprint with high operating efficiency.
Specifically, the new facility will include five of GE’s M-PAK* mobile UF units, four 600-gallons-per-minute MobileRO units, three circular tanks, RO feed pumps, transfer pumps, waste pumps, RO cleaning skid, air compressor for instruments and an office trailer with storage and laboratory. GE will design, construct, install, own, operate and maintain the facility for two years.
GE’s water business currently provides chemicals and technical monitoring services at the refinery for key unit operations, such as the crude units and boilers.
Water recovery at the various treatment stages are 90 percent for M-PAK UF, 75 percent for the MobileRO with 10 to 15 percent blending out of the UF.
“The project with PETROTRIN is a prime example of GE’s ability to meet the complex water treatment demands of the hydrocarbon processing and refining industries. Our mobile water solutions in particular help our customers meet their urgent and short-term needs,” said Heiner Markoff, president and CEO—water and process technologies for GE Power & Water.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ge.com.
About GE Power & Water
GE Power & Water provides customers with a broad array of power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies to solve their challenges locally. Power & Water works in all areas of the energy industry including renewable resources such as wind and solar; biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced technologies to help solve the world’s most complex challenges related to water availability and quality. Numerous products are qualified under ecomagination, GE’s commitment to providing innovative solutions that maximize resources, drive efficiencies and help make the world work better. Power & Water’s seven business units include Aeroderivative Gas Turbines; Gas Engines; Nuclear Energy; Power Generation Services; Renewable Energy; Thermal Products and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady, N.Y., Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business.
Follow GE Power & Water and GE’s water business on Twitter @GE_PowerWater and @GE_Water.
PETROTRIN has undertaken a Clean Fuels Programme, which involves the addition of new plants and an upgrade of the existing fluid catalytic cracking unit to enhance the economic performance of the refinery and to meet future demands in gasoline quality. As a result of these changes within the refinery, the refinery steam and cooling water demand will increase to sustain these process units. Therefore, the water demand will increase in tandem with the increased steam and cooling water demand.
The mobile water treatment plant will be located within PETROTRIN’s refinery at Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. The new mobile water treatment plant will provide RO process water to meet the higher demand for filtered water that will be used for industrial processes inside the refinery. GE’s technology offers the added benefit of a small footprint with high operating efficiency.
Specifically, the new facility will include five of GE’s M-PAK* mobile UF units, four 600-gallons-per-minute MobileRO units, three circular tanks, RO feed pumps, transfer pumps, waste pumps, RO cleaning skid, air compressor for instruments and an office trailer with storage and laboratory. GE will design, construct, install, own, operate and maintain the facility for two years.
GE’s water business currently provides chemicals and technical monitoring services at the refinery for key unit operations, such as the crude units and boilers.
Water recovery at the various treatment stages are 90 percent for M-PAK UF, 75 percent for the MobileRO with 10 to 15 percent blending out of the UF.
“The project with PETROTRIN is a prime example of GE’s ability to meet the complex water treatment demands of the hydrocarbon processing and refining industries. Our mobile water solutions in particular help our customers meet their urgent and short-term needs,” said Heiner Markoff, president and CEO—water and process technologies for GE Power & Water.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and curing the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ge.com.
About GE Power & Water
GE Power & Water provides customers with a broad array of power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies to solve their challenges locally. Power & Water works in all areas of the energy industry including renewable resources such as wind and solar; biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced technologies to help solve the world’s most complex challenges related to water availability and quality. Numerous products are qualified under ecomagination, GE’s commitment to providing innovative solutions that maximize resources, drive efficiencies and help make the world work better. Power & Water’s seven business units include Aeroderivative Gas Turbines; Gas Engines; Nuclear Energy; Power Generation Services; Renewable Energy; Thermal Products and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady, N.Y., Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business.
Follow GE Power & Water and GE’s water business on Twitter @GE_PowerWater and @GE_Water.
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