The eilat 1,000,000 GPD multi-stage flash distillation plant—third year of operation
✍ Scribed by N. Zuckerman
- Book ID
- 104112842
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 585 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-9164
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✦ Synopsis
The paper describes operation of the Eilat plant in its third year. Operating parameters were kept near the values determined by previously described tests. Remarkably good results were obtained, the plant's yearly availability factor being 95x, yearly load factor being 100.4% and output factor 105.7%. Salinity was consistently below 3 ppm. Chemical cleaning on recycle cut down cleaning time to a few hours. Average corrosion was measured as in previous years, also by corrator and ultrasonics. Cases of local corrosion and perforations are described. A phenomenon of self cleaning of tubes by sand during sea storms is described. Plans for the future are outlined.