Desalination & Reuse Handbook - Flipbook - Page 38
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MIRFA IWPP, ABU DHABI, UAE.
The 52.5 MIGD (238,665 m3/d) Mirfa desalination plant in Abu
Dhabi represented a step-change for seawater reverse osmosis
(SWRO) in the Gulf region. The facility’s 30 MIGD (136,000 m3/d)
SWRO system showed the ability for membrane desalination to work
at scale in the most hostile of feedwater conditions in the Arabian
Gulf. Including a 1,600 MW power station in addition to desalination
capacity, at the time of commissioining the facility had the capacity to
generate 10% of Abu Dhabi’s power requirements, and represented
over 5% of the emirate’s water generation capacity.
Mirfa
Barka
UAE
Oman
Plant location
Mirfa, Abu Dhabi
Production capacity (m3/d)
52.5 MIGD (251,000 m3/d)
Order date
25-year PWPA effective July 2014,
financial close October 2014
Startup date
May 2017
Feedwater source
Arabian Gulf
Feedwater TDS
47,800 ppm
Feedwater temperature
18–37°C
Intake type, location
Channel
Intake depth
12 m depth (with ACD 4.7 m land level)
Outfall
Diffused outfall
Project cost
$1.5 billion
RO system
Output capacity
30 MIGD (136,380 m3/d)
Pretreatment
Suez SEADAF + dual media pressure filters
RO configuration
Two-pass (10+3)
RO membrane supplier
Hydranautics
RO recovery
38.8%
ERD supplier
ERI
Energy consumption
3.55 kWh/m3
Product water quality
TDS < 150ppm
Chlorine < 90 ppm
Boron < 2.4 ppm
System supplier
Suez
System footprint
200 x 125 m
Legacy MSF system
30
Award year
2000
Online year
2002
Output capacity
22.5 MIGD (102,285 m3/d)
System description
3 x horizontal stack distillers
Single deck, cross tube configuration
MSF recovery
16.32%
Product water TDS
