Project Description
Project Background
Sabine Pass, a large LNG refinery in the United States, required a membrane desalination solution to cater to its extensive process water needs in order to produce a large amount of liquefied natural gas for export.
The water is used for injection for compressor turbines for methane, propane and ethylene, wash water for gas turbines and other utility make-up uses. The feed water to the terminal comes from a local utility and the water requires further treatment to produce high-purity water with low conductivity and silica content for the plant’s uses.
Since single pass RO water is a challenging application for conventional EDI systems, the customer carefully evaluated options for RO permeate polishing.
QUA’s FEDI was chosen due to its design advantages which include reduced hardness scaling.
FEDI Model: FEDI-2 DV 30X
No. of Streams: 9 x 465 gpm (9 x 105 m3/hr)
No. of Stacks: 279
Silica as SiO2: < 10 ppb
Conductivity: 0.1 mS/cm Consistently
QUA Solution
QUA provided its Fractional Electrodeionization (FEDI) technology for the RO permeate polishing and demineralization component of this project. When completed, this project will serve as one of the largest electrodeionization references in the world. The FEDI system is designed to treat 4 MGD of challenging single pass RO feed water to be used for the plant’s production purposes. Due to the FEDI’s enhanced dual-voltage design, water containing lower silica and conductivity levels will be produced than could be produced by conventional technologies. The water treatment system is key to the long-term success of the terminal’s liquefaction process. QUA’s FEDI successfully delivered a reliable electrodeionization solution, coupled with a modular design, that allows for easy expansion for future growth as the plant plans to expand its capacity.
