Suralaya Multi-effect Distillation Plant: Case Study Indonesia

Multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination technology has always been a proven method to produce fresh water for drinking and industrial purposes. One such project was executed by WABAG Group in 2010 in Suralaya power generation facility, Indonesia. The following case study provides salient information along with certain features and pictures about the MED desalination plant. A short process description also explains the function of MED technology. The plant has a capacity to produce 6000 m3/d of boiler feed water required for one of the coal-fired power generation stations in Suralaya. A part of this water shall also be used as drinking water. The project was engineered by the WABAG team in Vienna and executed successfully by the Indian team in 2010 making it one of the vital reference projects for WABAG in thermal desalination business.