Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it has received an order from the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water to replace control systems for boilers, distillation units and auxiliary facilities at the Shuwaikh Seawater Desalination Plant.
The plant is located on Kuwait's coast, near Kuwait City. It has been in operation since 1953 and is a key part of Kuwait's infrastructure. With the ability to desalinate up to 90,000 tonnes of seawater each day, it accounts for 6 per cent of the country's desalination capacity.
The project aims to make the plant's operations more efficient and reliable by replacing the aging control systems for the plant's three boilers, three distillation units, and auxiliary facilities. Work on this project will commence in February 2010 and is expected to be completed in 2012.
The order is for a Yokogawa Centum series integrated production control system that will control all plant facilities; a ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System for the boilers" burner management system; a PRM integrated device management software package to monitor plant facilities and predict when maintenance is necessary; and engineering, installation and commissioning services.