Siemens Water Technologies in India has secured a contract to provide a water treatment system

Surat : Siemens Water Technologies in India has secured a contract to provide a water treatment system for Torrent Power Limited’s 382.5 megawatt UNOSUGEN gas-based combined cycle power plant in Surat, district Gujarat, India. Siemens will supply two Contrafast Concentric systems, which will treat water from the Tapi River and produce up to 4 million gallons per day (15,142 m3/day) of cooling tower make-up water. The system, which is part of a capacity expansion at the power plant, is scheduled to be commissioned in September 2012.

Power plants need a consistent, reliable source of water for cooling tower make-up that is also cost effective and sustainable. In many cases, cooling tower make-up water must be treated for suspended solids reduction and/or hardness reduction. With properly treated water, the potential for scaling in the cooling tower is significantly reduced. This reduces cooling circuit cleaning requirements, extends the life of the cooling equipment, and reduces the cooling tower blowdown flow to the environment.

Torrent Power is one of the largest private players in India with integrated operations in the power sector. It generates 1,647.5 megawatts of power and distributes to nearly 3 million customers in the cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Surat in Gujarat, Bhiwandi in Maharashtra, and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.