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IDE Technologies - Thermal Desalination – Multi-Effect-Distillation (MED) Solutions for Seawater
The MED units is based on the same horizontal ‘falling film’ evaporator and utilise the thermal desalination technologies and know-how developed by IDE to achieve exceptional thermal efficiency and reliability. The underlying concept is a multi-effect process in which seawater is repeatedly evaporated and then condensated in the following stage , each stage at a lower temperature and pressure. This highly efficient process multiplies the quantity of distilled water that can be produced using a given quantity of energy, resulting in a significant reduction in cost.
Efficient MED
With nearly five decades of pioneering work in thermal desalination, IDE stands as the industry’s most seasoned provider, contributing the majority of its cutting-edge technologies
IDE’s MED units are the industry’s most reliable and robust desalination solutions, with capacities ranging from 600 to 25,000 m3/day per unit.
- Safe and reliable continuous operation
- Lower operation and maintenance costs
- Eco-friendly solutions to minimize impact on the environment
- Trusted partnership for solutions built to last
- Fast installation time
- High availability and very high reliability for continuous operation
- Proprietary low temperature process for minimized desalination costs
- Customized for economic, efficient performance over the long term Modular design allows the number of process effects to be optimized for the plant’s specific environment and site conditions
- Prevent scaling and fouling with large wetting areas in the heat transfer tubes
- Reliable, non-clogging wetting operations due to large pitch design
- Prevent heavy metal ions from entering the plant with our on-line ion trap
- Eliminate corrosion phenomena through de-aeration of the incoming feed (seawater) within the falling film condenser
- Electrical insulation and protection against galvanic corrosion with use of rubber grommets to seal all heat transfer tubes
- Extended lifecycle due to non-erosive titanium condenser components