CASE STUDY
SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION (SWCC)
SAUDI ARABIA
SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION (SWCC)
Slagging on the furnace wall tubes and fouling on the superheater and economiser causing poor boiler efficiency resulting in high CO2 emissions.
After Therma-Chem Treatment
Slagging and fouling was removed from all parts of the boiler resulting in boiler efficiency improving by 6-8%. Furthermore, it was determined that if SWCC continued to use Therma-Chem’s FS12 it would reduce CO2 emissions by 340,701 tonnes per year.
UNFCCC CDM Approval
As a result of this trial, Therma-Chem’s technology was approved by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as an approved methodology for Clean Development Mechanism projects. Therma-Chem’s approval for use as a CDM methodology can be found on the UNFCCC website: https://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/PAmethodologies/pnm/byref/NM0363
Before Injection

After Injection




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