Ion Exchange (India) Ltd has commissioned a 5.8MGD (1100 m3/h) RO- based desalination plant, the largest capacity seawater desalination plant in the industrial sector of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) at Kattupalli in Tamil Nadu on a lumpsum turnkey basis. The desalinated water would be supplied through pipelines from the plant to the refinery at Manali, which is about 20km from the plant. The contract includes total civil work as well as piling RCC tanks of 14,000cu.m capacity, building and RCC structures. The scope of work includes high-tension electrical systems of 11KV to 415 VAC and DCS based control system for auto operation of the plant.
The first stream of the RO unit has been successfully commissioned and the treated water produced to desired parameters. The plant will assist CPCL achieve self-sufficiency in meeting the current water requirements of its Manali refinery complex and also requirement of Euro IV upgradation projects which are in the advanced stages of implementation.