Energy Recovery to supply PX Pressure Exchanger technology for desalination projects in Oman

Energy Recovery, a US-based provider of pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, has received an award of $4.4m to supply its PX Pressure Exchanger technology for desalination projects in the Sultanate of Oman.

The technology will be shipped in Q2 and Q3 of 2019.

Energy Recovery will deliver its PX-Q300 Pressure Exchangers for several facilities, which will together generate up to 200,000m3 of water per day, which is equivalent of filling 80 Olympic-size swimming pools.

According to Energy Recovery, the PX devices will help cut down the power consumption of facilities for all projects by 16MW, thereby saving more than 138GWh of energy per year. This helps the facilities to reduce more than 82,800t of CO₂ emissions per year.

Energy Recovery president and CEO Chris Gannon said: “This award is a strong start to 2019, which is shaping up as a high-growth year for our water business based on our current backlog and pipeline.

“We are continuing to see growth in the global desalination market, in part because desalination offers one solution to the growing water scarcity in different parts of the world. Among other impacts, scarcity can threaten economic growth because water is a core ingredient of many industrial processes.”

Energy Recovery vice president for water Rodney Clemente said: “We have seen unprecedented large-scale desalination activity in the Sultanate of Oman over the past five years.

“I am proud that Energy Recovery’s PX, turbocharger devices and pumping technologies can be found in many SWRO facilities in-country, representing nearly 1 million m³/day of installed capacity. Our attractive life-cycle-cost value proposition and ability to deliver meaningful energy savings continues to resonate with our valued customers.”

In December 2018,  Energy Recovery won an award of $2.7m to deliver its PX Pressure Exchanger technology for desalination projects in Chile.

These desalination projects will be used particularly in the mining process. The product is expected to be shipped in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Energy Recovery will deliver its PX-Q300 Pressure Exchangers for several facilities, which will produce up to 148,000m3 of water per day.

Energy Recovery’s products are estimated to annually save over $1.9bn to clients. Based in the Bay Area, Energy Recovery has offices in Houston, Shanghai, and Dubai.