Eraring Power Station is a 2640MW coal-fired plant operated by Eraring Energy. This station
supplies 25% of the power for New South Wales, Australia. Increasing development in the
region has put pressure on the available water resources. The combination of a high potable
water requirement and the susceptibility of New South Wales to drought has led Eraring
Energy to capitalize upon effluent reuse to produce process water for the power station.
Since 1995, Eraring Energy has operated an effluent purification plant, known as the Water
Reclamation Plant (WRP), which uses a combination of micro-filtration (MF) and reverse
osmosis (RO) technology to treat secondary sewage from a local treatment works. Treated
water from the WRP is then used as feed for the station's demineralizing plant and in
auxiliary plant areas. The WRP is unique because the micro-filtration system still contains the
original membranes installed over seven years ago. This is the longest operation of
membranes in an effluent reuse application in the world. Includes 2 references, tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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, 2.3 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 03/05/2003 |
