Tri-Tech Holding, through its subsidiary Tri-Tech Infrastructure (Tri-Tech US), has secured a contract from Qatar Petrochemical (QAPCO) to deliver a seawater desalination unit in Doha, Qatar.
Under the terms of the contract, which is valued at about $8.3m, Tri-Tech US will deploy a multiple effect thermocompression (MED-TC) desalination unit for the utility plant at Mesaieed Industrial City.
Tri-Tech US general manager said Jim Schwartz said the desalination unit will use the company's MED-TC design and will be fully automated to require minimal operator attention.
Tri-Tech Holding co-president Phil Fan said Qatar has no natural waterways and scarcity in fresh water, so almost all potable water and industrial processing water is de-salted seawater.
"Qatar intends to invest $75bn in natural gas and petrochemical industries by 2012 and expects to upgrade its refining capacity to 18 million tons by 2016," Fan said.
Tri-Tech US has agreed to perform the design, engineering, fabrication, commissioning, performance testing and on-site training for QAPCO's technical personnel.
The design capacity of Tri-Tech's MED-TC desalination unit will be 240 cubic meters an hour.
Tri-Tech Holding CEO Warren Zhao said the new contract represents the company's first thermal seawater desalination contract in the Middle East region.
The company expects to deliver the desalination unit for the utility plant by November 2012.
Tri-Tech Holding designs customized sewage treatment and odor control systems for municipalities and private sectors in China and international markets.
The company also designs systems that track natural waterway levels for drought control, monitor groundwater quality and assist the Chinese Government in managing its water resources.
