Seawater desalination plant with a capacity of 100,000 m3/day developed by Abengoa in the city of Qingdao, the second largest commercial port in northern China, in the province of Shandong. The plant started commercial operation in 2012.

1. ABENGOA
Seawaterdesalinationplantwithacapacityof100,000m3
/daydevelopedbyAbengoainthecityofQingdao,
thesecondlargestcommercialportinnorthernChina,intheprovinceofShandong.Theplantstarted
commercialoperationin2012.
KeyData
Location:
Qingdaocity(China)
Capacity:
100,000m3
/day
Technology:
ReverseosmosisdesalinationReverseosmosisdesalination
PopulationServed:
500,000
Tech
TheQingdaodesalinationplantaimsto
servedrinkingwatertothecityof
Qingdao.Itisthefirstdesalination
projectdevelopedwithaprojectfinance
structureandfullyfinancedbylocal
Chinesebanks.Itisalsoa
ground-breakingprojectforthesupply
oftreatedwaterinthiscountry.oftreatedwaterinthiscountry.
Thesourceofintakewaterisaseawater
pondthatactsasanaturaldecanter.The
planthasarobustandflexible
pretreatmentprocesscomposedof
self-cleaningfiltersandultrafiltration
membranes.Ithasapressurecenter
system,atwo-stepreverseosmosis
processandaninnovativeremineralizingprocessandaninnovativeremineralizing
systemfordesalinatedwaterthatallows
tomeetthestrictturbidityrequirements
oflocallegislation.
DevelopingtheQingdaoprojectwasa
challengefromatechnologicalperspective
duetothespecialcharacteristicsofthe
intakewaterusedandtothelocal
legislationrequirements.Theplantcanalso
operateatextremetemperaturesandis
highlyenergy-efficient.Abengoahasvast
experienceperformingthistypeoflargeexperienceperformingthistypeoflarge
desalinationprojects,whereitapplies
innovativedesignsasevidencedbythe
plantsthatithasdevelopedinSpain,
Africa,LatinAmerica,MiddleEastandAsia.
QingdaoDesalination
Plant–China