{"id":1986,"date":"2022-11-30T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:10:33","slug":"abb-technology-further-strengthens-singapores-water-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/abb-technology-further-strengthens-singapores-water-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy-efficient desalination: Improving energy efficiency by 40 percent in a Singaporean desalination plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A key piece of this strategy came online in 2021: the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), a dual-mode plant that processes seawater and reservoir water into clean drinking water. This plant alone provides 30 million gallons of water every day, serving seven percent of Singapore\u2019s demand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How technology is addressing the challenges of water supply\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e57qAW8ZqOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Desalination will play an increasing role in Singapore\u2019s water supply, reaching 30 percent of demand by 2060. However, desalination is energy intensive. To ensure that Singapore can meet its Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) \u2013 ultimately achieving net zero emissions by 2050 \u2013 the country must invest in energy-efficient desalination.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powerful pumps are used throughout the Keppel Marina facility, including to draw water from either its reservoir or the ocean, depending on recent rainfall. The operator identified that the motors which power these pumps are an ideal opportunity to improve the plant\u2019s energy efficiency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.news.e.abb.com\/images\/2021\/8\/20\/0\/Singapore_MEDP_20.jpg\" alt=\"ABB\u2019s WaterMaster electromagnetic flowmeters reliably monitor water flow rates and help to lower OPEX.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ABB\u2019s WaterMaster electromagnetic flowmeters reliably monitor water flow rates and help to lower OPEX.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a joint analysis with ABB, experts determined that the plant could reduce its total energy consumption by 40 percent by switching to more energy-efficient motors, adding variable speed drives (VSDs) and switchgear, and optimizing processes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a further benefit of these upgrades, operators have access to detailed, real-time data from throughout the energy-efficient desalination plant. They can also control it from a unified command center with the user-friendly ABB Ability\u2122 System 800xA distributed control system. This improves the quality of operational processes and maximizes uptime, ensuring the consistent supply of desalinated water Singapore needs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.news.e.abb.com\/images\/2021\/8\/20\/0\/Singapore_MEDP_control_room.jpg\" alt=\"An ABB Ability\u2122 System 800xA distributed control system gives engineers wide visibility and precise control from a central command center.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An ABB Ability\u2122 System 800xA distributed control system gives engineers wide visibility and precise control from a central command center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore\u2019s Public Utilities Board (PUB) has awarded KMEDP a gold certification, and it was named \u201cDesalination Plant of the Year\u201d at the Global Water Awards in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cABB has decades of experience in creating integrated solutions for desalination plants worldwide, and ABB\u2019s products and systems are found in all of Singapore\u2019s water plants in one way or another. We are proud to be a part of Singapore\u2019s water story as we continue to develop our long-standing relationship with PUB,\u201d said JianYuan Ling, ABB\u2019s Energy Industries Division Manager in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.news.e.abb.com\/images\/2021\/8\/20\/0\/Singapore_MEDP_motor.jpg\" alt=\"ABB energy-efficient motors, variable speed drives and switchgear are in operation throughout the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ABB energy-efficient motors, variable speed drives and switchgear are in operation throughout the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A key piece of this strategy came online in 2021: the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), a dual-mode plant that processes seawater and reservoir water into clean drinking water. This plant alone provides 30 million gallons of water every day, serving seven percent of Singapore\u2019s demand.\u00a0\u00a0 Desalination will play an increasing role in Singapore\u2019s [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/abb-technology-further-strengthens-singapores-water-security\/\">Lire la suite&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"application":[284,276,275],"industry":[288],"class_list":["post-1986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication-year","application-desalination","application-digital-solutions","application-water-management","industry-water-and-wastewater"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"application","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/application?post=1986"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyefficiencymovement.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=1986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}