South Helwan power project includes water/waste water treatment systems to serve the plant water demand of high purity demineralized water required for boiler feed as well as various power plant users. Raw water from Nile River is supplied via intake structure to feed the water treatment system through power plant pump house where supply pumps and raw water screens are located. The water/waste water treatment installed in South Helwan power project includes:
| Intake Design |
Open intake |
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| Chlorination System |
Chlorine Gas feed system |
3 x 1300 kg cl2/h |
| Raw Water Pretreatment System |
Ultra filtration (UF) |
3 x 2400 m3/day |
| Demineralization System |
Reverse Osmosis + mixed bed demineralizer |
3 x 1200 m3/day |
| Condensate polisher System |
Externally Regenerated Mixed Beds |
3 x 900 m3/h |
| Waste water treatment system |
Oil separation / clarification / filtration / pH adjustment |
1920 m3/day |
| Potable water treatment |
UF + activated carbon filtration+ chlorination |
100 m3/day |
| Sewage treatment plant |
Extended aeration |
100 m3/day |
