The production capacity of this project is 400,000 t/d. It will be divided into three phases (1st phase: 100,000 t/d, 2nd phase: 150,000 t/d, 3rd phase: 150,000 t/d). 

This project will be built by Safbon Water Service (Holding) Inc., Shanghai and Yingkou Longyun Oceanology & Exploiture Co., Ltd. The treatment capacity of the first phase is 220,000 t/d. This project will be so far the biggest seawater desalination project in which CFM will be applied.

The material of CFM is different from polymer membrane. It’s highly resistant against organic pollutants and oxidation. The lifetime and flux of CFM is 3-5 times and 2-10 times of polymer membrane, respectively. The chemical consumption and operational cost needed is 50% less. The working temperature is from 5-60 ℃. This is a big advantage compared with the polymer membrane which breaks down under low or high temperature. In addition, CFM is oxidation-resistant ,which means it can handle chemical cleaning or other strong oxidants.             

How to use the CFM in a large scale seawater desalination project? 

The chairman of Safbon, Hilling Chang, and his team have thought about this innovative and creative idea for a long time. A pioneer has to have a strategic vision and an overall perspective and may have to pay a price. 

Fortunately, ItN has already had two big reference projects in Saudi Arabia. Both projects are deep groundwater treatment projects. One is 100,000 t/d and the other is 150,000 t/d. But do these two high-quality projects really have high economic value? This question has troubled the Safbon management team. To solve this question, Safbon has cooperated with a world-leading finance company, PWC, in a big seawater desalination project. By analyzing numerous financial models, it has been  found that CFM is more advantageous than polymer membrane (assuming the operational period is 25 years). Therefore, the application of CFM in seawater desalination is more economically favorable.

The cooperation with one of the four world-wide top consulting companies has answered the question persisted with Safbon engineers. The innovation of Safbon is not only the technical research and development, management innovation, but also the win-win cooperation model with the others. This result is very valuable for the application of CFM.

“A big project, driven by a big team and then the development of an industrial chain is promoted”. This will be the trend for Safbon’s development in the future.