Unique Wärtsilä fresh water production system offers one ton per day fuel savings
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 19 June 2019 at 10 am EESTThe technology group Wärtsilä has successfully installed its Serck Como Horizontal Tube Evaporator (HiTE) fresh water production system onboard the pipe-laying vessel, ‘Lorelay’, owned by offshore contractor Allseas. This is the first commercial installation of this Wärtsilä innovation. The retrofit project produces clean water for technical applications and human consumption, and has led to fuel savings of as much as one ton per day. The unique aspect of the Wärtsilä HiTE is that it is a multi-stage evaporator