Sea Marconi oil treatment plant arrives in South Africa too

Thursday April 24th, 2008

Sea Marconi is confirmed again as a leader in services and technologies destined toward the treatment of dielectric fluids (insulating oil). A few days ago, in fact, the installation of a new system for the treatment of mineral insulating oils in operation has been completed in South Africa. The system has been developed and manufactured by Sea Marconi answering the logistic requirements and the processing limitations set by a specific Customer.SThe system developed for South Africa can be used for the dehalogenation of PCBs in oil, for the depolarisation of DiBenzoDiSulfide (DBDS) and corrosive sulfur compounds and can integrate the filtration, degassing and dehumidification under vacuum operations performed on its site by the Customer.

Oil treatment plant

Since the very first operational phases, the system has provided brilliant performances, such as, for example, a reduction of the concentration of PCBs from 800 mg/kg to < 10 mg/kg in just 2 hours of treatment. This result is obtained by having the contaminated oil reacting with a special reagent developed and patented by Sea Marconi. The chemical reaction, during which the molecules of PCBs are decomposed transforming into neutral salts, takes place in a particular reactor, then the oil, now PCBs free, is separated from the reagent in an appropriate decanter.

Once again, sea Marconi responds in an efficient manner to the needs of its Customers, confirming its capacity in creating synergies offering really effective solutions for the problems of each Customer.