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DUNEA, the Dutch drinking water company, currently provides 1.2
million people of South-West Holland with drinking water. The water
is caught in the sand dunes and purified in three pumping stations.
The renovation of Dunea’s energy supply installation in
Scheveningen led to the project being awarded to Belgium’s
leading supplier of power solutions, E. VAN WINGEN NV, (EVW).
Existing power supply problems on the Scheveningen site were
solved by erecting two new pump houses in which four diesel
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gensets had to be integrated. The project was gigantic and took
two years to implement. From the two pump houses fresh water is
distributed to consumers.
To guarantee supply an emergency power provision was required.
After stringent screening of the tenders EVW was selected to carry
out the engineering, construction and installation of the
emergency power supply, including providing a fuel supply
pipework, as well as a power control system.
In case of mains failure Dunea can remain operational with the back
up of four emergency diesel generators installed in the two pump
houses.
EVW selected the Perkins 4012 diesel engine to be at the heart of
each 1475 kVA genset. The four units supply enough power to enable
Dunea to guarantee the catchment, purification and distribution of
water into the supply network. Providing the power control system
to safeguard power supply and data communications was of
particular importance to Dunea.
Unlike other traditional mains failure projects the emphasis was less
on deliveries and installation than on engineering. EVW’s
engineering department, with five experienced designers, has been
running at full steam delivering a piece of highly professional and
state-of-the-art project, reports the company.
For EVW this was again an opportunity to confirm its position as a
reliable high end supplier in the Netherlands after its first major
breakthrough with the power backup systems supplied to the high
speed train tunnels for Siemens.
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