Acids process line

ICL Fertilizers, Rotem Amfert, Israel (1989)

Project Description:  Transportation of industrial wastes and acids: green and white phosphoric acids, hot water, cold water, reclaimed water and industrial waste. The old metal pipes with a rubber lining were often corroded.

Challenges

• Chemical

Solution

Factory engineers decided to replace all PVC, HDPE, P.P. and metal pipes with PEXGOL™ pipes from 63–500 mm and have been using them for the past 20 years. During the past 15 years, 30,000 meters of PEXGOL of varied diameters have been installed.