PAUL MUELLER COMPANY – ORE PROCESS ICE SLURRY SYSTEM

Fresh-Water
Supply to
R.O.
Treatment
Ice Float
ORE Separator
Tank
Condensing (IFST)
unit (CU)
Air or Water
Cooled

ICE SLURRY STORAGE

TANK
(ISST)

HX PHE Supply Chilled

Salt Water Supply Water 36˚F

Drain Line

PIPING SCHEMATIC – Desalination + Cooling (Cogen)

GENERAL SYSTEM OPERATION

1. The ORE is the orbital rod evaporator patented to produce ice slurry very efficiently.
2. The CU can be selected as water or air cooled system.
3. The salt water supply is from the sea and passes through a filtration system to remove solid particles. It
is pre-cooled using a HX (heat exchanger) by the cold draining salt water back to the sea. Charging is
controlled via a level control in the IFST.
4. During operation of the ORE system, salt-water solution is circulated to the ORE and IFST and makes
slurry down to -3 deg C.
5. The IFST is a vertical stainless tank use to separate the fresh ice from the salt solution.
6. The scrapper S on the top of the IFST is use to harvests the ice and dumps it into the ISST.
7. The Ice Slurry in the ISST will be thawed by chilled water to be used for air conditioning or cooling
process.
8. Once the Ice Slurry is thaw to about 18 deg C, it will pass through a filtration system or R.O. system to
be used for domestic purposes.

Note:
1. The salt-water solution to be drained can be used as raw material for raw salt manufacturing.
2. Hot water at about 45 deg C can be co-generated is there is a requirement.