Water & Desalination
Titanium and high-alloy heat exchange equipment for MSF, MED and RO desalination plants.
What This Sector
Demands
Dolphin Group is an ADNOC-approved, ICV+ certified manufacturer of ASME Section VIII Div.1 and HEI-compliant brine heaters, condensers and interstage exchangers in titanium and copper-nickel for desalination service. Operating from its Mussafah, Abu Dhabi facility for over 40 years, it retubes and life-extends MSF, MED and RO plant equipment worldwide.
Brine-side corrosion
Hot concentrated brine destroys standard materials. Titanium and Cu-Ni construction with qualified welding is mandatory, since carbon steel and lesser alloys fail quickly in this service.
Scaling and thermal decline
Calcium sulphate scaling suffocates heat exchange, dropping distillate output train by train. Left unmanaged it forces earlier and more frequent outages just to keep production volumes level.
Ageing plant life extension
Many MSF trains in service today are decades old — condition assessment and staged retubing keep them producing without the capital cost of a full plant rebuild.
What We Deliver for
Water & Desalination
The specific heat exchange equipment and services we design, fabricate and maintain for this sector.
Proven in Water & Desalination
Real outcomes from real water & desalination projects — not catalogue claims.
MSF plant condenser retubing
2,800 titanium tubes replaced during a planned outage — 100% design capacity restored.
ADNOC-approved, ICV+ certified
Qualified to the procurement standards ADNOC group companies require, with in-country value that scores directly on desalination operator tenders. Dolphin Group is one of roughly 70 ICV+ certified companies in the UAE, a distinction that separates us from vendors offering price alone.
Titanium and Cu-Ni fabrication in-house
Brine-resistant titanium and copper-nickel construction with qualified welding is built and tested at Mussafah for the Gulf's harshest brine-side service. Hot concentrated brine destroys standard materials, so titanium tubing to ASTM B338 is treated as mandatory, not optional, on every unit.
Why Water & Desalination
Operators Choose Dolphin
ADNOC-approved, ICV+ certified
Qualified to the procurement standards ADNOC group companies require, with in-country value that scores directly on desalination operator tenders. Dolphin Group is one of roughly 70 ICV+ certified companies in the UAE, a distinction that separates us from vendors offering price alone.
Titanium and Cu-Ni fabrication in-house
Brine-resistant titanium and copper-nickel construction with qualified welding is built and tested at Mussafah for the Gulf's harshest brine-side service. Hot concentrated brine destroys standard materials, so titanium tubing to ASTM B338 is treated as mandatory, not optional, on every unit.
40+ years of desalination retubing experience
Four decades of staged retubing and condition assessment keep ageing MSF and MED trains producing at full design capacity. That experience replaced 2,800 titanium tubes in an MSF plant condenser during a single planned outage, restoring 100% of design capacity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. We design and manufacture to HEI standards alongside ASME Section VIII Div.1 for brine heaters, condensers and interstage exchangers in MSF and MED trains.
Yes. We replaced 2,800 titanium tubes in an MSF plant condenser during a planned outage, restoring 100% design capacity.
Titanium and copper-nickel construction to ASTM B338 tubing standards are used, with qualified welding for brine-side corrosion resistance.
Yes. Our chemical cleaning and hydrojetting tube cleaning services remove calcium sulphate scaling and restore heat exchange duty train by train.
Yes. Condition assessment and staged retubing keep decades-old trains producing without a full plant rebuild.
Yes. We plan and execute retubing and cleaning campaigns inside planned outage windows, with documented coverage for every exchanger.
Yes. Dolphin Group is ADNOC-approved and ICV+ certified — one of roughly 70 ICV+ certified companies in the UAE.
Send your datasheet, TEMA sheet or existing unit nameplate details through our RFQ form or to connect@dolphin.ae — we typically respond within two working days.
Talk to Our Water & Desalination Engineering Team
Tell us about your duty requirements — our engineers will help you find the right heat exchange solution and get you a quote.