Siam Park, Tenerife, Spain, January 2007

January 2007 

ELSS Engineering Ltd was awarded the contract to Design, Manufacture, Install, Test and Commission all of the Electrical and Pneumatic Control systems for the entire Water Filtration Systems and Aquatic Life Support Systems (LSS) for Siam Park, Tenerife. This was "Green Field" site with a huge Aquatic Theme Park spread over a surface area of 140,000m2 (35acres). Total water volume for this massive project amounts to an impressive 25,000m3. Flow rates for filtered water on this project will be 7,700m3/hr. Additional recirculation for the various Slides etc will produce a further 15,500m3/hr. The above excludes the 8,500m3 Wave Pool. Filtration equipment will be spread over six Plant rooms, each having a series of Variable Speed Drives, Pneumatics and a Main Central Control Panel with a 17" Touch Screen PC capable of communicating with each of the other 5 Plant rooms, the Central control room and Loro Parque at the opposite end of the island.

Our scope of works includes the following:

  • Design, Manufacture, Test/Commission 6no Main Control Panels, all panels c/w full SCADA package, touch screen PC and various analogue and digital IO.
  • Design, manufacture, Test/Commission 42no VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) Panels, Ranging in size from 1.5Kw to 18.5kw
  • Manufacture 8no Pneumatic Control Panels capable of controlling a total of 180no Actuated Valves
  • Design software for the control of 45no Pressurised Sand Filters to be Back washed Automatically
  • Supply of 2no Desktop PC each having a full SCADA Package
  • Design and Production of all AutoCAD drawings detailing all "Mains" cabling Schematics

This project is now a much talked about Water Theme park, getting very impressive reviews throughout the Media circles. It also featured on a documentary on Discovery Channel. It also boasts the largest man made wave in Europe.