A 13.3 MGD seawater RO desalination plant for Yanbu Industrial City

Khawaji, Akili D.; Kutubkhanah, Ibrahim K.; Wie, Jong-Mihn

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2006.02.018

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“…The Fujairah desalination hybrid plant commissioned in 2003 with a production capacity of 454,000 m 3 /d (170,500 m 3 /d from RO production) uses 5 mg/L of ferric chloride which is mixed with the incoming seawater in coagulant tanks prior to filtration [43]. The 13.3 million gallons per day (MGD) SWRO plant in Saudia Arabia for Yanbu Industrial city also uses ferric chloride in their inline coagulation and flocculation unit for the inhibition of biological fouling [44]. The addition of this inorganic coagulant also enhances the performance of the following dual media filtration.…”

Section: Coagulation-flocculationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Usually, an acid such as H2SO4 or HCl is added together with the coagulant to reduce the feed water pH, enhancing the coagulation step and preventing the formation of calcium carbonate scaling. Lower pH helps the inhibition of hydrolysis of the RO cellulose acetate membrane [44]. Inorganic coagulant dosage is in the range of 5-30 mg/L, while polymers usually require smaller doses of about 0.2-1 mg/L [7].…”

Section: Coagulation-flocculationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reverse osmosis pretreatment technologies and future trends: A comprehensive review

2019

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Recent progress in reverse osmosis (RO) technology is not limited to RO membrane materials, module designs and RO process optimization. It involves prior feed treatment which directly impacts RO system performance. The ongoing challenges of membrane fouling in RO membranes can be addressed by increasing the operational efficiency through the use of correct pretreatment options which can mitigate organic and inorganic fouling by selectively rejecting contaminants prior to reaching the RO unit. Highly polluted water resources have put critical stress on the existing conventional pretreatment techniques, whereby membrane pretreatment has emerged as a promising alternative. This paper provides an overview of the development and current trends in conventional and nonconventional RO pretreatment techniques whereby the techniques are critically reviewed to 2 inform readers of potential improvements in such areas. This paper addresses the major drawbacks of conventional pretreatment methods which have necessitated the use of membrane pretreatment techniques. Special attention is given to microfiltration, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration methods and their development in terms of advanced membrane materials based on ceramics and self-cleaning membranes. Studies from laboratory scale standalone systems, pilot scale and large scale integrated systems for performance, cost and ecological analysis have been reviewed to familiarize readers with the many factors which need to be analyzed for selection of the appropriate pretreatment method(s). The critical review in this paper will help researchers focus more on the areas which have room for further development for cost-effective and advanced RO pretreatment techniques.

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Section: Coagulation-flocculationmentioning

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Section: Coagulation-flocculationmentioning

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Reverse osmosis pretreatment technologies and future trends: A comprehensive review

2019

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“…Energy analysis for RO desalination is given in [72]. RO systems in various locations are described and analyzed for Saudi Arabia [55,53,56] and Egypt [61]. Studies of experimental system in Saudi Arabia are given in [58,63].…”

Section: Overview Of Reverse Osmosis Desalination Systemsmentioning

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Solar-thermal powered desalination: Its significant challenges and potential

Reif

Alhalabi

2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…To characterize and evaluate the performance of SWRO desalination process, a number of studies have reported in various ways: 1) deliverance of observed operating results from full-scale desalination plants [5][6][7][8], 2) characterization and comparison of several plants based on the data collected from existing desalination facilities [9], 3) classification of RO system based on site-specific feature [10,11], and 4) presentations of cost estimation methods based on the result of case studies in full-scale plant [12][13][14] as well as literature survey [4,15,16] and process modeling [17,18].…”

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Application of World Ocean Atlas data for estimating the relative performance of a new construction of SWRO desalination plant

Lee

Jung

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Desalination and Water Treatment

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ab s t r ac tDesalination offers one of the reasonable alternatives as a solution to water scarcity. Among the desalination technologies, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) process becomes increasingly attractive for freshwater supply with comparatively low energy consumption and cost-effective operation. In this study, a benchmark of operating Fujairah SWRO desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates is applied to assess the relative performance of a new and large plant construction in other sites. A process model was developed to simulate the performance of SWRO desalination process and to estimate its operating cost. The developed model was validated using one-year SWRO operation data obtained from Fujairah SWRO desalination plant. Temperature and salinity data were collected from World Ocean Atlas 2005, and then applied to the model to estimate the operating cost under the site-specific conditions of 9 different countries. The results of this study present that the performance of the SWRO desalination process was significantly influenced by feed water concentration (i.e., mainly salinity) and temperature, and that the total operating cost is significantly dependent of the local electricity costs. As a conclusion, World Ocean Atlas data and the benchmark provide a method of comparing the performance of various SWRO desalination systems among different countries. Furthermore the methodology is applicable to simulate the process model with site-specific water quality data and to estimate the operating cost before a new construction of SWRO desalination plant at a target area elsewhere.

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A 13.3 MGD seawater RO desalination plant for Yanbu Industrial City

Cited by 56 publications

References 12 publications

Reverse osmosis pretreatment technologies and future trends: A comprehensive review

Reverse osmosis pretreatment technologies and future trends: A comprehensive review

Solar-thermal powered desalination: Its significant challenges and potential

Application of World Ocean Atlas data for estimating the relative performance of a new construction of SWRO desalination plant

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