Cost of fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis and nanofiltration installations in the Netherlands

Jafari, Morez; Vanoppen, Marjolein; Agtmaal, J.M.C. van; Cornelissen, Emile; Vrouwenvelder, Johannes S.; Verliefde, Arne; Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. van; Picioreanu, Cristian

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2020.114865

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“…Other authors considered even higher values of the energy consumption in the pumps, so these values, following the local OEMs sources, have been considered as conservative values. Due to this it is justified the membranes replacement to improve the energy recovery in the RO desalination plants [21][22][23][24].…”

Section: Permeate Quality-cost Ratiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, there are technologies based on renewable energies, such as solar photovoltaic, wind, waves, etc. [20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been also introduced other references with higher values, so it has been considered a conservative value following the local original equipment manufacturers OEMs sources. Due to this, it is justified the membranes replacement to improve the energy recovery in the RO desalination plants [21][22][23][24]. Moreover, it is of interest that the use of new generation membranes from graphene/carbon nanoparticles or zeolites for commercial and industrial RO applications is under development as their scalability is still a challenge.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Climate Change Mitigation Strategy through Membranes Replacement and Determination Methodology of Carbon Footprint in Reverse Osmosis RO Desalination Plants for Islands and Isolated Territories

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Ramos

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Water

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This article shows a climate change mitigation strategy by means of membranes replacement and determination methodology of carbon footprint in reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plants, valid for all the islands, and even isolated territories in the continent. This study takes the case of study of Canary Islands, where there are more than 320 desalination plants with different sizes, private, and public. The objective is to propose a new method which integrates this analysis with the replacement of membranes, from 0% to 20% per year in sea water reverse osmosis desalination plants, to reduce the carbon footprint and ecological footprint. If it is considered a replacement of 20% of the elements per year, the carbon footprint could be reduced to between 5% and 6% and even more if it is introduced low energy consumption membranes instead of high rejection elements. The factor mix in Canary Islands, according to the technological structure of the generation park that uses oil products, is around 0.678 kgCO2/kWh, much higher than in the Spanish mainland where it is 0.263 kgCO2/kWh. Therefore, it is estimated in Canary Islands 5,326,963 t CO2/year can be emitted, which represents 2.4 tCO2/person/year, 12 times more the admissible admissions per inhabitant in the Canary Islands, only considering the seawater desalination sector. This document shows the different results of the analysis of energy efficiency and the environmental footprints. This study may serve as a tool for the decision-making processes related to how to improve energy efficiency in desalination plants.

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Section: Permeate Quality-cost Ratiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, there are technologies based on renewable energies, such as solar photovoltaic, wind, waves, etc. [20][21][22][23][24][25].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Climate Change Mitigation Strategy through Membranes Replacement and Determination Methodology of Carbon Footprint in Reverse Osmosis RO Desalination Plants for Islands and Isolated Territories

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“…The cost for early membrane replacement accounted for the significant portion of the total cost. It was concluded that cleaning-in-place automation could save up to 3% of operational expenses [134]. A surface-patterned alumina ceramic membrane with a porous gradient structure was fabricated to improve the anti-fouling ability [135].…”

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Pressure-Driven Membrane Process: A Review of Advanced Technique for Heavy Metals Remediation

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Pressure-driven processes have come a long way since they were introduced. These processes, namely Ultra-Filtration (UF), Nano-Filtration (NF), and Reverse-Osmosis (RO), aim to enhance the efficiency of wastewater treatment, thereby aiming at a cleaner production. Membranes may be polymeric, ceramic, metallic, or organo-mineral, and the filtration techniques differ in pore size from dense to porous membrane. The applied pressure varies according to the method used. These are being utilized in many exciting applications in, for example, the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and wastewater treatment. This paper attempts to comprehensively review the principle behind the different pressure-driven membrane technologies and their use in the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. The transport mechanism has been elaborated, which helps in the predictive modeling of the membrane system. Fouling of the membrane is perhaps the only barrier to the emergence of membrane technology and its full acceptance. However, with the use of innovative techniques of fabrication, this can be overcome. This review is concluded with perspective recommendations that can be incorporated by researchers worldwide as a new problem statement for their work.

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“…The water recovery level from brackish water desalination using RO processes can be up to 60%–95%, which is a critical operating parameter determining the cost effectiveness of the process. The higher the recovery, the higher the concentrations of inorganic salts that could potentially accumulate on the feed side of the membranes, leading to a more severe concentration polarization (CP) phenomenon and membrane scaling [ 3 , 4 ].…”

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Numerical Simulations of Calcium Sulphate Scaling in Full-Scale Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Pressure Vessels Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Mao¹,

Zou²,

Zhong-quan³

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Membranes

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Coal mine waters often have high salinity, hardness and alkalinity. The treatment of coal mine water requires careful management of multi-stage reverse osmosis (RO) systems to achieve effective recovery of water for domestic reuse, as well as zero liquid discharge to minimise the impact to the local environment. Design of RO systems for coal mine water treatment has been limited to the use of commercial design packages provided by membrane manufacturers, which do not provide insights into the impact of operating parameters such as feedwater salinity, concentrations of sparingly soluble salts, feed pressure and their interactions with different RO modules on the fouling/scaling potential of RO membranes. This also restricts the use of novel RO products and the delivery of an optimum design based on real needs. In this work, a mathematical model was developed to simulate a standard brackish water RO pressure vessel consisting six full-size RO membrane elements, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The model can be used to predict the permeate flowrate, water recovery levels, as well as the spatial information of the accumulation and scaling potential of sparingly soluble salts on the membrane surface. The results obtained from the model showed good agreement with the results obtained from the commercial RO design software WAVE. The CFD model was then used to predict the scaling threshold on various positions of a full-scale RO element, at different operating conditions, using parametric simulations based on Central Composite Designs. Outputs from this work not only provide insights into the microscopic flow characteristics of multiple full-scale elements in the RO pressure vessel, but also predicts the position where scaling would occur, at different feed conditions, for any RO products.

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Cost of fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis and nanofiltration installations in the Netherlands

Cited by 108 publications

References 52 publications

Climate Change Mitigation Strategy through Membranes Replacement and Determination Methodology of Carbon Footprint in Reverse Osmosis RO Desalination Plants for Islands and Isolated Territories

Climate Change Mitigation Strategy through Membranes Replacement and Determination Methodology of Carbon Footprint in Reverse Osmosis RO Desalination Plants for Islands and Isolated Territories

Pressure-Driven Membrane Process: A Review of Advanced Technique for Heavy Metals Remediation

Numerical Simulations of Calcium Sulphate Scaling in Full-Scale Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Pressure Vessels Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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