Performance analysis of a medium-sized industrial reverse osmosis brackish water desalination plant

Al‐Obaidi, Mudhar A.; Alsarayreh, Alanood A.; Al-Hroub, A.M.; Alsadaie, Salih; Mujtaba, Iqbal M.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2018.06.010

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“…Three cartridge filters of 5 micron are installed upstream of the RO units [31]. They operate as a security device that secures the FilmTec TM elements and the pumps [14].…”

Section: Reverse Osmosis Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Feed water conductivity seasonal variation Figure 3 illustrates the variations of the feed water conductivity supplying the treatment plant. The conductivity experienced significant seasonal fluctuations [14,26,31]. It was enhanced during the summer attaining 2512.3 µS/cm.…”

Section: Feed Water Seasonal Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Certainly, the conductivity boost will considerably affect the membrane production in short and long terms [14,27,29,31,[40][41][42][43]. In short term, the permeate quality as well as productive capacity will diminish progressively.…”

Section: Feed Water Seasonal Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The application of unconventional methods, principally brackish water and seawater desalination, becomes a crucial and imperative solution to provide drinking water [11,12]. In areas experiencing great problems of water deficit, desalination of saline water plays a crucial role in supplying potable water for the population [13,14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Owing to current advancement in membrane separation technology, the tendency in desalination industries is to apply reverse osmosis (RO) technique for saline water desalting [14]. As the salinity of groundwater increases, water desalination process becomes more expensive [11].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reverse osmosis (RO) plays an outstanding role in water desalination worldwide. Performance of this technique depends on membrane fouling and the raw water seasonal variations, especially temperature and raw water salt concentration. Hence, to neutralize the impact of temperature and feed concentration on the performance parameters, the data collected from the brackish surface water plant were standardized through the use of the American Society for Testing and Materials methods. The value of this normalization is to be able to discern the performance variation which is due to the membrane aging and the membrane fouling, scaling or degradation. The present research investigates the real industrial results gathered from the first experience of brackish surface water demineralization by RO in Morocco. The results obtained evidently show that the feed water is subject to serious seasonal variations in terms of feed temperature and feed salts concentration, which noticeably affect the feed pressure, membrane permeability, and permeate conductivity. The standardized permeate flow, standardized pressure drop, and standardized salt passage show that the performance of the plant was steady all over the period of the monitoring and the observed performance decline-was due to membrane fouling.

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“…Three cartridge filters of 5 micron are installed upstream of the RO units [31]. They operate as a security device that secures the FilmTec TM elements and the pumps [14].…”

Section: Reverse Osmosis Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Feed Water Seasonal Variationsmentioning

confidence: 99%