Hybrid Inter-stage Design of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis to Improve Efficiency of Hydraulic Energy
Author | : Masoud Aghajani |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Saline water conversion |
ISBN | : |
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Water scarcity and shortage are becoming serious issues for many countries worldwide. These problems inspire new methods of water management and one of common approaches in resource management is increasing production and availability to prevent crisis. Water is not an exception and many sources are considered for this purpose. Water with high concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) gradually gained attention of researchers, decision makers and investors. It is mainly thanks to the non-ending seawater source and also saline brackish and surface waters. Reverse Osmosis is the leading technology to desalinate the water and numerous advances have been carried out to more optimize this process. A lot of attention has paid to seawater reverse osmosis and modification and optimization of brackish water reverse osmosis has not been carried out comprehensively. Hybrid membrane inter-stage design (HID) was one of the most recent advancement in seawater reverse osmosis but no report or experimental study has been done on using this novel design for brackish water reverse osmosis. In this study HID design was compared with regular design of brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) through experimental work and data collection from a pilot scale reverse osmosis system. Collected data was analyzed through statistical procedures and multiple regression was also carried out on the data to develop predictive models of the system energy consumption. Those models were also used to compare these two different designs of BWRO for recovery rates. Results show that HID design significantly reduces the specific energy consumption of the BWRO system and also at constant energy consumption of the high pressure pump HID designed system can produce more permeate and gives higher recovery rate.