Process evaluation of intermediate chemical demineralization for water recovery enhancement in production-scale brackish water desalting

被引：56

作者：

Gabelich, Christopher J. ^{[1
]}

Rahardianto, Anditya ^{[2
]}

Northrup, C. Robert ^{[3
]}

Yun, Tae I. ^{[1
]}

Cohen, Yoram ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Metropolitan Water Dist So Calif, La Verne, CA USA

[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Water Technol Res Ctr, Los Angeles, CA USA

[3] Burns & Roe Serv Corp, Yuma, AZ USA

来源：

DESALINATION | 2011年 / 272卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

Precipitation softening; Chemical demineralization; Reverse osmosis; High-recovery RO; SEEDED PRECIPITATION; GYPSUM SCALE; RO; DESUPERSATURATION; COPRECIPITATION; CONCENTRATE; REMOVAL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.desal.2010.12.050

中图分类号：

TQ [化学工业];

学科分类号：

0817 ;

摘要：

This study evaluated intermediate chemical demineralization (ICD) as a technique for overcoming mineral salt solubility limits that constrain the water recovery of reverse osmosis (RU) desalting. An empirical approach was developed to determine theoretical cation removal set points for ICD based on predetermined process design and operation guidelines to facilitate increasing the overall water recovery of Colorado River water desalting from 85% (i.e., in the primary RU unit) to 95% via a secondary RU (SRO) unit. Additionally, the study evaluated whether microfiltration (MF) or dual-media filtration (DMF) could serve as the filtration step prior to the secondary reverse osmosis (SRO) unit. The model suggested ranges for ICD influent total-carbonate-to-calcium ratios and ICD effluent pH to simultaneously mitigate barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, and silica scaling. MF was preferred over DMF as the filtration step prior to SRO based on significantly lower filter effluent turbidity and silt density indices. The overall PRO-ICD-SRO system operated for over 550 h at 95% total RU water recovery without evidence of scaling of the terminal RU elements, validating the cation removal set points developed through the ICD model and demonstrating the utility of ICD. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：36 / 45

页数：10

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