Review The Importance of Seawater Intake and its Treatment Techniques for RO Desalination Plant

Review: Seawater Treatment Techniques

  • Ahmad Hussain Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST), Karachi, Pakistan
  • Mahrukh Mahrukh Department of Mechanical Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Iqbal Ahmed Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80200, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.62.3.2019.215.222
Keywords: desalination, reverse osmosis, pre-treatment, seawater intake, OSIS techniques

Abstract

 

Seawater intake and its treatments are one of the main upstream processes of every seawater desalination plant (RO, ED, MSF, MED). However, the process has turned out to be of utmost importance for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant. It is to be sure that sufficient and steady flow and quality of water is available to the RO desalination plant. Prior to RO feed water, the seawater intake pre-treatment process has to be tailored and the quality of seawater intake to be treated either subsurface intake or open surface intakes, particularly when treating open surface intakes seawater (OSIS) with exceedingly unpredictable quality. According to the well-established membrane manufacturer and supplier, the RO membrane warranty and guarantee are depended on seawater intake quality and its pre-treatment. Thus, the current state-of-the-art RO membranes life and performance success for desalination processing depend upon OSIS pre-treatment processing techniques. This article is emphasizing an overview on recent OSIS and its pre-treatment techniques for RO desalination plant.

 

Published
2019-11-28
Issue
Vol 62 No 3 (2019): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles