Course on Thermal Desalination Processes and Economics

The course topics include information about desalination technology, starting with basic concepts of water chemistry and desalination mass and energy balance. This is followed by detailed evaluation of two major desalination methods: MSF & MED distillation. The technology description includes theoretical principles of the process, principles of desalination system operation, system design, evaluation of the economics of the process. The course will describe also the common interface of thermal desalination with associated power plants and various configurations and matching criteria. The course will then illustrate the main aspects of desalination economics including a  description
of the market environment and prices, project delivery mechanisms (private – turnkey multi-contracts etc.) and budgeting a desalination project. The economic session will be related to both thermal and RO processes.Participants should be end users, turnkey contrac-tors, developers who wish to gain a more detailed understanding of thermal desalination and the associated interface with a power plant. Course objectives are to provide a theoretical basis and practical information on desalination technology with emphasis on thermal processes and to become familiar with the basic aspects of the design of a desalination project using thermal technology and with operating conditions of desalination systems.