Sea/Brackish Water Desalination by Reverse Osmosis Technology-Engineering Practices

Instructors

Mr. Henri Lugan, IFPM-TECSER, France

Mr. Kamel Fethi, SONEDE, Tunisia

Topic(s)/Agenda(s)

• Saline water chemistry

• Basic theory and practice of membrane processes used in Sea/Brackish water desalination

• RO system configuration

• Pretreatment (conventional and innovative MF, UF)

• Product water post-treatment and quality control

• Membrane fouling and scaling (including bio-fouling)

• Cleaning and membrane autopsy

• Computer-aided design of sea/brackish water RO systems

• Energy recovery systems

• Performance evaluation of desalination plants in Algeria

• Operation parameters

• Routine maintenance and checking

• System operation, start up and shut down procedures

• Energy consumption

• Troubleshooting, data normalization

• Instrumentation and control