The Electromechanical Equipment and Installations in Desalination Plants This course is your gateway to mastering a vital and rapidly growing industry. With water scarcity on the rise worldwide, the demand for innovative desalination solutions has never been greater. This course equips you with the essential skills to understand desalination processes, from thermal evaporation to reverse osmosis, ensuring you remain at the forefront of this growing field. Explore seawater collection, treatment, and the intricacies of high-pressure pumping and energy recovery systems. Explore the chemistry of reagents and the engineering behind RO pumps and membranes. By taking part, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of water softening and reject water treatment, preparing you for lucrative opportunities in a sector poised for growth. Join us and become a sought-after expert in desalination technology!
Electromechanical equipment and installations in desalination plants
This course is designed for professionals and graduates in the field who wish to deepen their understanding of electromechanical equipment and installations in desalination plants. It covers key topics such as the basic principles of desalination, seawater intake systems, reverse osmosis processes, and energy recovery systems, providing a comprehensive overview of current technologies and practices.
60 hours
Water
Course objectives
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Understand desalination systems and their classifications.
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Identify key components in seawater collection systems.
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Explore coagulants and flocculants in RO processes.
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Analyse pretreatment techniques in reverse osmosis.
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Try out different high-pressure pumps and ERDs.
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Explain the principles and applications of RO membranes.
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Learn about the processes used to soften desalinated water.
What does it prepare you for?
This course prepares you to effectively manage and optimise electromechanical equipment and installations in desalination plants. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the reverse osmosis process, from seawater collection and treatment through to high-pressure pumping and energy recovery. You'll be able to implement sophisticated pretreatment strategies, ensure efficient use reagents, manage the softening of desalinated water, and handle reject water neutralisation, thereby improving both operational efficiency and water quality.
Teaching units
UNIT 1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DESALINATION
The desalination process
Classification of desalination systems
Production of desalinated water
Desalination processes
Thermal desalination processes by evaporation (distillation)
Reverse osmosis (RO)
UNIT 2. SEAWATER COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT
Reverse osmosis (RO)
Seawater collection
Vertical wells and boreholes
Intake wet well and headworks
Seawater intake well and headworks
Special collection devices
Pump station/house
Horizontal drilling/drains
Infiltration galleries on the beach
UNIT 3. REAGENTS IN RO PROCESSES FOR SEAWATER
Introduction
Coagulants and flocculants
Disinfectant
Reagents for pH adjustment
Protectors
Antifouling agents and dispersants
Reagent application points
Reagent storage
Reagent dosing
UNIT 4. REVERSE OSMOSIS PRE-TREATMENT
Introduction
Screening and sieving
Physicochemical treatment
Filtration
Equipment to be used in the filtration process
Monitoring instruments
UNIT 5. HIGH-PRESSURE PUMPING AND ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM
Introduction
Reverse osmosis pumps
Types of pumps
Energy recovery devices (ERDS)
UNIT 6. REVERSE OSMOSIS PUMPS
Basic principles
Definition of RO membranes
Basic principles of reverse osmosis.
Membranes
Pressure vessels and modules
Instrumentation
Displacement and cleaning system
UNIT 7. DESALINATED WATER SOFTENING
Introduction
SAR control and boron reduction
Remineralisation of desalinated water
Disinfection of permeate water
Water storage and pumping
UNIT 8. REJECT WATER NEUTRALISATION AND TREATMENT
Introduction
Neutralisation without treatment of suspended solids
Neutralisation using suspended solids treatment
Sludge dewatering