Published: December 2012
An in-depth guide to reverse osmosis desalination
This Water Environment Federation and WateReuse Association publication provides comprehensive information on the planning and engineering of brackish and seawater desalination projects for municipal water supplies. After a brief overview of widely used desalination technologies, Desalination Engineering focuses on reverse osmosis desalination. The book discusses basic principles, planning and environmental review of projects, design and selection of key desalination plant components, desalinated water posttreatment, and concentrate management. Guidelines on sizing and cost estimation of desalination plant facilities are also included in this practical resource.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Source water quality characterization
Fundamentals of reverse osmosis desalination
Planning considerations
Environmental review and permitting
Intakes for source water collection
Intake pump stations
Source water screening and conditioning
Sand removal, sedimentation, and dissolved air flotation
Pretreatment by granular media filtration
Pretreatment by membrane filtration
Comparison of granular media and membrane pretreatment
Reverse osmosis separation
Post-treatment of desalinated water
Desalination plant discharge management
Desalination project cost estimates
Nikolay Voutchkov is an internationally recognized expert in the field of membrane water and wastewater treatment with extensive experience in the development of seawater desalination projects. He is the president of Water Globe Consulting which provides independent engineering advisory services to the desalination and water reuse industry. Mr. Voutchkov is an active member of the WateReuse Association – Desalination Committee; the American Water Works Association – Desalination and Membrane Process Committees; the American Membrane Technology Association, and the International Desalination Association.
Keywords: DESALINATION ENGINEERING, NIKOLAY VOUTCHKOV, WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION, WATEREUSE ASSOCIATION, SOURCE WATER QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION, REVERSE OSMOSIS, DESALINATION, PROJECT PLANNING, BASIC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, PERMITTING, INTAKES, SOURCE WATER COLLECTION, SOURCE WATER INTAKE PUMP STATION, SOURCE WATER SCREENS, SOURCE WATER CONDITIONING, SAND REMOVAL, SEDIMENTATION, DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION, DAF, PRETREATMENT, GRANULAR MEDIA FILTRATION, MEMBRANE FILTRATION, REVERSE OSMOSIS SEPARATION, POST TREATMENT, DESALINATION PLANT DISCHARGE MANAGEMENT, COST ESTIMATING, AMERICAN MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL DESALINATION ASSOCIATION, WEF, WEF PRESS, WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION, ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, ASCE, AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. APWA, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS, AAEE, AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE PROFESSORS, AEESP, INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION, IWA, NATIONAL BIOSOLIDS PARTNERSHIP, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES, NACWA, WATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN, CLARIFIER DESIGN, ALTERNATIVE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS, INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, MEMBRANE SYSTEMS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT, UPGRADING AND RETROFITTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL OPERATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, FINANCING AND CHARGES FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, AUTOMATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, GIS IMPLEMENTATION FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES, PLANNING AND INSTALLING SUSTAINABLE ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, MANURE PATHOGENS, SUSTAINABLE ON-SITE CHP SYSTEMS, DESIGN OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION IN WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS, WATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN, WATER QUALITY & TREATMENT HANDBOOK, STEEL WATER STORAGE TANKS, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY, NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DECONTAMINATION, WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING, SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEERING, WATER QUALITY & TREATMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, BIOFILM REACTORS, DESIGN OF URBAN STORMWATER CONTROLS, APPLIED HYDROLOGY, NALCO GUIDE TO BOILER FAILURE ANALYSIS, THE NALCO WATER HANDBOOK, THE NALCO GUIDE TO COOLING-WATER SYSTEMS FAILURE ANALYSIS, PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SEWER SYSTEM OVERFLOWS, DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION FOR WATER CLARIFICATION, MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATER REUSE, WATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, WATER IN KARST, SOLIDS PROCESS DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT, HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, SAFETY HEALTH AND SECURITY IN WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
