COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF RO PLANT UPGRADATION

PROGRAME
OBJECTIVE:

The ultimate goal of this project is

• Match the legal compliance also avoid the mechanical evaporation equipment
installation.
• Ensure cost effective, easy to operate and reduce the O & M Cost.

PROPOSED TREATMENT STRATEGY:

Design of a high recovery system and minimize the Brine disposal (less than 3
KLD) through RO pre-treatment (APS – Accelerated Precipitation Softening) with
membrane filtration.

FEED SYSTEM CONCEPT:

Treated effluent from process 132 KLD +

Top up water from TWAD 35 KLD

BACKGROUNDS OF PRESENT SYSTEM:

• Capacity 85 m3 / day
• High Brine water disposal to solar pond is 10 – 12 KLD
• Non legal compliance as per water constant TNPCB
• High permeate water TDS
• Abnormal scaling tendency
• Required frequently membrane chemical cleaning @ weekly once.
• Uneasy to operate and Maintenance.

REASONS:

• No Pretreatment system for RO feed water to RO I, RO II, and RO III.

• Low membrane area.
• High feed pressure and High flux rate
• High scaling potential feed water.
• Treated effluent from process is not match the legal compliance.
 • Unsuitable filtration media.
• Slackness of the micron filtration.
• Damaged membrane elements.
• Poor instrumentation.

PROPOSED PROJECT – MAJOR ACTIVITY ABSTRACT

S.No. DESCRIPTION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION BENEFITS

1. Filter media changing Suitable filtration media Reduce the turbidity
Selection and Filling and suspended solids.
2. Pre treatment for RO Adding & Dosing of suitable Minimize the scaling
feed water chemical to precipitate scaling tendency.
mineral in feed water like Reduce the
CaSo4 CaF, Fe, Silica.. etc. membrane cleaning
frequency.
3. Membrane area. Selection of suitable Trouble free permate
membrane elements and flow
install required quantity of Minimize the braine
element as per STD Design quantity.
calculation.
4. High pressure Pump Selection of right flow & Stabilize the required
pressure pumps and feed permate flow.
piping system Reduce the
membrane scaling.
5. Instrumentation Providing on line PH, TDS, Easy to operate.
flow meter & RO flushing Reduce the man
system power & operator
strain.
Reduce the O & M
cost.

CONCLUSION:

• The proposed system helps to avoid mechanical evaporation equipment

installation.
• Fulfill the legal compliance of TNPCB.
• Reduce the O & M cost.