Industrial Water Desalination and Membrane Plant Engineering: Designing Reverse Osmosis Infrastructure Through Optimization, Energy Recovery, Brine Management Systems

Industrial desalination, designed with engineering rigorThis handbook brings together the practical disciplines needed to design, operate, and verify reverse osmosis plants for demanding industrial water applications. It follows the full project chain, from defining scope and feedwater quality to membrane selection, high pressure pumping, energy recovery, brine disposal, and final commissioning. The result is a clear reference for engineers, project managers, plant operators, and EPC teams working on seawater and brackish water desalination facilities.Rather than treating RO as a single process, the book shows how each system affects the others. Intake conditions shape pretreatment. Pretreatment influences membrane life. Membrane performance drives pumping requirements, energy use, and concentrate handling. By linking these elements, the text helps readers build plants that are efficient, reliable, and easier to maintain.What the book covers- Project definition and system boundaries, including design basis development and engineering deliverables.- Feedwater analysis and pretreatment, with guidance on sampling, turbidity control, organics removal, filtration, and antiscalant dosing.- Membrane and module selection, focusing on chemistry, pressure vessel layout, flow paths, and operating ranges.- Performance optimization, including flux targets, recovery strategy, salt rejection, and fouling control.- Hydraulic and pumping design, with attention to NPSH, pressure drop, control stability, and skid integration.- Energy recovery systems, including device selection, pressure exchanger sizing, and efficiency considerations.- Brine management, from concentrate characterization to outfall design and disposal compliance.- Chemical dosing and scaling control, covering antiscalants, pH adjustment, and safe chemical storage.- Plant-wide system integration, including post-treatment, cleaning systems, instrumentation, and sampling.- Commissioning and acceptance testing, with practical methods for validating flux, recovery, salt rejection, and energy performance.The book also places strong emphasis on maintenance and long term operability. Readers will find guidance on cleaning programs, waste handling, alarm strategy, PLC and SCADA coordination, and documentation needed for handover and operational acceptance.Useful for both new projects and retrofit work, this title supports decisions that affect water quality, energy consumption, membrane longevity, and regulatory compliance. It is especially relevant for teams seeking a structured approach to industrial RO plant engineering where performance margins, uptime, and lifecycle cost all matter.

Pagina's: 264, Paperback, Independently published