Evaluation Of Reverse Osmosis Scaling Prevention Devices At High Recovery
EVALUATION OF REVERSE OSMOSIS SCALING PREVENTION DEVICES AT HIGH RECOVERY
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Advanced Water Treatment Program
Report No. 91
March 2003
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Abstract:
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a magnetic device (MD) and a high voltage capacitance device (HVC) as possible alternatives to the dosing of chemical antiscalants for preventing scaling during reverse osmosis (RO) operation at high product water recovery. The tests were conducted on feed water to the Bureau of Reclamation’s 72-MGD Yuma Desalting Plant located in Yuma AZ. High overall recoveries of greater than 90 percent were achieved by operating a two-stage 4-gal/min RO pilot unit (membrane unit 1 [MU1]) on the concentrate from a 200-gal/min RO unit operating at a water recovery of 70-percent. In these tests, neither the MD nor the HVC were effective in preventing calcium sulfate scaling at 91-percent water recovery. In contrast, the addition of 2 mg/L of sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) to MU1 feed water was successful in avoiding scale at recoveries of 93 percent. Dosing of SHMP (or other chemical antiscalant) remains the recommended method for achieving high recovery operation without scaling at the Yuma Desalting Plant.
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