At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Identify process characteristics of various thermal desalination technologies.
• Get familiarized with major systems’ components and design features and requirements of commonly used thermal desalination technologies.
• Understand main process of all water sources.
• Basic water Chemistry.
• Principles of (EDR) system and (RO) system.
• Pre-Treatment and maintenance.
• Understand main process performance parameters of different desalination processes.
• Cost effectiveness of equipment maintenance.
• Practice basic process modeling requirements and available techniques, and perform simplified process performance evaluation.

Facility/utility engineers, environmental engineers, consulting engineers, technologists, technicians, chemists, operating personnel or anyone requiring a working level knowledge of the theory and practice of reverse osmosis plants.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Source of feed water.

1. Water desalination main processes:-

• Reveres Osmosis.
• Distillation.
• Ion exchange.
• Electro dialysis.

1. Filtration process:-

• Micro filtration.
• Ultra filtration.
• Nano filtration.
• Reveres Osmosis.

1. Theory of reverse Osmosis.
2. Reveres Osmosis terminology.
3. Definitions-RO process.
4. Factors and parameters related to RO process.
5. Membranes:

•  Membranes configurations and types.
• Spiral wound membrane.
• Overview.
• Construction.
• Separation.
• Fluid dynamics.
• Reveres Osmosis plant:-
• Feed water intake system.
• Pre-treatment system.
• Desalination system.
• Post treatment system.
• Operating data.
• Operating procedures.

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2. Fouling:-

• Types of fouling.
• How to prevent fouling.

1. Scaling:-

• Nature of scaling
• Prevention of scale formation

1. Chemical cleaning:-

• Timing for cleaning.
• Cleaning system.
• Types of cleaning.
• Cleaning procedure.
• Cleaning chemicals.

1. Main equipment’s & devises are using in water desalination R.O. Plants:-

• Pumps, high pressure pump and centrifugal pump.
• Air compressors and pneumatic valves.
• Meters /flow & quantity.
• PH, cond. & ORP devices

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.