Abstract
Of paramount importance, seawater desalination plants using reverse osmosis (RO) is reducing the use of energy, which is mostly required for high pressure pumps. Accordingly, energy recovery devices (ERDs) are widely used for reusing hydraulic energy in RO concentrate stream. Nevertheless, few works have been done to investigate the operation characteristics of various EDR systems in actual desalination plants. In this context, we focused on the comparison of ERDs in a pilot plant with the capacity of 1,000 m3/day. One centrifugal ERD (turbocharger) and two different types of isobaric ERDs (pressure exchanger [PX] and pressure exchanger for energy recovery [PEER]) were installed and tested under various conditions. Operation data in the pilot plant were analyzed to estimate specific energy consumption and energy transfer efficiency. The specific energy consumption analysis results showed that the isobaric ERDs have higher efficiency than the centrifugal ERD as also expected in theoretical estimation. The energy transfer efficiencies for PX and PEER were determined to be similar in short-term tests.
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