Analysis.


Seawater desalination plants:

“Reverse Osmosis” — “Direct flow II”

 Analysis.

Seawater desalination plants:

“Reverse Osmosis” — “Direct flow II”

Contents: Part I.Best Available Technologies of Russia
Part II.The fundamental criteria and factors of creating a station for desalination of large amounts of seawater
Part III.Analysis of desalination plants for seawater by using reverse technology
Part IV.Analysis of desalination plants for seawater by using Direct flow-II technology

Part I.

Best Available Technologies of Russia:

1. Technologies and the environment:

Revolutionary changes are even more unavoidable in connection with the start of changing the balance of nature on the planet, and time is running out.

The definition of the main areas of research for the creation of a new future acquires its completeness only if the research is supported by the specific actions to develop new solutions and the creation of the right conditions for the transition to a new spiral of development.

It’s time to harness the energy that can help humanity to quickly achieve harmony with the new environment. For Russian researchers it means — using the scientific approach to the costs associated with the environment, i.e., to engineering methods and means of environmental protection.

2. Water — the currency of the twenty-first century:

Pollution of water is a threat of the near future, it is necessary to be engaged closely in this direction as key for the future of Russia and providing her global advantages.

The clean water and the Russian technology of its cleaning — the major direction of development and modernization of our country.

Water — the currency of the twenty-first century, and Russia in the process of implementation of the program of “Clean Water” has all of the features not to spend the money and earn them with profits, in the size commensurate with the budget of the state.

3. Relevance:

Water is the only means by which can be collectively solved the major global problems (food, energy crisis, a crisis of health, climate change and the economic crisis)

The increase in reserves of fresh water by desalination of sea and salty water, is aimed at creating a platform for sustainable development of the main spheres of the region economy, including:

• Meet the growing needs of the population in the drinking water and food products

• The development of the agrarian sector with the expansion of irrigated land

• Development of productions for penetration of electric and thermal energy on the basis of fresh water

• The development of the industrial sector in the region on the release to the markets new products from the chemical elements of marine salts.

4. Desalination process issues and their solutions:

Solution to the problems may be at the expense of supply and technical ideas and proposals in the following areas:

1. The use of cheap source of electricity instead of expensive external power supply;

2. The use of cost-effective sea-water desalination technology;

3. The application of the technology for dry salt balance desalination;

4. Formation of business on sale to the industrial enterprises salts extracted from sea and reverse waters or production of a commodity and raw industrial output from salts.

1.1. Criteria of processes discharge “Zero-Discharge Processes”, namely in the following:

Part II.

The fundamental criteria and factors for creating a station for the desalination of large amounts of sea water

1. The criteria for the creation of station process for complex processing of sea water:

• The production of water of varying composition and use

• The production of the chemical products from nonaqueous component of sea water.

Processes should be based on the desalination technologies to ensure a high degree of extraction of water while receiving highly concentrated brines.

When there is no need in the production of salts, minimizing the volume of brine offers the possibility of their discharge to the secure remote from seashores open waters at low cost.

1.2. Criteria of seawater desalination methods efficiency.

Based on the comparative analysis of the data:

• The amount of capital investment per unit of production from sea water

• Unit cost of energy on the production units of products from the sea water

• The degree of extraction of fresh water from sea water

• degree of the secondary brine concentration, followed by obtaining valuable chemicals and mineral salts.

1.3. Criteria of complex environmental operation:

Dumping of concentrated brine into the waters implies a gradual degradation of the coastal and marine flora and fauna, it follows:

• The need to maintain biological productivity coastal waters

• The preservation of the healthy populations of all types of marine organisms in commercial, medical, scientific and educational purposes

2. Integrated solutions, factors:

The main technical and production factors that characterize modern desalination plants, providing the world level:

1.Water as the main target station product, including:
  • drinking water, defined in the standard GOST  
  • technical water supply for power plants  
2.Energy, as the main factor of production processes, including:
  • reduction of specific energy consumption for units production  
  • the extraction and use of energy obtained in the processes and the reactions of the desalination of water  
3.Ecology of the processes as a factor of simple proceedings, including:
  • Provision and removing the nonaqueous chemical elements and their compounds from the water  
  • increasing of ecological safety of complex processing of sea water through the use of closed circuit and extraction of liquid waste,  
  • conversion of wastes in the commercial product  
4.Streams transportation as a factor in ensuring the performance of the station, including:
  • diversion of water from the source and transportation to the station by conduits  
  • diversion of water from the processes, bunkering, transportation and storage in the sink  
  • diversion of non-aqueous compounds from the processes, bunkering, transportation and storage in the sink  
5.An analysis of the activities of the station that characterizes the quality, reliability and level of processes, including:
  • Analysis of the status and quality of products at all stages of cleaning and conversion of water and water solutions  
  • Analysis of the status and parameters of work of the equipment of all the lines and subsystems  
6.Health, as a factor for the health of the population, including: 
  • Production of water, bringing undoubted benefits to human health, biological environment   
  • Supporting and maintaining of favourable conditions of the habitat environment   
7.The monitoring of environmental, as a factor in the protection of natural resources, including: 
  • monitoring and evaluation of the threats and the impact of the station on the environment   
  • protection and the improvement of the status of water resources in the waters of the water intake   

3. The development strategy of the desalination system in regions

3.1. The main objectives and tasks:

The main priority — providing with water resources of branches of economy and the population.

The main task of the desalination of water — to conduct the process with a minimum expenditure of energy and the minimum expenditure on equipment.

The main functions of the desalination and water distribution stations system:

• The desalination of the necessary and sufficient volume of sea water per unit of time;

• Energy efficiency in the processes of the desalination and water purification;

• The establishment of the Guaranteed stock of water in bulk reservoirs of drinking water;

• Water saving in human settlements through realization of the relevant activities;

• The resurgence of the system of irrigated agriculture through realization of the hydroeconomic activities.

3.2. Basic tasks:

The main objectives of the development of water utilities of any city are:

• Accelerated modernization of water management using best practices and innovative technologies — the main measure of prevention of beginning of emergency situations.

• Accelerated modernization of the network in the water supply.

• Growth of the quality of drinking water and sewage water, cleaning,

• Growth of the reliability and efficiency of city water management.

3.3. Requirements:

To meet the sanitary standards in the scale of the city water supply construction must be subjected to the reconstruction and modernization that will provide:

• Full automation of technological process, remote alarm and cancel the need for daily monitoring

• High reliability and low operational costs

• The program realization of different algorithms for different composition of the water supply

• Automatic correction of the algorithm with the reduction of water flow

• The minimum mounting time

• The achievement of 99% quality of drinking water

• Do not reduce the intensity of the water supply in winter time

• The opportunity to work in integrated water supply systems

• The absolute compliance with the environmental requirements at all stages of the technological processing and supply of drinking water.

These requirements are important because the region which compelled to more fully rely on the desalinated water, must be able to withstand the economic competition with other regions, having a more extensive and expensive sources of fresh water.

The existing structure of the processing and supply water is in the system utilities — water services companies, which must be technologically focused on freshwater water from the sea.

Part IV.

Analysis of desalination installations for seawater by using Direct flow II technology

A new method and system concept (technology) of desalination based on the basic principles of hydrodynamics. It is a highly efficient, affordable to manufacture, does not require special maintenance during operation, requires minimum energy costs, has a large operating life.

1. The motivation for application of the new concept:

The motivation for the development and application of a new concept of sea water desalination is:

• reduction of capital investments per unit of desalinated water

• Decrease of energy costs on desalting of unit of initial water

• the use of non-aqueous compounds for the production of commercial products

• Profit from the implementation of the water and the nonaqueous products.

2. The benefits of the new concept:

The proposed technology of integrated processing of large volumes of sea water through the use of special together processes and new conditions of their application and the combination of with each other allows to:

• ensure environmental security through the establishment of a closed scheme without liquid waste

• improve the quality of fresh water by removing from the sea water organic and mineral compounds and salts

• Reduce the cost of fresh water through the simultaneous receipt of the goods in the form of sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, bromine and Bora Bora

• Improve the product cost of drinking water by alternative nonchemical water treatment, based on the so-called “vitalization» of water, which aims to return to her “natural structure” and properties.

3. The Business Model

In view of the extreme expense of desalination plants, monetization of such kind of business can occur on models:

BOT (build-operate-transfer) — the build-operate-transfer». It is carried out construction and operation (generally — on the property right) during an established period then the object is transferred to the state;

ВООТ (Build-own — Operate-Transfer) — «Build-own-operate-transfer». Possession and use of the constructed object on the right of a private property is carried out during a certain term after which the object carries over the state;

Financing is carried out from private, state or private — public funds. At the end the object is transferred to the State.

Use of Direct flow II Technology provides the first opportunity to receive profit through the sale of products:

• High quality drinking water

• Curative sea salt

• the chemical elements extracted from sea water.

Also, due to the low capital costs (in 4-6 times less than with existing methods), the construction of installations / plants can be produced fully at the expense of the investor. Payback period is from 2 to 4 years.

4. The basic technological regulations of the sea water desalination

The following tasks is performed:

Task 1: obtaining a low molecular weight water, ie consisting of 3 -5 water molecules. Technology: dissociation of water molecular entities

Partial activation due to intermolecular friction in a spiral vortex flow of water partial activation due to energy flowing through the electrostatic field partial activation due to energy from the impact of ultra-low frequency ultrasound with a frequency equal to a water molecule

Effect: Partial breakup of hydrogen linkages with other molecules of water and the molecules of chemical elements through the occurrence of the water molecules in the resonance under the influence of activations.

The result: majority of the “short” water molecules are in the total mass

Task 2: Receipt of the “pure” water

Technology: carrying out of nonaqueous educations and molecules from solution. Formation of the microcenters of crystallization using electromagnetic influence. Coagulation of nonaqueous molecules and formations by the “sorption-a desorption” method, i.e. alternating area of low and high pressures (with a high pressure there is “adhesion” of particles) Flotation and carrying out of nonaqueous formations in a stream on its periphery, then removal by a standard method The result: demineralized aqueous solution

Task 3: reduction of “hard” water molecules in the “pure” water

Technical idea: the use of centrifugal forces, ie If the aqueous mixture is passed through a high-speed centrifuge, the centrifugal force will split the lighter or heavier particles to the fibers, where they can be collected.

Big advantage of centrifugation consists in dependence of coefficient of division on an absolute difference in weight, but not in the mass ratio.

Centrifuges work equally well with light and heavy water elements.

The degree of separation is proportional to the square of the speed of rotation to the velocity of the molecules.

The technical concept: removal of “heavy molecules from the volume of the entire mass, and not only from the edge of the flow

Technology: removal of “heavy” molecules of water from the mass.

Water flow division into separate streams of the vortex (analogue — shower), where the “heavy” submitted to the periphery of each of streams, that of increasing productivity in the hundreds and thousands of times Removal of “heavy” from the periphery of each of the total flow streams on the periphery of the periphery of the Department with the presence of “heavy” from the general stream

Results: reduced content of the “heavy” in the flow of water body.

At such technology from water are taken out:

• Mechanical pollution, contaminants and sediments

• The dissolved minerals salt and metals

• The dissolved gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide gas).

5. Return of desalinated water inherent “natural” qualities

5.1. The use of the spiral (turbulence) of water flow

In addition to meeting the quality requirements of the treated water treatment companies, water has a certain “natural structure” on which is based its physico-chemical properties:

• The hydrogen rate (pH), which reflects the concentration of free hydrogen ions in the water

• oxidation-reduction potential (ORP)

water treatment methods for “vitalization” of water based:

• The use of the spiral (turbulence) of water flow, generated by the vortex generator

• with simultaneous processing of a moving magnetic flow external constant or variable magnetic field

The main element of the installation is integrated vortex element — vortex generator, modifying physico-chemical properties and the structure of the processed water flow

They convert the fluid flow from the “vortex-free” to “swirl” and slow it down.

The identified positive characteristics of these instruments include:

• Decrease of water surface tension;

• Changing the PH value,

• Reduction of water treatment time,

• Improvement of the spilled qualities of treated water;

• More long-term water conservation

5.2. Use of magnetic processing

5.2.1. The operating principle of magnetic water treatment devices:

Based on a complex multivariate effects of the magnetic field generated by permanent magnets or electromagnets on to dissolved hydrated metal cations and structure of hydrates and water associates that in the end result affects the changes in the structure of water and hydrated ions, physical and chemical properties and behaviour of dissolved inorganic salts.

from exposure of the magnetic field to water it

• it changes the rate of chemical reactions through the course of competing reactions of dissolution and precipitation of dissolved salts,

• there is a formation and disintegration of colloidal complexes,

• electrochemical coagulation followed by sedimentation and crystallization of salts is improved.

• there is a partial bactericidal action of a magnetic field

These effects in conjunction lead to change of:

• Density of the treated water,

• concentration in the water of oxygen and CO2

• The surface tension, viscosity, PH value and

• dissolve and crystallization of the dissolved in water inorganic salts

5.2.2. Using of Hydromagnetic System (HMS)

From the physical methods most practical applications received magnetic, electromagnetic, ultrasonic.

The principle of operation of such magnetic devices — the magnetic interaction between the metal ions present in water (magnetic resonance) and simultaneously flowing a chemical process of crystallization.

Ferromagnetic particles are dissolved in water by the action of permanent magnets with a very strong magnetic field became electrochemical crystallization centres, linking calcium and magnesium ions, which form the basis of water hardness.

Proposed hydromagnetic system (SMS) is based on the cyclic exposure to water supplied to the heat exchangers by magnetic field with predetermined configuration, generated by high-energy magnet type Nd-R-Fe-Co-Ti-Cu-B> (up to 450K).

6. The concentration of salts:

For concentration of seawater microcomponents can be used a variety of techniques: chemical or electrochemical deposition, solvent extraction, flotation, sorption, membrane and biological concentration, etc.

However, in practice during the work with large volumes of water it is necessary to refuse all those methods which involve use of solutions of any reagents because of need for their huge quantities at once.

Therefore, processes such as precipitation, extraction, flotation, requiring water pretreatment or the introduction of new water, not contained therein substances should be immediately discarded.

The refusal of the industrial use of membrane processes of mucrloelements concentrate from sea water is associated with the low speed of their drip — low mass transfer. In these processes the source water is not polluted, however, the diffusion of water through the osmotic membrane is too slowly.

7. Business Strategy of technologies in Russia:

In contrast to the start-up companies is not expected to be sold as a large company and implement the output to the world market, the size of which has increased full y by own forces.

7.1. Prerequisites for the strategy:

Acute demand for clean water around the world, eliminating the need for large expenditures on advertising and marketing.

Expenses on construction of desalination systems / plants by the Direct flow II technology are repeatedly lower, than by the existing methods.

The profit will be obtained not through the construction of desalinization plants, but through the sale of products of the desalination (water and salt). In this case desalination installations will be owned by us.

In view of the high profitability, small risks (the demand for the “Product”), short-term payback period and low cost, the investment of the construction of the desalination systems will be carried out at the expense of own or borrowed funds.

Because clean water is urgently needed everywhere, and the cost of production provided by the company of the

Russian Federation, the state or private customers will not incur any costs, helping to capture existing markets.

It is expected to use alternative energy sources for power supply that will reduce operating costs (and the cost of water),as well as the dependence on the infrastructure that , in turn, will further expand the market niches.

The expert evaluation of the market of drinking water relate only to the existing methods of desalination, since taking into account only those areas in which such desalination plants system can accommodate and not the real needs in the fresh water. If we consider other consumers, who cannot be served by existing technology but need inexpensive fresh water, it gives at least another 200 Bln. USD

7.2. Factors of an entry into the markets:

Our technology, due to the low power consumption, low price, ease of use, regardless of the level of infrastructure development, allows to take these new niches

(Additional 200 billion. USD), Which are not even considered by existing desalination technologies in view of the unavailable for them.

Also note that there is a huge industrial emissions purification market, especially in developed countries,

• In the first place because of the developed industry

• Secondly because of the stringent requirements to environmental clean of production

• The third because of the impossibility of affordable and effective sewage cleaning (and recycling) by other methods.

8. About deuterium:

When choosing the method of water desalination, attention should be paid to the presence of deuterium in sea water in the form of heavy water D2O.

Sea water contains 130 to 150 grams of deuterium per ton of water.

Heavy water in high concentrations is toxic for the body.

It is necessary to switch to the production of deuterium-depleted water.

Doctors in oncology centres of Russia, Ukraine and Hungary in the beginning of the 1990s have concluded that the decrease in the number of deuterium at 10-35% in tap water, i.e. the 0.015-0.045 in one litre is sufficient for the treatment of patients.

According to the professor. G.D. Berdysheva, even shallow (5% = 0.0075 g per 1 litre of water) purification of water from deuterium can significantly improve it, adding to water immunostimulatory and anti-aging properties.

Part V.

Comparison of technology and a design of water treatment systems

Station 1. Reverse osmosis water purification technology «Reverse Osmosis»

Station 2. Straight-through cyclonic purification and desalination of sea water using physical methods of impact and activation of water “Direct flow II»

7.comparative indicators of water purification systems:

7.1. The main indicators:

Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.The basic volume of desalination per day, m32,0002,000
2.Energy consumption, kw*h/m30.3-0.40.3
3.The price of desalinated water, $/m30.20.1
4.Capital intensity of desalination plant, $/м3 per year5.0-6.01.3

Note: the decrease of deuterium at 10-35% in tap water, i.e. the 0.015-0.045 grams in litre of water.

7.3. The main produced products: №Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.Water and water products:
Normative drinking quality:NoYes
Excessive drinking quality:NoYes
Technical for energy systemsYes, with pre-treatmentYes
medical, wellnessNoYes
2.The complex salt products:
sea medical saltNoYes
Sodium chlorideNoYes
3.Chemical elements:
Calcium, 98%NoYes
Potassium, 98%NoYes
Magnesium, 98%NoYes
Sodium, 98%NoYes
4.Energy:
ThermalNoYes
ElectricalNo

7.4. Key processes of technologies:

Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.Polarization of water molecules in the electric fieldNoYes
2.Activation with wave impactNoYes
3.The dissociation of intermolecular bondsNoYes
4.Crystallisation and coagulation of impuritiesNoYes
5.Impurities filteringYesYes
6.Water flow turbulizationNoYes

7.5. General equipment in the complex:

Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.Grille at the water intakeNoYes
2.Вirt collector for mechanical sediment and impuritiesNoYes
3.The unit for removal of colloidal particlesYesYes
4.The unit for removal of dissolved saltsYes, partiallyYes
5.The unit for disinfection and decontaminationYes, partiallyYes
6.The unit for mineralization of drinking waterNoYes
7.The unit for vitalization of drinking waterNoYes
8.The Unit for drying of salt concentrateNoYes
9.Autonomous power stationNoYes
10.The pump for water rise and supplyNoYes
11.System of the automated controlYesYes
12.The Intermediate capacitiesYesYes
7.6. Dimensions (for 40-foot standard container): Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.External size
Length, mm12,192
Width, mm2,438
Height, mm2,591
2.Internal size
Length, mm12,039
Width, mm2,350
Height, mm2,372
3.The characteristic of parameters and mass:
maximum gross weight, kg28,000
Tare weight, kg4,000
Equipment weight, kg12,000

7.7. Automation of control:

Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.Complete process automationNoYes
2.The Remote AlarmYesYes
3.Need of daily monitoringYesNo
4.Software implementation of various algorithms for different composition of desalinated waterNoYes
5.Automatic correction of process algorithm with changes in volume given the composition of the waterYes, partiallyYes

7.8. General operating characteristics: №

Indicator nameReverse osmosisDirect flow II
1.Contents:
Complete factory readinessYesYes
Factory readiness of the individual unitsYesYes
2.The possibility of scaling:
By volumeYesYes
By quality and compositionNoYes
3.Operating cycles:
undrained vicious cycleNoYes
Duration of operation, years1010
4.The use of chemical reagents:
sedimentation inhibitorsYesNo
Reagents of chemical flushing systemYesNo
5.Power consumption, source:
external100%20%
ownNo80%
6.The use of waste (settlements):
OrganicNoYes, 100%
SaltNoYes
7.Seasonal climatic conditions:
Reducing the intensity in winterYes, partiallyYes
increase in intensity in the summerNoYes
8.Applicability:
In water supply systemsYes, partiallyYes
In the sewerage systemsYes, partiallyYes
in closed circulating systemsYes, partiallyYes
9.The presence of potential and progress in technology:
The presence of technology on water and wastewater treatment plantsYesYes
availability of project organizationsYesYes
availability of manufacturing companiesYesYes
The presence of potential and progress in technology:smallYes
10.Territorial conditions and restrictions:
Minimum occupied space:Hundreds of m2tens of m2
Sanitary-protective zones:YesYes

7.9.Supplemental information

Approximate prices for technological modules of desalination and purification of sea water on a «Forward flow-II».

1. The cost of process modules defined for the manufacture of a single instance.

2. The price includes only the manufacturer of the equipment and does not take into account:

design station for Customer, in relation to the water and Playground

  • transportation, freight, customs
  • • installation, commissioning, personnel training
  • • recycling of sea salt
  • • warranty and service maintenance.

8. Conclusions and recommendations:

On the basis of the requirements and conditions of paragraphs 1 to 6., as well as on the basis of the analysis of the technical -operating parameters of the technologies in paragraph 7, it is necessary to recognize essential providing with the created stations and modules of the following factors:

• Ensuring of long-term and stable operation of desalination and water purification plants;

• prompt service and warranty service of complex systems;

• restore of technological lines operation in emergency situations;

• creation of investment attractiveness of desalination plants for investors and external customers of products;

• Reduce of costs and the expenditure part of the budget sphere of housing on the water.

On the basis of the above it is possible to draw conclusions and to make recommendations:

1. Modules of direct-flow vortex desalination system most suitable for drinking water supply in the housing system and are recommended as “best available technologies «of Russia.

2. Stations of desalting and water purification with technology of the reverse osmosis should be modernized modern technological modules of the preliminary and finishing water treatment with use of vortex technologies.

Justification:

The essence of the problem is that the station with the reverse osmosis system is not working stable because of uneven water feed for desalination, both in quantity and quality of desalinated water. We believe that it is necessary to move from reverse osmosis membrane structures to move mplexes with propulsive vortex movement of water using physical effects and the impact of the wave in the process of desalination and water purification on a large scale.

This position is motivated by the fact that for the reverse osmosis technology contact time with the desalinated water “extruded” through the membrane disproportionately more than the time of the impact of physical or wave factors, close to natural.

In economic terms we reduce at least 20 times the volume of construction — installation work and, accordingly, the production area, decrease the cost of the release of salt concentrates, it is not necessary to impose restrictions on the content of impurities.

The proposed technological solution Direct flow II similar in configuration to the existing stations with reverse osmosis technology will reduce production volume of existing facilities.

 Chief Project Engineer

JSC «Green Mechanics»                                                               V. V. Garmonshchikov

Director of the Technopark А.V. Pokusaev


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