تحلية ومعالجة المياه Desalination and Water Treatment

Desalination and Water Treatment
Topics to be covered through the semester
 

No	Topics	wks
1	Introduction (Water problem in Saudi Arabia, water characteristics, seawater chemistry: (composition, salinity, alkalinity, gases dissolved), brackish water, desalination terminology).	2
2	General Description of Water Treatment Processes	1
3	Scale Formation and Prevention(definition of scales, main scale component, factors affecting scaling, scale control methods, scale cleaning methods	2
4	Water Hardness and Chemical Processes for Hardness Removal	2
5	Desalination Processes and Methods of Classifications (Technical comparison between various processes).	1
6	Thermal Desalination Processes (Flash distillation, multiple effect distillation (MED), multistage flash distillation (MSF), vapor compression (VC), combination distillation, solar distillation).	3
7	Membrane Processes (Electrodialysis (ED), reverse osmosis (RO)).	3
8	General Engineering Considerations (Cost estimation of desalination processes, minimum energy requirements, waste brine disposal, de-carbonation and de-aeration).	1

Specific instructional goals: 
1. Understanding of the water chemistry.
2. Describing various desalination process flow sheets.
3. Using material and energy balances to describe desalination processes.