Abstract
Electrodialysis (ED) experiments were carried out on RO brine solutions, saturated with CaSO4 and or silica with the aim to increase their concentrations from 1.5 to 10%, thus reducing both effluent volume and disposal costs. A pilot plant ED unit was built in which the brine circulating through the ED brine cells passed through a separate CaSO4 precipitator containing gypsum seeds. The feed to the ED unit was the brine discharged from the RO unit, which was operating on brackish water from Mashabei-Sadeh. The salt concentration of the ED feed was reduced to 18-20 mN and was then mixed with the RO permeate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 215-227 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Desalination |
| Volume | 242 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2009 |
Keywords
- Brine discharged
- Electrodialysis
- Gypsum seeding
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- General Materials Science
- Water Science and Technology
- Mechanical Engineering