Innovating desalination plant design with power isolated operation by means of a photovoltaic farm. The development of this project will allow the supply of north-eastern population in Saudi Arabia. The building design includes bioclimatic technology in order to decrease possible climate adverse effects
Desalination plant 30.000 m3/d expandable to 60.000 m3/d
Saudi Arabia
Year
2012
Summary
Category
Seawater
Use
Human Consumption
Scope
Basic engineering
Detailed engineering
Detailed engineering
Capacity
30.000 m3/d
(expandable to 60.000 m3/d)
Intake
Open with intake tower. Intake pipe length of 6.000 m. Designed for 60.000 m3/d capacity
Discharge
Shared with existing treatment plant
Pre-Treatment
Jellyfish protection system
DAF - Dissolved air flotation
Double stage mixed layer closed filtration
Cartridge filters security filtration
First and second pass antiscalant dosage
Sodium hypochlorite generation system. Intake shock dosage.
Sodium bisulphite dosage
Coagulant dosage
Second pass sodium hydroxide dosage
DAF - Dissolved air flotation
Double stage mixed layer closed filtration
Cartridge filters security filtration
First and second pass antiscalant dosage
Sodium hypochlorite generation system. Intake shock dosage.
Sodium bisulphite dosage
Coagulant dosage
Second pass sodium hydroxide dosage
RO Process
Six trains in first pass and three trains in second pass with split partial configuration
Twelve trains in first pass and six trains in second pass (expansion)
Twelve trains in first pass and six trains in second pass (expansion)
Energy Recovery
Isobaric exchanger
Post-Treatment
CO2 in-line dosage
Lime saturators
Chlorine gas dosage
Lime saturators
Chlorine gas dosage
Automation and control
DCS (Distributed control System)
Automatic plant regulation based on available solar power
Automatic plant regulation based on available solar power
Auxiliary systems
Reverse osmosis flushing and chemical cleaning system
Filter cleaning system
Filter cleaning system
