Looking to design a pre-treatment step to remove silica for a RO desalination plant, but need a good idea of the flow rate to such a plant.
2007-01-15 05:26:55 · 1 answers · asked by Jesse B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
One estimate that I have from the City of Moscow says that for a 200,000 person town, you would need about 14 million gallons/day of water. Is this reasonable?
2007-01-15 05:46:36 · update #1
The flow rate of a reverse osmosis plant will vary according to requirements. One vendor with a range of equipments sizes and duties is: http://www.zenon.com/products/packaged_systems/RO/ZenoRO/
Edited Comment in response to further details: I imagine that requirements for municipal water when this is expensive (as desalinated water will be) will be less and building regulations will be particularly stringent in terms of conservation of water. Sorry this doesn't help you greatly but I imagine that a ballpark figure only will be ascertainable unless you have specific information for a particular place. I know that sea water desalination is widely used in the United Arab Emirates (for example Abu Dhabi) and you may find some facts and figures on the web.
2007-01-15 05:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋