At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Identify process characteristics of various thermal desalination technologies.
• Get familiarized with major systems’ components and design features and requirements of commonly used thermal desalination technologies.
• Understand main process of all water sources.
• Basic water Chemistry.
• Principles of (EDR) system and (RO) system.
• Pre-Treatment and maintenance.
• Understand main process performance parameters of different desalination processes.
• Cost effectiveness of equipment maintenance.
• Practice basic process modeling requirements and available techniques, and perform simplified process performance evaluation.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Source of feed water.

1. Water desalination main processes:-

• Reveres Osmosis.
• Distillation.
• Ion exchange.
• Electro dialysis.

2. Filtration process:-

• Micro filtration.
• Ultra filtration.
• Nano filtration.
• Reveres Osmosis.

3. Theory of reverse Osmosis.
4. Reveres Osmosis terminology.
5. Definitions-RO process.
6. Factors and parameters related to RO process.
7. Membranes:

•  Membranes configurations and types.
• Spiral wound membrane.
• Overview.
• Construction.
• Separation.
• Fluid dynamics.
• Reveres Osmosis plant:-
• Feed water intake system.
• Pre-treatment system.
• Desalination system.
• Post treatment system.
• Operating data.
• Operating procedures.

8. Fouling:-

• Types of fouling.
• How to prevent fouling.

9. Scaling:-

• Nature of scaling
• Prevention of scale formation

10. Chemical cleaning:-

• Timing for cleaning.
• Cleaning system.
• Types of cleaning.
• Cleaning procedure.
• Cleaning chemicals.

11. Main equipment’s & devises are using in water desalination R.O. Plants:-

• Pumps, high pressure pump and centrifugal pump.
• Air compressors and pneumatic valves.
• Meters /flow & quantity.
• PH, cond. & ORP devices

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.