APRIL 2017

Process Flow Diagrams

DESALINATION
F L OW S E RV E I N TER N AL CO N FI D EN TI AL

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Experience In Motion
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Schematic diagram of Salt Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant

employing DWEER Energy Recovery Devices (ERD) technology

Recirculation

Dual Media Filtered Cartridge Energy

Filter Seawater Filter Recovery Device
Tank Bypass

Intake 2nd Permeate

Pump Pass Tank
Low- Pump
Pressure ERD Surge
Filtered Feed Booster Tank
Seawater Pump Pump
1st Pass Membrane 2nd Pass Membrane
Backwash
Pump High-Pressure High-Pressure
Feed Pump Pump
Seawater Transfer
Transfer
Flush Pump Pump
Brine Reject Flushing
Pump
Reject
Produced Water Brine
(1st pass)
PERMEATE
Product Water OUT
(2nd pass)
FEED OUT FEED OUT

OSMOSIS OSMOSIS REVERSE OSMOSIS

REVERSE OSMOSIS
APPLIED APPLIED Typical RO membrane
PRESSURE PRESSURE
element structure
OSMOTIC OSMOTIC
PRESSURE PRESSURE

SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE

OUTER WRAP
WATER FLOW DIRECTION
WATER FLOW DIRECTION WATER FLOW DIRECTION
WATER FLOW DIRECTION FEED CHANNEL SPACER
MEMBRANE
PERMEATE COLLECTION
WATER MOVES TO HIGHER WATER MOVES TO HIGHER WITH EXTERNAL PRESSURE ONLY
WITH EXTERNAL PRESSURE ONLY MEMBRANE
ER FRESH WATER
SALT CONTENT SIDE SALT
SALT WATER
CONTENT SIDE SALT WATER FRESH WATER FRESH
WATER WATER
FILTERS THROUGH WATERSALT WATER
FILTERS THROUGH SALT WATER
WITH IMPURITIES WITH IMPURITIES FEED CHANNEL SPACER
PERMEATE COLLECTION TUBE

FEED IN

FEED IN

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SOURCE PUMP

Multistage flash distillation STEAM EJECTION

process diagram

TO OUTFALL

LOW-PRESSURE
STEAM
DEAERATOR

BRINE
HEATER

DISTILLATE PUMP

CONDENSATE
RETURN PUMP FLASH CHAMBER

BRINE CIRCULATION PUMP BLOWDOWN PUMP

Multi-effect distillation
STEAM SUPPLY
process diagram
FEEDWATER TO OUTFALL

1st 2nd 3rd FINAL

EFFECT EFFECT EFFECT EFFECT
SOURCE PUMP
FLASH
VESSEL

BRINE BLOWDOWN
PUMP

FINAL
CONDENSER DISTILLATE
CONDENSATE PUMP PUMP

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Basic SWRO process diagram

PRETREATMENT REVERSE OSMOSIS

POST-TREATMENT TO
INTAKE SCREENING FILTERS DRINKING WATER STANDARD
FACILITY

DRINKING WATER
SUPPLY TANK

INTAKE TUNNEL
OUTLET TUNNEL

SEAWATER
CONCENTRATE OUTLET

SEAWATER
INTAKE
SEAWATER CONCENTRATE IS SAFELY RETURNED TO THE OCEAN

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REJEC
LIN

HIGH-P
FEED LP PUMP
MOTOR MEMBRANE
FEED HP THROTTLE
BRINE HP VALVE
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PERMEATE FROM
FROM
CARTRIDGE
CARTRIDGE FILTERS
FLOWSERVE PRODUCTS
FILTERS
HIGH-PRESSURE
HIGH-PRESSURE PERMEATE FEED PUMP
Main energy recovery technologies in schematic layout FEED PUMP

ENERGY RECOVERY TURBINE TURBO CH

FEED LP

Isobaric Chamber (IC)

FEED HP
BRINE HP MEMBRANES
BRINE LP FLUSH
PERMEATE
FLOWSERVE PRODUCTS BYPASS
PERMEATE
FLUSHING PUMP
DUAL MEDIA FILTERED CARTRIDGE PERMEATE
FILTER SEAWATER TANK FILTER 1st PASS MEMBRANE 2nd PASS MEMBRANE TANK
HIGH-PRESSURE
FEED PUMPS

HIGH-PRESSURE
HIGH-PRESSURE
HIGH-PRESSURE SURGE TANK FEED PUMP
INTAKE PUMP FEED PUMP
FEED PUMP

BRINE
FILTERED
SEAWATER PUMP ERD BOOSTER TRANSFER
FROM RECIRCULATING
PUMP TRANSFER PUMP WORK EXCHANGE VESSELS FROM RECIRCULATING
REJECT PUMP CARTRIDGE PUMP
BACKWASH PUMP LOW-PRESSURE BRINE CARTRIDGE PUMP
FEED BOOSTER PUMP
FILTERS REJECT
BRINE FILTERS
ENERGY RECOVERY LOW-PRESSURE
REJECT
BRINE
DEVICE
FEED BOOSTER PUMP LOW-PRESSURE
FEED BOOSTER PUMP

ISOBARIC (DWEER)
ISOBARIC (DWEER

MEMBRANES
TURBINE
TURBINE NOZZLE VALVE

HIGH-PRESSURE
Energy Recovery Turbine (ERT)

REJECTED

FEED
REJECT

LINE
DUAL MEDIA
FILTER
FILTERED
SEAWATER TANK
CARTRIDGE
FILTER
ENERGY RECOVERY SURGE TANK BRINE
TURBINE

2nd PASS MEMBRANE FEED LP PERMEATE

TANK
PUMP
MOTOR MEMBRANE
FEED HP THROTTLE
INTAKE PUMP
MOTOR

1st PASS MEMBRANE

BRINE HP VALVE REJECT
FILTERED
SEAWATER PUMP
HIGH-PRESSURE
FEED PUMP BRINE LP FROM BRINE
HIGH-PRESSURE
PERMEATE FROM CARTRIDGE
FEED PUMP
FLUSH
CARTRIDGE TURBO
BACKWASH PUMP HIGH-PRESSURE
FLOWSERVE
TRANSFER
PRODUCTS FILTERS
FEED BOOSTER PUMP TRANSFER
PUMP
PUMP

FILTERS CHARGER
REJECT HIGH-PRESSURE
PERMEATE
FEED LP FLUSHING
FEED HP
BRINE HP
BRINE PUMP
HIGH-PRESSURE FEED PUMP
BRINE LP
PERMEATE
FEED PUMP
FLOWSERVE PRODUCTS

ENERGY RECOVERY TURBINE TURBO CHARGER

MEMBRANES
MEMBRANES MEMBRA
TURBINE PERMEATE
NOZZLE VALVE PERMEATE
Turbocharger (TC) TURBINE

HIGH-PRESSURE
SURGE TANK
REJECTED

FILTERED CARTRIDGE
HIGH-PRESSURE

FEED
DUAL MEDIA
SEAWATER TANK FILTER REJECT
FILTER
HIGH-PRESSURE
LINE

1stBRINE
PASS MEMBRANE 2nd PASS MEMBRANE
FEED PUMP
PERMEATE
TANK
FEED PUMP
FEED LP PUMP
FEED HP
MOTOR FROM RECIRCULATING
MEMBRANE
INTAKE PUMP HIGH-PRESSURE
THROTTLE WORK EXCHANGE VESSELS FROM RECIRCULATING
FILTERED
FEED PUMP
CARTRIDGE PUMP
BRINE HP SEAWATER PUMP VALVE REJECTCARTRIDGE PUMP
TURBO FILTERS FROM REJECT BRINE FILTERS
BRINE LP HIGH-PRESSURE CHARGER FLUSH
BACKWASH PUMP FEED PUMP
FROM LOW-PRESSURE
TRANSFER
CARTRIDGE BRINE WORK EXCHANG
PERMEATE TRANSFER PUMP
TURBO
CARTRIDGE
PUMP
FEED BOOSTER PUMP FILTERS LOW-PRESSURE
FLOWSERVE
FEED LP
PRODUCTS REJECT
CHARGER
FEED HP
BRINE HP FILTERS
BRINE FLUSHING
PUMP FEED BOOSTER PUMP
BRINE LP HIGH-PRESSURE
PERMEATE
HIGH-PRESSURE PERMEATE FEED PUMP
FLOWSERVE PRODUCTS
ISOBARIC (DWEER)
FEED PUMP ISOBARIC (DWEER)
ENERGY RECOVERY TURBINE TURBO CHARGER

MEMBRANES
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PERMEATE
PERMEATE
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Schematic of SWRO process employing DWEER energy recovery device

FEED LP
FEED HP
BRINE HP
BRINE LP FLUSH
PERMEATE
FLOWSERVE PRODUCTS BYPASS
FLUSHING PUMP
DUAL MEDIA FILTERED CARTRIDGE PERMEATE
FILTER SEAWATER TANK FILTER 1st PASS MEMBRANE 2nd PASS MEMBRANE TANK
HIGH-PRESSURE
FEED PUMPS

BRINE
HIGH-PRESSURE SURGE TANK
INTAKE PUMP FEED PUMP

FILTERED
SEAWATER PUMP TRANSFER
TRANSFER PUMP
ERD BOOSTER REJECTED PUMP
BACKWASH PUMP LOW-PRESSURE PUMP BRINE
FEED BOOSTER PUMP
ENERGY RECOVERY
DEVICE
REJECTED
BRINE

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Simplified cross-section of a DWEER system in operation

Check
Valves LinX™
Vessel Piston

IMPORTANT: DWEER operating principles are difficult to understand without strong visual reference. A helpful animation describing these principles is
available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaKYbHwv4k4.

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