ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE SYSTEM

IMPROVEMENT

BY GLORIA MUÑOZ
 MMF & CAF
CLARIFICATION SYSTEM CLARIFIED
RO reject WATER
Filter Backwash
Power block drainage
RO chemical cleaning
GT water wash

BALANCE PIT
RO ZERO LIQUID
DISCHARGE

PERMEATE
FLOW REJECT

FILTER PRESS

DRY SLUDGE → GEN

 EVAPORATOR & CRYSTALLIZER
DISTILLED FLOW
FROM RO REJECTION
(CONCENTRATED WATER)

EVAPORATORS CONCENTRATE DISCHARGE

FROM EVAPORATORS
CRYSTALLIZER

TK- 11 TK-12 CRYSTALS

(CONCENTRATED WATER PUMPS) SUPERCONCENTRATE
TANK
CLARIFICATION SYSTEM
• ACCORDING WITH DESIGN 25 M3/HR SHOULD BE TREATED.
• CLARIFICATION SYSTEM REMOVES TOTAL SOLIDS DISSOLVED BY CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION :
• MgCl2, NaOH, Al2(SO3)4 , HCl, Ca(OH)2

Balance pit Water Clarifier Water

pH= 8.5-9 pH= 7.5-8
Total Hardness = 100-150 Total Hardness =30-70ppm
ppm
Silica <20ppm
Silica = 40-90 ppm
BEFORE IMPROVEMENT
AFTER IMPROVEMENT
+FLOCCULANT INJECTION IMPLEMENTATION

+ ELIMINATION OF CALCIUM HYDROXIDE

+ SYSTEM CAN OPERATES CONTINOUSLY AND

MORE WATER IS TREAT BY HOUR

+ REDUCE RISK OF RO MEMBRANE DAMAGE

DUE TO HIGH TDS, NTU, AL+++

+ LESS USE OF OTHER CHEMICALS

+DURING WINTER SEASON ONLY FLOCCULANT

COULD HELP TO REMOVE TURBIDITY, AVOIDING
THE USE OF OTHER CHEMICALS.
 REVERSE OSMOSIS ZLD IMPROVEMENT

• MAIN PURPOSE OF ROZLD IMPROVEMENT IS TO REDUCE REJECT FLOW IN ORDER TO BE

TREATED BY EVAPORATOR.
• IN 2019, WTP AUDIT FOUND THAT ROZLD HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS:
- SEA WATER MEMBRANE WAS WORKING BAD ACCORDING WITH HYDRANAUTICS
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION.
WITH HYDRANAUTICS SOFTWARE, IT WAS FOUND THAT SEA WATER MEMBRANE SHOULD WORK
WITH MORE FEED WATER FLOW AND MORE PRESSURE.
-PERMEATE FLOW OF SECOND STAGE WAS CROSSFLOW (PROBLEM IN ALL RO´S)
• MODIFICATIONS:

-CHANGE BOOSTER PUMP FOR TWO PUMPS IN ORDER TO FEED SEA WATER MEMBRANE WITH
35BAR
-CHANGE PRESSURE VESSEL FOR APPROPIATE PRESSURE
-CHANGE PERMEATE FLOW OF SECOND STAGE.
-
 EVAPORATORS
• FOR FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS, ZLD SYSTEM IS WORKING WITH COMPLETE CYCLE.
• WITH APPROPIATE MAINTENACE EVAPORATORS AND CRYSTALLIZER ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
• FOR EVAPORATORS ONLY DISPERSANT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN THE FEED WATER IN ORDER TO
MAINTAIN HEAT EXCHANGER MORE CLEANER THAN BEFORE (CL-4704)
 CRYSTALLIZER
• OPERATION CYCLE AROUND 3 OR 5 DAYS.
• OPERATION OF BOTH CRYSTALLIZER COULD BE EXPENSIVE AND IT WILL DEPENDS ON DM AND
OSMOSED WATER CONSUMPTION.
• POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT=➔ BIGGER TANK OF SUPERCONCENTRATED WATER.
• IMPROVE DISCHARGE LINE FROM TK-12 TO CRYSTALLIZER, VERY COMMON IT GET CLOGGED.
 PENDING THING FOR IMPROVEMENT
• DURING WINTER TIME, CHEMICALS TO TURBOMIXER COULD BE DECREASE DUE TO WATER QUALITY.
• MAINTENANCE TO TURBOMIXER
• LOAD TEST OF TURBOMIXER MOTOR, INCREASE RPM AND CHECK MOTOR PERFORMANCE.
• MAINTENANCE TO CLARIFIER TANK

• MULTIMEDIA FILTERS AND CARBON ACTIVATED MAINTENANCE

• REESTABLISH ACID INJECTION TO CONCENTRATE WATER TANK
• IMPROVE DISCHARGE AND CLEANING TIME OF CRYSTALLIZER (AT LEAST TWO HOURS).
• IMPROVE OPERATION & MAINTENACE FOR EVAPORATORS AND CRYSTALLIZER(VWS QUOTATION)
• INSTALL FLOCCULANTION INJECTION SYSTEM