Modern Water Desalination Technologies (RO Desalination)

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
05 Jul 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register
30 Aug 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
13 Dec 2026 Istanbul, Turkey $ 4,500 Register

Modern Water Desalination Technologies (RO Desalination)

Introduction

Water desalination technologies play a crucial role in socio-economic development in a number of countries in the world. Desalinated water is an essential and often the sole, source of freshwater in several of these countries, and rising living standards and high population growth are likely to render desalination a viable option for many areas of the world. Freshwater is rapidly becoming a scarce resource in many countries around the world. Modern desalination technologies, applied to seawater and brackish water, offer effective alternatives in a variety of circumstances. For some countries in the world particularly in the Gulf States they are on the aridest part of the globe and characterized by some of the world's highest population growth rates, would benefit greatly from the adaptation, further development, and wider dissemination of desalination technologies.

Large-scale thermal desalination technologies have been in use since the 1950s. The larger desalination plants have provided fresh water supplies for drinking municipal use and agricultural development, particularly in the Gulf States. In the past, high capital costs and heavy energy consumption generally translated into excessive desalinated water costs. However, advances in technology have helped to drastically reduce capital and running costs as well as energy requirements, rendering desalination more viable an option than ever before.

This seminar is essentially aimed at outlining trends in modern desalination technologies and highlighting the options offered by recent technological advances. The seminar covers available technologies, proposed design improvements, and market potential in the near future. Through case studies, some of their more salient features are examined. Energy demands for both current processes and the newer innovations will be discussed. The seminar will cover both major processes in water desalination, the thermal and the membrane separation.

Objectives

    Upon the successful completion of the seminar, participants will be able to have the knowledge on the following topics:

    • Thermal Desalination Processes
    • Membrane Separation Processes
    • Desalination Econo m ics
    • Strategic Issues In Desalination Technology Capacity Building
    • Renewable Energy Desalination Technologies
    • Recent Trends and Expected Future Developments in Water
    • Desalination Technologies

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Who Should Attend?

This program is aimed at engineers, scientists, and technologists involved in the planning, management and operation of water desalination technology and also for manufacturers, consultants, designers, researchers, and water personnel.

Course Outline

  • Source of feed water.
  • Water desalination main processes:-
  • Reveres Osmosis.  
  • Ion exchange.
  • Electro dialysis.
  • Filtration process:-
  • Micro filtration.
  • Ultra filtration.
  • Nano filtration.
  • Reveres Osmosis.
  • Theory of Reverse Osmosis.
  • Reveres Osmosis Terminology.
  • Definitions-RO Process.
  • Factors and parameters related to RO process.      
  • Membranes configurations and types.
  • Spiral wound membrane.     
  • Fluid dynamics.
  • Reveres Osmosis plant:-
  • Feed water intake system.
  • Pre-treatment system.
  • Desalination system.
  • Post treatment system.
  • Operating data.
  • Operating procedures.    
  • Types of fouling.
  • How to prevent fouling.  
  • Nature of scaling
  • Prevention of scale formation.
  • Chemical cleaning:-
  • Timing for cleaning.
  • Cleaning system.
  • Types of cleaning.
  • Cleaning procedure.
  • Cleaning chemicals.
  • Main equipments & 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

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