Reverse Osmosis (RO) Desalination Process, Operation and Troubleshooting

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
24 May 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
30 Aug 2026 Jeddah, KSA $ 4,500 Register
13 Dec 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Reverse Osmosis (RO) Desalination Process, Operation and Troubleshooting

Introduction

The course shall present a cradle-to-grave strategy to preserve RO plant function, predict RO plan performance and avoid the failure of RO plant components, and ensure the highest permeate productivity with the best salt rejection.  The course shall assist attendees to understand and manage properly any RO plant with best practice and the most cost-effective method. This should result in maximizing membranes and components life, reducing operating costs, and maintaining productivity and quality.

Objectives

    This is a skill-building course designed to teach participants what is Reverse Osmosis and how does it work, what are the main components of any RO plant, how can you run safely your plant and what are remedy action needs to be taken to restore your plant efficiencies and performance. In addition, the participants shall learn how to operate and maintain their plants in the most cost-effective way.

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?

O & M managers, production managers mechanical & electrical engineers, chemists, RO operators, maintenance engineers, maintenance technicians, QA & QC engineers

Course Outline

  • Source of feed water.
    • Water desalination main processes:-
    •  Reverse Osmosis.
    •  Distillation.
    • Ion exchange.
    •  Electro dialysis.
  • To systematically overview of competencies, their evolution over time and their potential for strategic impact.
  • Filtration process:-
    • Micro filtration.
    •  Ultra filtration. 
    • Nano filtration.
    • Reverse Osmosis.
  • Theory of reverse Osmosis.
  • Reverse Osmosis terminology.
  • Definitions-RO process.
  • Factors and parameters related to RO process.
    Membranes:-
    • Membranes configurations and types.
    • Spiral wound membrane.
    • Overview. 
    • Construction. 
    • Separation. 
    • Fluid dynamics.
  • Reverse Osmosis plant:- Feed water intake system. Pre-treatment system. 
    • Desalination system. 
    • Post treatment system.
    • Operating data.
    •  Operating procedures.
  • Troubleshooting Fouling:-
    • Types of fouling.
    • How to prevent fouling.
  • Scaling:- 
    • Nature of scaling
    • Prevention of scale formation
  • Chemical cleaning:- 
  • Timing for cleaning. 
  • Cleaning system.
  • Types of cleaning. 
  • Cleaning procedure.
  • Cleaning chemicals
  • Main equipments & devices 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.
  • Operation & Maintenance
    •  Introduction to Maintenance Strategy
    •  Operation procedures
    •  Daily parameters recording
    •  Establish KPI’s in your RO plant
    •  Daily parameters monitoring
    •  High Pressure pump problems & maintenance
    •  Energy recovery Device problems & maintenance
    •  Change cartridge filters procedure
    •  Change membranes procedure
    •  Feed Pump maintenance
    •  Submersible pump maintenance
    •  Pump Alignment
    • How to calculate pump & ERD efficiencies
    • RO plant normalization
    • How to predict membranes’ fouling
    •  Brief of RO projection & normalization software
  • Administrative "OJT"
    • How to maintain a proper & accurate daily log report
    •   Housekeeping
    •  Preparation of Material requisitions, work order, etc.
    •  Plant store inventory record, auditing, receiving, issuing
    •  Bi-weekly plan preparation
    •  ISO process

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