Water-recovery devices

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A special indirect heat-recovery device is the themosiphon system. The steam produced in the oil cooling section is sent in a closed loop to the oil heating section. The steam will condense there, and the water is returned to the cooling section. 

TDS-79,870, flow rate —5180 4.79 4.0 M 1.124 Seawater RO. Utilises energy recovery (ER) device. 50% product water recovery is higher than normal. 

TDS-99,720, flow rate —4144 4.89 4.5 M 0.96 Utilises energy recovery (ER) device. Higher recovery and feed pressure than Case IV. 60% product water recovery is extremely high, hence high energy consumption. 

Kim, Y., Kang, M.G., Lee, S. et al. (2013) Reduction of energy consumption in seawater reverse osmosis desalination pilot plant by using energy recovery devices. Desalination and Water Treatment, 51 (4-6), 766-771. doi 10.1080/19443994.2012.705549... 

Once the petroleum or solvent is contained, the conventional means of recovery is to recover oil using devices known as skimmers . Skimmers are available in a wide variety of configurations and sizes. They too require extensive manpower to deploy and operate. Often skimmers are unable to recover more than about 10% of the volume of the oil spiU. Often the oil will reach shoreline, from where the oil will be removed if it can cause potential for further water recontamination or damage to the shoreline ecosystem. The cost of shoreline cleanup, the amount of manpower and the time taken to do manual cleanup is often staggering. In the case of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, the total cost of cleanup was 2,000,000,000, most of which was shoreline cleanup and secondarily on-water recovery. 

Mechanical recovery is the most commonly used oil spill response technique. This technique physically removes oil from the water surface, even in the presence of ice [35]. Unlike other cleanup techniques, mechanical recovery can be efficiently applied to treat emulsified oils as well as oils of variable viscosities. A weakness of mechanical cleanup is the recovery rate. It may be very time consuming and expensive when employed on a large scale, and require a large amount of personnel and equipment, and every additional hour of cleanup time can significantly increase the cost of recovery. A more efficient recovery device can thus reduce the cost significantly and reduce the risk of oil reaching the shoreline [31, 36]. 

Recent progress on high-pressure-high-rejection spiral wound (SW) RO elements, combined with proven and innovative energy recovery and pumping devices, has opened new possibUities to reduce investment and operating cost. The progress of RO seawater desalination from a point of view of water recovery is shown in Table 1.4 (Moch, 2000). 

An example of a two-pass/two-stage SWRO plant is the 110,000-m /day Point Lisas facihty in Trinidad. This plant produces high-quality desalinated seawater of TDS concentration of 85 mg/L or less, which is predominantly used for industrial applications. The first pass of the Point Lisas SWRO system consists of six two-stage RO units. Each of the first-stage RO trains uses SWRO membranes and is coupled with energy recovery devices. The second-stage trains of the first pass are equipped with brackish water RO elements. 

Liberman, B. (2002). The importance of energy recovery devices in reverse osmosis desahnation. In The Future of Desalination in Texas, Vol. 2, Technical Papers, Case Studies Desahnation Technology Resources (Report No. 363). Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas. 

The following guidelines for the water recovery based on the feed water total hardness are established for the spiral-wound EDI modules with the central cathode (Table 13.5). Unfortunately, vendors of plate-and-frame EDI devices suggest that the maximum total hardness in the feed to the EDI be limited to 0.5-1 ppm as CaCOs. 

Semiflexible molded polyurethane foams are used in other automotive appHcations, such as instmment panels, dashboards, arm rests, head rests, door liners, and vibrational control devices. An important property of semiflexible foam is low resiHency and low elasticity, which results in a slow rate of recovery after deflection. The isocyanate used in the manufacture of semiflexible foams is PMDI, sometimes used in combination with TDI or TDI prepolymers. Both polyester as well as polyether polyols are used in the production of these water-blown foams. Sometimes integral skin molded foams are produced. 

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