
Management of Concentrate from Desalination Plants
- 1st Edition - August 15, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Nikolay Voutchkov, Gisela Kaiser
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 0 4 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 0 4 6 - 4
Management of Concentrate from Desalination Plants provides an overview of the alternatives for managing concentrate generated by brackish water and seawater desalination plants, a… Read more

Purchase options

Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteManagement of Concentrate from Desalination Plants provides an overview of the alternatives for managing concentrate generated by brackish water and seawater desalination plants, as well as site-specific factors involved in the selection of the most viable alternative for a given project, and the environmental permitting requirements and studies associated with their implementation. The book focuses on widely used alternatives for disposal of concentrate, including discharge to surface water bodies; disposal to the wastewater collection system; deep well injection; land application; evaporation; and zero liquid discharge.
Direct discharge through new outfall; discharge through existing wastewater treatment plant outfall; and co-disposal with the cooling water of existing coastal power plant are thoroughly described, and design guidance for the use of these concentrate disposal alternatives is presented with engineers and practitioners in the field of desalination in mind. Key advantages, disadvantages, environmental impact issues, and possible solutions are presented for each discharge alternative. Easy-to-use graphs depicting construction costs as a function of concentrate flow rate are provided for all key concentrate management alternatives.
- Gives a critical overview of the latest practices and technological advancements in managing concentrate
- Discusses the relationship between concentrate quality and quantity and other desalination processes
- Provides design and cost guidance information to assist practitioners with the selection and sizing of the most commonly practiced concentrate disposal alternatives
(Post)-graduate students and scientists in academia, chemical engineers specialized in desalination; desalination project planners, designers, and regulators working in the desalination, water reuse, and water treatment industry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction to concentrate management
- Abstract
- 1.1 Current status of desalination
- 1.2 Enabling conditions for desalination
- 1.3 Overview of existing concentrate management practices
- 1.4 Concentrate management regulations
- References
- Chapter 2. Desalination plant discharge characterization
- Abstract
- 2.1 Desalination plant waste streams
- 2.2 Concentrate
- 2.3 Spent pretreatment filter backwash water
- 2.4 Chemical cleaning residuals
- References
- Chapter 3. Surface water discharge of concentrate
- Abstract
- 3.1 New surface water discharge
- 3.2 Potential environmental impacts
- 3.3 Concentrate treatment prior to surface water discharge
- 3.4 Design guidelines for surface water discharges
- 3.5 Costs for new surface water discharge
- 3.6 Codisposal with wastewater effluent
- 3.7 Codisposal with power plant cooling water
- References
- Chapter 4. Case studies for surface water discharge
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Surface water discharge case studies
- References
- Chapter 5. Discharge to sanitary sewer
- Abstract
- 5.1 Description
- 5.2 Potential environmental impacts
- 5.3 Effect on sanitary sewer operations
- 5.4 Effect on wastewater treatment plant operations
- 5.5 Effect on water reuse
- 5.6 Design and configuration guidelines
- 5.7 Costs for sanitary sewer discharge
- References
- Chapter 6. Deep well injection
- Abstract
- 6.1 Description
- 6.2 Potential environmental impacts
- 6.3 Criteria and methods for feasibility assessment
- 6.4 Design and configuration guidelines
- 6.5 Injection well costs
- 6.6 Deep well injection case study
- References
- Chapter 7. Land application
- Abstract
- 7.1 Description
- 7.2 Potential environmental impacts
- 7.3 Criteria and methods for feasibility assessment
- 7.4 Design and configuration guidelines
- 7.5 Land application costs
- References
- Chapter 8. Evaporation ponds
- Abstract
- 8.1 Description
- 8.2 Potential environmental impacts
- 8.3 Criteria and methods for feasibility assessment
- 8.4 Design and configuration guidelines
- 8.5 Evaporation pond costs
- References
- Chapter 9. Zero-liquid discharge concentrate disposal systems
- Abstract
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Disposal system technologies
- 9.3 SWRO systems for increased recovery and brine concentration
- 9.4 Potential environmental impacts
- 9.5 Criteria and methods for feasibility assessment
- 9.6 Design and configuration guidelines
- 9.7 Zero-liquid discharge costs
- 9.8 Case studies
- References
- Chapter 10. Beneficial use of concentrate
- Abstract
- 10.1 Technology overview
- 10.2 Extraction of minerals from concentrate
- 10.3 Feasibility of beneficial reuse
- References
- Chapter 11. Regional concentrate management
- Abstract
- 11.1 Types of regional concentrate management systems
- 11.2 Use of brackish water concentrate in SWRO plants
- 11.3 Joint desalination and reuse
- References
- Chapter 12. Nonconcentrate residuals management
- Abstract
- 12.1 Spent pretreatment backwash water
- 12.2 Chemical cleaning residuals
- Reference
- Chapter 13. Selection of concentrate management approach
- Abstract
- 13.1 Concentrate management alternatives
- 13.2 The future of concentrate management
- 13.3 Concluding remarks
- References
- Appendix 1
- Abbreviations
- Appendix 2
- Units
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 15, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 292
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128180457
- eBook ISBN: 9780128180464
NV
Nikolay Voutchkov
GK