DRFM hybrid model to optimize energy performance of pre-treatment depth filters in desalination facilities

• Main Authors: Chew, Alvin Wei Ze, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Energy Performance; Granular Pre-treatment Rapid Filtration; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88665; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48331
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rapid depth filtration is the dominant pre-treatment technology in seawater desalination industry today. Optimizing the pre-treatment filter’s energy performance provides economies of scale in the total energy usage of desalination facilities on a broader sense. However, this objective remains diffi...