course | Best Practices Operation & Troubleshooting of RO Plant Process
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MEC-1472 | Best Practices Operation & Troubleshooting of RO Plant Process
Course Sector : Mechanical Engineering
| Duration | Date from | Date to | Course Venue | Course fees | Book a course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Days | 2025-06-16 | 2025-06-20 | Abu Dhabi | $4,250 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 2025-09-08 | 2025-09-12 | Istanbul | $4,950 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-26 | Dubai | $4,250 | Book now |
Course Introduction
Since the development of the first practical cellulose acetate membranes in the early 1960’s and the subsequent development of thin-film, composite membranes, the uses of reverse osmosis have expanded to include not only the traditional desalination process but also a wide variety of wastewater treatment applications. In addition, RO systems can replace or be used in conjunction with others treatment processes such as Oxidation, Adsorption, Stripping, or Biological Treatment (as well as many others) to produce a high quality product water that can be reused or discharged.
To understand how Reverse Osmosis works, it helps to understand the process of osmosis which is ubiquitous in nature. When two solutions having different dissolved mineral concentrations are separated by a semi-permeable membrane, water flows from the less concentrated solution to the more concentrated solution.
The course shall present a strategy to preserve RO Plant function, Predict RO Plant Performance and avoid the Failure of RO Plant Components, and ensure the highest Permeate Productivity with the best salt rejection. It shall assist attendees to understand and manage properly any RO Plant with best practice and most cost effective method. This should result in maximizing membranes and components life, reducing operating cost and maintaining productivity and quality.
Course objective
• Understand and Specify Water Quality.
• Different Membrane Configurations used for Membrane Filtration (MF & UF) and RO Applications.
• Understand Osmosis & Reverse Osmosis
• Understand RO Principles of Operations.
• RO Plant Configuration System.
• Control Scaling, Fouling and Chemical attack by using appropriate Pretreatment Technologies
• Start Up, Shutdown & Daily Operation Instructions
• Reverse Osmosis Preventive Maintenance
• Reverse Osmosis Membranes Cleaning
Course Outline | 01 DAY ONE
Module (01) Water Sources
- 1.1 Open Intake Sea Water
- 1.2 High, Medium, Low Brackish Water
- 1.3 Surface Water
- 1.4 Municipal Water
Module (02) Water Basics
- 2.1 Water Make up
- 2.2 Interpreting Water Analysis
- 2.3 Water Biology
- 2.4 Suspended Solids, Turbidity and SDI
- 2.5 Special Situations, Iron, Manganese and Aluminum
Course Outline | 02 DAY TWO
Module (03) Membranes Configurations
- 3.1 Difference between Cross flow & Depth Flow
- 3.2 Microfiltration
- 3.3 Ultrafiltration
- 3.4 Reverse Osmosis
- 3.5 Membranes Pore Size
- 3.6 Membranes Materials & Structure
- 3.7 Reverse Osmosis Definitions
- 3.8 Factors Affecting RO performance
Module (04) RO Plant Configuration
- 4.1 Pretreatment System Components
- 4.2 ROMAS (Reverse Osmosis Membrane Assembly)
- 4.3 Post Treatment System
- 4.4 Orientation to R.O Plant" RO Equipment’s"
- 4.5 Instrumentation
- 4.6 Corrosion Control
- 4.7 Flush/ Cleaning System
- 4.8 Feed Water Specs
- 4.9 Alarms and Protections
Course Outline | 03 DAY THREE
Module (05) RO Plant Operation
- 5.1 Start Up
- 5.2 RO Shutdown
- 5.3 Daily Operation Instructions
- 5.4 Chemicals Preparation
- 5.5 Back Wash Process
- 5.6 Cartridge Filters Replacement
- 5.7 Membrane Flow & Probe Test
- 5.8 Membrane Replacement
- 5.9 SDI Test
Module (06) RO Plant Technical Techniques
- 6.1 Unit’s conversion
- 6.2 Net Driving Pressure NDP
- 6.3 HPP & ERT Efficiency Calculations
- 6.4 Recovery Calculations
- 6.5 Membranes Performance
- 6.6 Pump Selection" dozing, feed, etc"
- 6.7 Proper Installation of Flow Meters
Course Outline | 04 DAY FOUR
Module (07) RO Plant Maintenance
- 7.1 Preventive Maintenance
- 7.2 Condition Monitoring for Equipment
- 7.3 High pressure Pump & Motor
- 7.4 Membranes
- 7.5 Pressure Vessels
- 7.6 Feed/ Sea Water Intake / Flushing Pumps
- 7.7 Pump /Motors Replacement & Alignment
- 7.8 Equipment’s Lubrication
Module (08) RO Plant Administrative
- 8.1 Daily Log Report
- 8.2 Weekly Trending
- 8.3 Monthly Monitoring
- 8.4 Performance Trends
- 8.5 Housekeeping
Course Outline | 05 DAY FIVE
Module (09) Troubleshooting RO & NF Systems
- 9.1 Importance of Record Keeping
- 9.2 General Rule of Troubleshooting
- 9.3 Signs of Trouble
- 9.4 Causes and Corrective Measures
- 9.5 Taking the Total System Approach
Module (10) Cleaning RO and NF Membrane Elements
- 10.1 Introductory Remarks
- 10.2 Defining a Foulant and Scalant
- 10.3 pH and Temperature Limits
- 10.4 FT30 Resistance to Cleaning Agents
- 10.5 Cleaning System
- 10.6 Chemical Attack
- 10.7 Permeate Back Pressure
- 10.8 The Cleaning Process
- 10.9 Permeate Back Pressure
- 10.10 Cleaning Process
BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”
BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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