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What is the cost of setting up desalination plant?

Cost of course depends on capacity and desalination method. Shoaiba Desalination Plant, Saudi Arabia, uses MSF Flash technology with a total output capcity of 128 million gallons per day. Cost 1.6 billion $US.


What are the cons of thermal desalination?

Advantages· Distillation offers significant savings in operational and maintenance costs compared with other desalination technologies. · In most cases, distillation does not require the addition of chemicals or water softening agents to pretreat feedwater.· Low temperature distillation plants are energy-efficient and cost-effective to operate.· Many plants are fully automated and require a limited number of personnel to operate.· Distillation has minimal environmental impacts, although brine disposal must be considered in the plant design.· The technology produces high-quality water, in some cases having less than 10 mg/1 of total dissolved solids.· Distillation can be combined with other processes, such as using heat energy from an electric-power generation plant.Disadvantages· Some distillation processes are energy-intensive, particularly the large-capacity plants. «Disposal of the brine is a problem in many regions. · The distillation process, particularly MSF distillation, is very costly.· Distillation requires a high level of technical knowledge to design and operate.· The technology requires the use of chemical products, such as acids, that need special handling.


What is calcium carbonate scale and calcium sulphate scale in desalination plant?

Scale formation represents a major operational problem encountered in thermal desalination plants. Scale may form because of the composition of the make-up, but mostly develops as a result of further change occurring during evaporation. Scale formation is mainly caused by crystallization of alkaline scales, e.g., CaCO3 and Mg(OH)2 and non-alkaline scale, e.g., CaSO4. The formation of CaCO3 scale strongly depends on temperature, pH, and the release rate of CO2 as well as on the concentrations of HCO3-, CO32-, Ca2+, and Mg2+ ions. Scaling in industrial processes is affected by the following factors: (i) bulk variables and composition, i.e. CaCO3 precipitation potential, pH buffering capacity, chloride and sulfate concentrations and concentration of dissolved oxygen, (ii) thermal effect, i.e. heat flux, surface temperature and bulk temperature, (iii) flow field, i.e. velocity of flow and solid/liquid interface conditions and (iv) substrate properties, i.e. materials properties and surface conditions.In previous works, Al-Rawajfeh et al. [1-3] have modeled the CO2 release rates in multiple-effect distillers (MED)distillers. This model did not account for the deposition of alkaline scale and its effect on CO2 release rates. Calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide were assumed to precipitate at negligible rates. Recently, Al-Rawajfeh [4,5] developed a model to simulate the simultaneous release of CO2 with the deposition of CaCO3 and investigated their mutual release-deposition relationship in MED [4] and in the flash chambers in MSF distillers [5]. The influence of CO2 injection on the carbonate chemistry and the scale formation were also studied [6]. The model begin to calculate the CaCO3-Mg(OH)2 (alkaline) scale in the brine chambers, because part of the scale is deposited there and will be reduced from the total scale precipitate or reduce the ions available to precipitate CaSO4 scale inside the tubes when it is recycled with the make-up. Details on the CO2 release and alkaline scale modeling can be found in previous works [1-6].REFERENCES[1] Al-Rawajfeh, A. E., Glade, H., Ulrich, J., CO2 release in multiple-effect distillers Controlled by mass transfer with chemical reaction. Desalination, vol. 156, PP. 109-123, 2003.[2] Al-Rawajfeh, A. E., Glade, H., Qiblawey, H. M., Ulrich, J., Simulation of CO2 release in multiple-effect distillers. Desalination, vol. 166, PP. 41-52, 2004.[3] Al-Rawajfeh, A. E., Glade, H., Ulrich, J., Scaling in multiple-effect distillers: the role of CO2 release. Desalination, vol. 182, PP. 209-219, 2005.[4] Al-Rawajfeh, A.E., Modelling of Alkaline Scale Formation in Falling-Film Horizontal-Tubes Multiple-Effect Distillers. Desalination, vol. 205, PP. 124-139, 2007.[5] Al-Rawajfeh, A.E., Simultaneous desorption-crystallization of CO2- CaCO3 in multistage flash (MSF) distillers. Chem. Eng. Proc., Proc. Inten., vol. 47, PP. 2262-2269, 2008.[6] Al-Rawajfeh, A.E., Al-Amaireh, M. N., The influence of CO2 injection on the carbonate chemistry and scaling in multiple-effect distillers. Desalination & Water Treat., vol. 7, PP. 191-197, 2009.


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What is the cost of setting up desalination plant?

Cost of course depends on capacity and desalination method. Shoaiba Desalination Plant, Saudi Arabia, uses MSF Flash technology with a total output capcity of 128 million gallons per day. Cost 1.6 billion $US.


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MSF in the United States instruct people on what source of road safety?

The MSF mainly instruct people on the safety to do with motorcycles, such as the risks while driving on and off roads, and the proper gear that should be used while riding.


What is marginal standing facility?

MSF is the rate at which banks can borrow overnight from RBI.This was introduced in the monetary policy of RBI for the year 2011-2012. The MSF is pegged 100bps or a % above the repo rate. Banks can borrow funds through MSF when there is a considerable shortfall of liquidity. This measure has been introduced by RBI to regulate short-term asset liability mismatches more effectively


What is marginal standing facility rate?

MSF is the rate at which banks can borrow overnight from RBI.This was introduced in the monetary policy of RBI for the year 2011-2012. The MSF is pegged 100bps or a % above the repo rate. Banks can borrow funds through MSF when there is a considerable shortfall of liquidity. This measure has been introduced by RBI to regulate short-term asset liability mismatches more effectively


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