NORMALIZATION OF A REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION PLANT

Normalization is a very important procedure to be undertaken in any decision model so as to come up with comparable data which is not restricted by dimensions. Variations of several input parameters such as temperature, pressure feed TDS and membrane recovery ratio affect the standard operations of Reverse Osmosis ( RO) plants which is why data normalization is required. It is necessary to normalize permeate flow rates in order to detect fouling caused by these varying operation conditions. This work seeks to standardize the operations of one of the major desalination plants in South Africa using Dupont powered FilmTec FTNorm reverse osmosis and a nanofiltration operating data normalization excel sheet.