Analysis and simulation of a reverse osmosis unit for producing drinking water in Morocco Online publication date: Wed, 19-Jan-2022
by Maria Benbouzid; Jamal Mabrouki; Mahmoud Hafsi; Driss Dhiba; Souad El Hajjaji
International Journal of Cloud Computing (IJCC), Vol. 10, No. 5/6, 2021
Abstract: To produce freshwater from a surface water located in Middle Atlas of Morocco, reverse osmosis process is used. This surface water has variable quality depending on the seasons, and its average chloride content is about 295 mg/L. The questioning of water quality variation over the seasons, initiated to make several simulations of reverse osmosis system design with two different water qualities. The first quality is characterised by a conductivity of 1,230 μS/cm recorded in winter and the second one is characterised by a conductivity equal to 3,013 μS/cm recorded in summer. The results of those simulations shown a better recovery rate compared with what was initially expected; 88% for the first less salty quality versus 78% for the second quality which was taken into account for the reverse osmosis plant design. This is also reflected in the energy consumption that decreased by 0.09 kWh/m3.
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