Title page for E-project-042710-161430

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2010-04-27

Authors
Yekaterina V Moran, EV
Elizabeth Alice Schreiber, CE
Justin Skelly, jskell24@WPI.EDU, EV
Danielle M Volpe, EV

URN E-project-042710-161430

Title Green Reverse Osmosis Pretreatment for Shipboard Desalination

Advisor
Plummer, Jeanine D., CE

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
This project was part of an Environmental Design Contest. The task was to design a full-scale, low maintenance, low footprint, energy efficient, and reliable pretreatment system for reverse osmosis membranes used for seawater desalination on ships. Alternative technologies were tested at the bench-scale. Turbidity and organic carbon, as measures of fouling potential, were the main parameters for evaluating pretreatment effectiveness. A dual media filter followed by a cartridge filter provided the best treatment and the lowest cost.

Files
GreenReverseOsmosisPretreatment.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2010-04-27
Authors	Yekaterina V Moran, EV Elizabeth Alice Schreiber, CE Justin Skelly, jskell24@WPI.EDU, EV Danielle M Volpe, EV
URN	E-project-042710-161430
Title	Green Reverse Osmosis Pretreatment for Shipboard Desalination
Advisor	Plummer, Jeanine D., CE
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This project was part of an Environmental Design Contest. The task was to design a full-scale, low maintenance, low footprint, energy efficient, and reliable pretreatment system for reverse osmosis membranes used for seawater desalination on ships. Alternative technologies were tested at the bench-scale. Turbidity and organic carbon, as measures of fouling potential, were the main parameters for evaluating pretreatment effectiveness. A dual media filter followed by a cartridge filter provided the best treatment and the lowest cost.
Files	GreenReverseOsmosisPretreatment.pdf