Textbook:

1. Seawater Desalination, Andrea Cipollina et.al, Springer 2009
2. Membrane Desalination Technology, Mark Wilf, Balaban publication, 2007

References:

1. Desalting Handbook for Planners, RosTek Associates, Inc., Tampa, Florida, Third Edition
2. Principles of Desalination, K.S. Spiegler and A.D.K. Laird, Academic Press, 1980.
3. Reverse Osmosis, Dow Liquid Separations FILMTEC Reverse Osmosis Membranes Technical Manual, July 2005.
4. The Guidebook to Membrane Desalination Technology, Mark Wilf.

Coordinator:

Thermal Science TAG

Prerequisites by Topics:

1. First and second laws of thermodynamics
2. Thermodynamic cycles and gas-vapor mixture properties.
3. Fundamentals of heat transfer and fluid mechanics.

Objectives[^1]:

1. To teach the students how to apply the fundamentals of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer to analyze, design and/or select power plants cycles and its main components. (1)
2. To teach the student how to analyze the behavior of a desalting system and its components quantitatively in response to the variation of operating and design parameters. (3)
3. To teach the student how to identify the need to combine some types of desalting system to power plants in order to satisfy its need of thermal and/or mechanical energy. (3)
4. To teach the students how to identify and quantify the specifications and trade off of the selection of components which are commonly used in desalting systems. (3, 4)
5. To create the interest of students and help them in pursuing career in desalination (5,8,10).

Topics:

1. Water chemistry
2. Needs for water in Kuwait and other Gulf area
3. Single and multi effect desalting system
4. Multi stage flash desalting system
5. Mechanical vapor compression desalting system
6. Thermal vapor compression system
7. Reverse Osmosis desalting system
8. Hybrid System
9. Comparison of desalting systems from energy consumption and equipment used
10. Co-generation power Desalting Plant.

Evaluation Methods:

1. Quizzes
2. Homework and Computer Assignment
3. Exams
4. Term papers, and reports
5. Computer assignment
6. Project

Learning Outcomes:

Objective 1

1.1 Students will review the basic thermodynamics related to solutions, osmotic pressure, boiling point evaluations.

1.2 Student will study the chemistry of seawater and brackish water and solubility's of different salts.

1.3 Students will study different types of desalting systems, their main characteristics and the limitations of their use and how to rate them.

1.4 Students will know how to apply the availability analysis to locate the major deficiencies in desalting systems and how overcome these de-efficiencies and the technological limitation of doing that.

1.5. Students will review the basics of heat transfer and start practical design to some of components of desalting systems such as evaporators and condenser.

1.6 Students will study selection and performance of fluid machinery such as pumps, and compressor, and water turbines used in desalting systems.

Objective 2

2.1 Students will study how the ambient conditions, and design parameters are affecting the performance (gain ratio, performance) of desalination system.

2.2 Students should be able to write computer programs, or use commercially available programs to study how these parameters are affecting the performance of the desalting systems.

Objective 3

3.1 Students will study the saving resulted from combining power and desalting plants in fixed and running costs.

3.2 Students will learn how to match the equipment.

Objective 4

4.1 Student will look at specifications prepared for different desalting plants prepared by the MoE (MEW), and the information given by the manufacturers of both power, and desalting plant.

Objective 5

5.1 The students will make visits to Kuwaiti power-desalting plants.

5.2 Student will follow the history of desalting seawater and water consumption in Kuwait.

Course Classification

[^1]: Numbers in parentheses refer to the student outcomes.