Optimization of integrated water and multiregenerator membrane systems

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dc.contributor.authorAbass, Musah
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T07:04:24Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T07:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering), September 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWater and energy are key resources in the process industry. The water-energy nexus considers the interdependence of water and energy resources and their effect on the environment. The increasing awareness of environmental regulations has heightened the need for process integration techniques that are environmentally benign and economically feasible. Process integration techniques within water network synthesis require a holistic approach for the sustainable use of water through reuse and recycle and regeneration reuse and recycle. Conventional methods for water minimisation through water network synthesis often use the “black-box” approach to represent the performance of the regenerators. The degree of contaminant removal and cost of regeneration are represented by linear functions. This, therefore, leads to suboptimal operating conditions and inaccurate cost representation of the regeneration units. This work proposes a robust water network superstructure optimisation approach for the synthesis of a multi-regenerator network for the simultaneous minimisation of water and energy. Two types of membrane regenerators are considered for this work, namely, electrodialysis and reverse osmosis. Detailed models of the regeneration units are embedded into the water network superstructure optimisation model to simultaneously minimise water, energy, operating and capital costs. The presence of continuous and integer variables, as well as nonlinear constraints renders the problem a mixed integer nonlinear program (MINLP). The developed model is applied to two illustrative examples involving a single contaminant and multiple contaminants and one industrial case study of a power utility plant involving a single contaminant to demonstrate its applicability. The application of the model to the single contaminant illustrative example lead to a 43.7% freshwater reduction, 50.9% decrease in wastewater generation and 46% savings in total water network cost. The multi-contaminant illustrative example showed 11.6% freshwater savings, 15.3% wastewater reduction, 57.3% savings in regeneration and energy cost compared to the water network superstructure with “black-box” regeneration model. The industrial case study showed a savings of up to 18.7% freshwater consumption, 82.4% wastewater reduction and up to 17% savings on total water network cost.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2018en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (various pagings)
dc.identifier.citationAbass, Musah, (2017) Optimization of integrated water and multiregenerator membrane systems, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24962.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/24962
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSaline water conversion--Electrodialysis process--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshUltrafiltration
dc.subject.lcshSaline water conversion--Reverse osmosis process
dc.titleOptimization of integrated water and multiregenerator membrane systemsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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