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.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Moran, Yekaterina V.
• Skelly, Justin Louis
• Volpe, Danielle Marie
• Taglieri, Elizabeth Alice

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042710-161430

Advisor

• Plummer, Jeanine D.

Year

• 2010

Date created

• 2010-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright