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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Performance Evaluation of SWRO Desalination Plant at Skikda (Algeria)
Authors : F. Ammour, R. Chekroud, S. Houli, A. Kettab
Published in: Exergy for A Better Environment and Improved Sustainability 2
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Facing the major problem of water shortage, desalination is a strategic option for Algeria, which has implemented an ambitious program of desalination of seawater with a production capacity of 2260 million m3 (Metiche, Desalin Water Treat 14: 259–264, 2010).
The desalination plant at Skikda, with a capacity of 100,000 m3/day, was initially operated in 2009 and is part of a large program that includes 13 seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants, with various capacities.
However, the construction of desalination plants is inevitably associated with an environmental catastrophe caused by the vast discharge of brine and chemical reagents used in desalination (Ammour, F., Lounes, S., Houli, S., Kettab, A.: Environmental impact of desalination plant of Bou Smail (Algeria), 13th International Conference on Clean Energy, 2014, Fernandez-Torquemada et al., Desalination 182: 395–402, 2005).
In this paper, performance evaluation carried out on a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant located in the Sonatrach company industrial complex in the east of Algeria is presented. Recommendations are suggested to resolve these problems.