A global manufacturer located in Freeport, Grand Bahama was facing a shortage of water required for their manufacturing process and other facility needs. The facility draws water from a single land-based seawater well on the property and is treated by media filters and a two-pass RO system. The local government also provides water but quantity, quality and availability is variable and unreliable forcing the manufacturer to be self-sufficient to avoid disrupting their operations. The existing 1st pass seawater trains were severely deteriorated from the demanding environment and corrosive materials of construction. A short delivery option was needed to immediately supplement their existing seawater trains to increase capacity and reliability.
Harn R/O was contacted through the manufacturer’s water services provider. Harn R/O had a mobile containerized seawater RO system available for lease that was designed and built by Harn R/O that would meet the manufacturer’s needs. The container was ready for shipment to Grand Bahama within 4 weeks and was started up within 8 weeks of agreement of lease terms.
Containerized seawater RO system designed and built by Harn R/O prior to |
Container installed at location in Grand Bahama during startup. |
The containerized seawater RO system designed and built by Harn R/O has been running continuously since September 2014 with a high degree of reliability and efficiency because of the sound design and high-quality materials and components. The unit is expected to operate indefinitely until the existing equipment can be replaced or refurbished.
Brief R/O System Specification
Owner: | Harn R/O |
Application: | Treating seawater to support industrial manufacturing process |
Startup: | September 2014 |
Capacity: | 86,400 gallons per day of permeate water at 45% recovery |
Array: | Single stage, 3 pressure vessels containing 7 elements per vessel |
Pretreatment: | Scale inhibitor, cartridge filter |
Low Pressure Piping: | Sch. 80 PVC |
High Pressure Piping: | AL6XN Stainless Steel |
Membrane Type: | Filmtec SW30HRLE-400i |
Frame Material: | Fiberglass reinforced polymer (pultruded) |
Operating Data | |
Feed Conductivity: | 50,000 μS/cm |
Feed Temperature: | 78.8 °C |
Feed Pressure: | 805 psig |
SDI: | 5.4 |
Permeate Flow: | 60 gpm (45% recovery) |
Permeate Conductivity: | 450 μS/cm (99.1% rejection) |
Energy Consumption: | 6.92 kWh/kgal |
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