US 2012/0067791 A1Published application

Seawater desalination apparatus and chemical injection apparatus

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsKatsuya YOKOKAWA, Takeshi Matsushiro, Ryo Namba, Hideaki Yamagata, Koichi Matsui, Futoshi Kurokawa

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, a apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain values measured by a first sensor and a second sensor, receive pH target values at the entrance of a first reverse osmosis membrane and at the entrance of a second reverse osmosis membrane, and use a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, and a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, to control an injection rate of the acid injected from a first injection device and an injection rate of the alkali injected from a second injection device.

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Dependent claims

A seawater desalination apparatus comprising:

a first reverse osmosis membrane configured to filter seawater to separate seawater into desalted water and concentrated seawater, and discharge the desalted water and the concentrated seawater;
a second reverse osmosis membrane configured to filter the desalted water to remove boron;
a first injection device configured to inject acid into a stage previous to the first reverse osmosis membrane;
a second injection device configured to inject alkali to a stage previous to the second reverse osmosis membrane;
a first sensor configured to measure pH at an entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane;
a second sensor configured to measure pH at an entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane;
and
a controller configured to obtain values measured by the first sensor and the second sensor, receive a pH target value at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane and a pH target value at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, and use a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, and a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, to control an injection rate of the acid injected from the first injection device and an injection rate of the alkali injected from the second injection device.

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A seawater desalination apparatus comprising:

a first reverse osmosis membrane configured to filter seawater to separate seawater into desalted water and concentrated seawater, and discharge the desalted water and the concentrated seawater;
a second reverse osmosis membrane configured to filter the desalted water to remove boron;
a water tank configured to accumulate the raw seawater and the desalted water containing boron discharged from the second reverse osmosis membrane;
a first injection device configured to inject acid into a stage previous to the first reverse osmosis membrane;
a second injection device configured to inject alkali to a stage previous to the second reverse osmosis membrane;
a first sensor configured to measure pH at an entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane;
a second sensor configured to measure pH at an entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane;
a controller configured to control an acid injection rate of the first injection device and an alkaline injection rate of the second injection device, based on measured values of the first sensor and the second sensor;
a third sensor configured to measure pH and alkalinity of the raw seawater;
an excessive injection state determination unit configured to include an acid injection curve representing relationship between the pH of the raw seawater and the acid injection rate of the first injection device for each alkalinity and an alkaline injection curve representing relationship between the pH of the raw seawater and the alkaline injection rate of the second injection device for each alkalinity, and monitors the acid injection rate and the alkaline injection rate obtained from the acid injection curve and the alkaline injection curve to determine whether the acid injection rate and the alkaline injection rate are within an appropriate injection rate range;
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an injection rate correction unit configured to correct the acid injection rate and the alkaline injection rate when the excessive injection state determination unit determines that the acid injection rate and the alkaline injection rate are not within the appropriate injection rate range.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/185,782Filed 19 Jul 2011
Priority: JP 2010-20853816 Sep 2010
Published: 22 Mar 2012
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Classification17 codes

C02F 1/441
By dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis: by reverse osmosis
B01D 61/026
Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration: comprising multiple reverse osmosis steps
B01D 61/025
Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration ; Nanofiltration: reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration
B01D 2311/18
Details relating to membrane separation process operations and control: pH control