Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant

The power industry is one of the most water-consuming industries, therefore water management in this sector of the economy is a very important element of sustainable development. The analysis of the management of water streams at the surface water treatment plant (WTP) with decarbonization and ion e...

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Main Authors: Małgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman, Maria Toczek
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Language:English
Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Ecological Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.jeeng.net/Recirculation-of-Backwash-Water-in-the-Water-Treatment-Plant-for-the-Needs-of-the,153394,0,2.html
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description The power industry is one of the most water-consuming industries, therefore water management in this sector of the economy is a very important element of sustainable development. The analysis of the management of water streams at the surface water treatment plant (WTP) with decarbonization and ion exchange for water softening and demineralization was done. The main emphasis was placed on the effect of recycling of water used for the WTP’s own purposes on the quantity of water taken from the river and the quality of treated water. The article shows that water savings should also be sought at WTP in combined heat and power plants. Accurate distribution of used technological water streams and determination of their quality allows for the appropriate indication of the points of their return to the main technological line without additional treatment or only with the use of basic technological processes, e.g. sedimentation. In the analysed WTP, the quality of the backwash water returned after treatment was in terms of parameters, i.e. conductivity, hardness, alkalinity, CODKMnO4 and iron concentration, better than the quality of raw surface water. The reduction in the amount of water abstracted due to recycling of water treatment plant technological waters was about 8.3% (approximately 130 000 m3/year)
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spelling doaj.art-1f832e44c71e49f7ad4eee6bcd7d82e62022-12-22T04:25:50ZengPolish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE)Journal of Ecological Engineering2299-89932022-11-012311414810.12911/22998993/153394153394Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power PlantMałgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9767-3943Maria Toczek1Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, PolandInstitute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznań, PolandThe power industry is one of the most water-consuming industries, therefore water management in this sector of the economy is a very important element of sustainable development. The analysis of the management of water streams at the surface water treatment plant (WTP) with decarbonization and ion exchange for water softening and demineralization was done. The main emphasis was placed on the effect of recycling of water used for the WTP’s own purposes on the quantity of water taken from the river and the quality of treated water. The article shows that water savings should also be sought at WTP in combined heat and power plants. Accurate distribution of used technological water streams and determination of their quality allows for the appropriate indication of the points of their return to the main technological line without additional treatment or only with the use of basic technological processes, e.g. sedimentation. In the analysed WTP, the quality of the backwash water returned after treatment was in terms of parameters, i.e. conductivity, hardness, alkalinity, CODKMnO4 and iron concentration, better than the quality of raw surface water. The reduction in the amount of water abstracted due to recycling of water treatment plant technological waters was about 8.3% (approximately 130 000 m3/year)http://www.jeeng.net/Recirculation-of-Backwash-Water-in-the-Water-Treatment-Plant-for-the-Needs-of-the,153394,0,2.htmlbackwash waterreuserecirculationwater savingsindustrial water treatment plantsustainability
spellingShingle Małgorzata Komorowska-Kaufman
Maria Toczek
Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
Journal of Ecological Engineering
backwash water
reuse
recirculation
water savings
industrial water treatment plant
sustainability
title Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
title_full Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
title_fullStr Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
title_full_unstemmed Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
title_short Recirculation of Backwash Water in the Water Treatment Plant for the Needs of the Combined Heat and Power Plant
title_sort recirculation of backwash water in the water treatment plant for the needs of the combined heat and power plant
topic backwash water
reuse
recirculation
water savings
industrial water treatment plant
sustainability
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