Generic desalter unit
Introduction
This is a generic desalination unit designed to separate water from other stream components. The user must specify target water recovery. The unit assumes complete separation of ions from the liquid stream (100 % rejection).
Degrees of Freedom
- For inlet conditions:
temperature
pressure
component mass compositions
- Unit overall operation:
water recovery
solids concentration in brine (User must provide tracked solids list)
water content of the brine (User must provide tracked solids list)
Sets
Description |
Symbol |
Indices |
|---|---|---|
Time |
\(t\) |
[0] |
Phases |
\(p\) |
[‘Liq’] |
Components |
\(j\) |
[‘H2O’, solutes] |
Tracked solids list |
\(tds\) |
[‘TDS’,’X’, etc.] |
Variables
Description |
Variable Name |
Index |
Units |
|---|---|---|---|
Water recovery |
water_recovery |
None |
\(\text{dimensionless}\) |
Brine water mass fraction |
brine_water_mass_percent |
None |
\(\text{dimensionless}\) |
Brine solids concentration |
brine_solids_concentration |
None |
kg/\(\text{m}^3\) |