北美的大型海水淡化设施仅限于开放水域 从经济和环境角度考虑的摄入量。虽然是开阔的水域 进水口已广泛应用于中东、加勒比等地。 在其他地区，使用开放水域的大型设施数量有限 在北美建造的进水口。开放式进水口通常与 由于浮游植物、藻类、海洋植物和 原水中存在的其他颗粒物。最近的试点研究使用 用于过滤海水的低压膜（微滤、超滤） 开放式取水口遇到了运营挑战，包括 膜污染和颗粒物引起的膜损伤。减轻 针对这些操作挑战，作者研究了disc的应用 过滤代替罚款- 膜系统之前的滤网。这 本文概述了在两项试点研究中如何缓解运营挑战 使用圆盘过滤。它进一步报告了对照研究的结果 检查圆盘过滤在提高低压临界流量方面的益处 膜系统。disc效益的经济分析 介绍了过滤技术。 包括4个参考文献、表格和图表。

Large-scale desalination facilities in North America are limited to open water intakes by economic and environmental considerations. Although open water intakes have been widely applied in the Middle East, Caribbean and other regions, there have been a limited number of full-scale facilities using open water intakes constructed in North America. Open water intakes are often associated with increased fouling loads resulting from phytoplankton, algae, marine flora and other particulates present in the raw water. Recent pilot studies performed using low-pressure membranes (microfiltration, ultrafiltration) to filter seawater from open water intakes have experienced operational challenges, including increased membrane fouling and particulate induced membrane damage. To mitigate these operational challenges, the authors have studied the application of disc filtration in lieu of fine-mesh strainers prior to the membrane systems. This paper outlines how operational challenges were mitigated at two pilot studies using disc filtration. It further reports on the results of controlled studies examining the benefits of disc filtration in enhancing the critical flux of low pressure membrane systems. A brief economic analysis on the benefits of disc filtration is presented. Includes 4 references, tables, figures.