Dr. Wilf frequently conducts training workshops on subjects related water treatment, membrane filtration and reverse osmosis desalination technologies.
Representative outline of training workshop is listed below
Workshops on Membrane Technology, Process and System Design, Operation and Maintenance
Recognized as a global expert for membrane applications, Dr. Wilf shares his expertise with engineering and scientific communities worldwide through technology workshop he is conducting . Dr. Wilf expertise includes reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and membrane filtration technologies applied for seawater and brackish water desalination, potable water treatment, and industrial and advanced municipal wastewater reclamation.
Dr Wilf has been involved in process development, system design, project execution, and plant operation/maintenance of large, commercial desalination plants in the US, Europe, and the Middle East since 1977. Dr Wilf has been involved in development new desalination processes and optimization of membrane technologies. Some of his inventions have resulted in patent applications and are being used in commercial desalination systems.
Dr. Wilf is a regular contributor to professional journals. He wrote chapters on membrane technology processes and applications to a number of books. He co-wrote and edited The Guidebook to Membrane Desalination Technology that was published in 2006. The second book on membrane technology he edited and contributed to, The Guidebook to Membrane Technology for Wastewater Reclamation, was published in January 2010.
The workshops on desalination and advanced wastewater reclamation are conducted worldwide for water treatment professionals: membrane systems design engineers, systems operators and developers of desalination projects.
Example of a seminar outline
Day 1 Commercial membranes and water chemistry
9:00 Fundamentals of membrane desalination processes
RO process terms
Concept of semipermeable membranes for water – salt separation
Configuration of asymmetric and composite membranes
Membrane types: microfiltration, ultrafiltration, softening, brackish, seawater
Membrane elements configuration: spiral wound and hollow fibers
Membrane elements manufacturing process
Nominal performance and nominal test conditions
Membrane performance
Effect of feed water composition and process parameters on membrane performance
Translation of nominal test data to element performance in filed conditions
Effect of feed water composition and process parameters on membrane and system operation
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Water chemistry of the desalination process
Feed water types and representative water composition
Analytical data required for the desalination process design
Chemicals used in the pretreatment process
The carbonate system, alkalinity calculations
Calcium carbonate saturation indicators, methods of calculation
Saturation limits of other sparingly soluble salts
Scale inhibitors
13:00 Lunch
Post treatment
Chemistry of post treatment process
Stabilization of RO permeate
14:00 Energy usage in desalination systems
Components of energy use
Configuration of pumping systems including energy recovery devices
Calculation of energy use and energy optimization
16:00 Summary and discussion
Day 2 Feed water sources and pretreatment process
9:00 Pretreatment process configuration
Feed water sources and feed water delivery alternatives
Feed water quality indicators
Pretreatment system configurations
Brackish desalination systems
Seawater desalination systems
Conventional pretreatment
Membrane pretreatment
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Pretreatment process design
Components of conventional pretreatment systems
Coagulation and flocculation
Medial filtration
Dissolved Air flotation
Chemicals dosing systems
Sizing of conventional filtration systems
Operation of conventional pretreatment system
Determination of operating parameters and usage of chemicals
11:00 Membrane filtration technology
Fundamentals of membrane filtration technology
Membranes and membrane modules configuration
Membrane filtration system configurations
Sizing membrane filtration systems
Operation of membrane filtration systems
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Membrane application for feed water pretreatment
Membrane filtration applied to wastewater reclamation
Membrane filtration applied to seawater desalination
Determination of operating parameters and usage of chemicals
Comparison of conventional and membrane pretreatment
RO system configuration
RO unit configuration: single stage and multistage concentrate processing, two pass permeate treatment configuration.
16:00 Summary and discussion
Day 3 Desalination system design and economics
9:00 Introduction to desalination system design
Project specifications
Process development
Calculation of membrane performance
Process and instrumentation diagram
Bill of materials
Major equipment components
System layout
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Computer projections of RO system performance
Methods of RO membranes performance calculations
Algorithm of computer program for performance projection
Features of commercial computer programs
Examples of determination of process parameters and performance calculations
Optimization of system performance utilizing computer calculations
Boron reduction alternatives
Adjustment of feed water pH
Two pass systems
Ion exchange
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Economics of membrane projects
Components of project cost
Components of operating cost
Optimization of project economics for “Turn key” and “Design Built Operate” project delivery methods
Advanced process design
“Split Partial” two pass permeate processing
Hybrid system configurations
Selected aspects of MBR technology
16:00 Summary and discussion
