Water treatment device and operating method for water treatment device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10464024-B2
Application number	US-201415502883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2014
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A water treatment device is provided with a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water; a first deposit detecting unit provided in a non-permeated water branch line branched from a non-permeated water line for discharging non-permeated water in which dissolved components and dispersed components have been concentrated, using part of the non-permeated water that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a first separation membrane for detection in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection; and first flow rate measuring devices for separated liquid for detection that measure the flow rates of one or both of the permeated water for detection and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the first separation membrane for detection.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A water treatment device comprising:
a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water and non-permeated water;
a first deposit detecting unit provided in a non-permeated water branch line branched from a non-permeated water line for discharging non-permeated water in which dissolved components and dispersed components have been concentrated, using part of the non-permeated water that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a first detector membrane in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection;
two first flow rate measuring devices that measure the flow rates of the permeated water for detection separated by the first detector membrane and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the first detector membrane;
a washing liquid supplying unit that supplies a washing liquid to the separation membrane device; and
a control device configured to determine whether at least one of results of measurement of the two first flow rate measuring devices changes more than a predetermined threshold value to thereby determine that deposition of deposits in the separation membrane in the separation membrane device is in a deposition initial state, and further configured to carry out washing on the separation membrane in the separation membrane device by supplying the washing liquid from the washing liquid supplying unit to the separation membrane device and carry out a control for changing an operation condition of changing addition concentration of a deposit retarder being supplied to the water to be treated before introduction of the water to be treated into the separation membrane device on the basis of the determination result for the deposition initial state.

2. The water treatment device according to claim 1 ,
wherein,
when the flow rate of the permeated water for detection measured by the first flow rate measuring device reaches the predetermined threshold value or lower, the separation membrane in the separation membrane device is determined to be in an initial stage of deposit deposition.

3. The water treatment device according to claim 1 ,
wherein,
when the flow rate of the non-permeated water for detection measured by the first flow rate measuring device reaches the predetermined threshold value or higher, the separation membrane in the separation membrane device is determined to be in an initial stage of deposit deposition.

4. The water treatment device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of a flow channel in the first deposit detecting unit is 1/10 or less of a total length in a supply liquid flow direction of the separation membrane being used in the separation membrane device.

5. The water treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an evaporator that evaporates moisture of the non-permeated water from the separation membrane device.

6. An operating method for a water treatment device according to claim 1 , comprising:
wherein the control device is further configured to select one or both of a deposit washing liquid for washing deposits deposited in the first detector membrane in the first deposit detecting unit and a deposit retarder for retarding deposition of deposits as the washing liquid; and supplying this selected deposit washing liquid or deposit retarder to the separation membrane device, when a flow rate of the separated liquid is changed from a predetermined threshold value using the first deposit detecting unit in the water treatment device.

7. The operating method for a water treatment device according to claim 6 ,
wherein moisture of the non-permeated water from the separation membrane device is evaporated.

8. A water treatment device comprising:
a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water and non-permeated water;
a deposit detecting unit provided in a water to be treated branch line branched from a water to be treated supply line for supplying the water to be treated, using part of the water to be treated that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a detector membrane in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection;
two flow rate measuring devices that measure the flow rates of the permeated water for detection separated by the detector membrane and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the detector membrane;
a washing liquid supplying unit that supplies a washing liquid to the separation membrane device; and
a control device configured to determine whether at least one of results of measurement of the two flow rate measuring devices changes more than a predetermined threshold value to thereby determine that deposition of deposits in the separation membrane in the separation membrane device is in a deposition initial state, and further configured to carry out washing on the separation membrane in the separation membrane device by supplying the washing liquid from the washing liquid supplying unit to the separation membrane device and carry out a control for changing an operation condition of changing addition concentration of a deposit retarder being supplied to the water to be treated before introduction of the water to be treated into the separation membrane device on the basis of the determination result for the deposition initial state.

9. The water treatment device according to claim 8 ,
wherein a length of a flow channel in the deposit detecting unit is 1/10 or less of a total length in a supply liquid flow direction of the separation membrane being used in the separation membrane device.

10. An operating method for a water treatment device according to claim 1 , comprising:
wherein the control device is further configured to select one or both of a deposit washing liquid for washing deposits deposited in the detector membrane in the deposit detecting unit and a deposit retarder for retarding deposition of deposits as the washing liquid; and supplying this selected deposit washing liquid or deposit retarder to the separation membrane device, when a flow rate of the separated liquid is changed from a predetermined threshold value using the deposit detecting unit in the water treatment device.

11. The operating method for a water treatment device according to claim 10 ,
wherein moisture of the non-permeated water from the separation membrane device is evaporated.

12. A water treatment device comprising:
a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water and non-permeated water;
a first deposit detecting unit provided in a non-permeated water branch line branched from a non-permeated water line for discharging non-permeated water in which dissolved components and dispersed components have been concentrated, using part of the non-permeated water that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a first detector membrane in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection;
two first flow rate measuring devices that measure the flow rates of the permeated water for detection separated by the first detector membrane and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the first detector membrane;
a second deposit detecting unit provided in a water to be treated b

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Eng Ltd

Inventors

• Sakurai Hideaki
• Suzuki Hideo
• Nakashoji Hiroshi
• Yoshioka Shigeru
• Okino Susumu
• Senba Noriaki
• Sugiyama Shigehiro
• Eda Masayuki
• Abe Hyota
• Kamito Ryo
• Ukai Nobuyuki

Classifications

• C02F2103/023

  Water in cooling circuits · CPC title

• C02F2303/20

  Prevention of biofouling · CPC title

• C02F2209/10

  Solids, e.g. total solids [TS], total suspended solids [TSS] or volatile solids [VS] · CPC title

• B01D63/12

  comprising multiple spiral-wound assemblies · CPC title

• B01D61/10

  Accessories; Auxiliary operations · CPC title