Water treatment process and water treatment system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9969629-B2
Application number	US-201514672996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2015
Priority date	Jul 5, 2013
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. A water treatment system 100 comprises a second demineralizing section 210 a, 210 b that separates water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO 4 ions and carbonate ions into concentrated water in which the Ca ions and the SO 4 ions are concentrated and treated water; a crystallizing section which is positioned on a downstream side of the second demineralizing section 210 a, 210 b and which includes a second crystallizing tank 221 a, 221 b that crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water and a seed crystal supplying section that supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the second crystallizing tank 221 a, 221 b ; and a separating section that is positioned on a downstream side of the crystallizing section and separates the gypsum from the concentrated water.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A water treatment process comprising:
a scale inhibitor supplying step of supplying a calcium scale inhibitor which is a scale inhibitor for inhibiting the deposition of a scale containing calcium to water containing Ca 2+ ions SO 4 2− ions and carbonate ions;
a first pH adjusting step of adjusting the water to a pH which is 10 or more;
a demineralizing step of separating the water in which a pH is 10 or more into concentrated water in which the Ca 2+ ions, the SO 4 2− ions, and the carbonate ions are concentrated and treated water after the first pH adjusting step;
a second pH adjusting step of adjusting the concentrated water to a pH which is 6 or less after the demineralizing step;
a crystallizing step of supplying seed crystals of gypsum to the concentrated water in which a pH is 6 or less containing the calcium scale inhibitor so that gypsum is crystallized from the concentrated water; and
a separating step of separating the gypsum from the concentrated water after the crystallizing step.

2. The water treatment process according to claim 1 , wherein among the gypsum crystallized in the crystallizing step, gypsum having a predetermined size is recovered in the separating step.

3. The water treatment process according to claim 1 , wherein the gypsum separated in the separating step is used as the seed crystals of gypsum.

4. The water treatment process according to claim 1 ,
wherein the separating step is carried out a plurality of times in sequence along a flow direction which is associated with a single crystallizing step,
wherein the size of the gypsum separated in a later separating step produces smaller gypsum particles than in the first of the plurality of separating steps, and
the gypsum separated in the later separating step is supplied into the concentrated water in the crystallizing step.

5. A water treatment system comprising:
a scale inhibitor supplying section that supplies a calcium scale inhibitor which is a scale inhibitor for inhibiting the deposition of a scale containing calcium to water containing Ca 2+ ions SO 4 2− ions and carbonate ions;
a first pH adjusting section that supplies a pH adjuster to the water to adjust the pH of the water to 10 or more;
a demineralizing section that is positioned on a downstream side of the scale inhibitor supplying section and separates the water in which a pH is 10 or more into concentrated water in which the Ca 2+ ions, the SO 4 2− ions and the carbonate ions are concentrated and treated water;
a second pH adjusting section that adjusts the pH of the concentrated water separated in the demineralizing section to 6 or less;
a crystallizing section which is positioned on a downstream side of the demineralizing section and which includes a crystallizing tank that crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water in which a pH is 6 or less containing the calcium scale inhibitor and a seed crystal supplying section that supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the crystallizing tank; and
a separating section that is positioned on a downstream side of the crystallizing section and separates the gypsum from the concentrated water.

6. The water treatment system according to claim 5 , wherein the separating section separates and recovers the gypsum having a predetermined size.

7. The water treatment system according to claim 5 , wherein the gypsum separated in the separating section is used as the seed crystals of gypsum.

8. The water treatment system according to claim 5 , wherein the separating section includes a plurality of classifiers in a flowing direction of the water associated with the crystallizing section,
wherein the size of the gypsum separated in a classifier positioned downstream from a first classifier of the plurality of classifiers is smaller than the gypsum separated in the first classifier, and
the gypsum separated in the classifier positioned downstream from the first classifier is supplied to the concentrated water in the crystallizing section.

9. A water treatment process comprising:
a first scale inhibitor supplying step of supplying a calcium scale inhibitor which is a scale inhibitor for inhibiting the deposition of a scale containing calcium to water containing Ca 2+ ions, SO 4 2− ions, carbonate ions and silica;
a first pH adjusting step of adjusting the water to a pH of 10 or more at which the silica is soluble in the water;
a first demineralizing step of separating the water in which a pH is 10 or more into first concentrated water in which the Ca 2+ ions, the SO 4 2− ions, the carbonate ions and the silica are concentrated and treated water after the first scale inhibitor supplying step and the first pH adjusting step;
a second pH adjusting step of adjusting the first concentrated water to a pH which is 6 or less after the first demineralizing step;
a first crystallizing step of supplying seed crystals of gypsum to the first concentrated water in which a pH is 6 or less containing the calcium scale inhibitor so that gypsum is crystallized from the first concentrated water; and
a first separating step of separating the gypsum from the first concentrated water after the first crystallizing step.

10. The water treatment process according to claim 9 , comprising, after the first crystallizing step:
a second scale inhibitor supplying step of supplying the calcium scale inhibitor and a silica scale inhibitor which is a scale inhibitor for inhibiting the deposition of the silica to the water;
a second demineralizing step of separating the water into second concentrated water in which the Ca ions, the SO 4 ions, the carbonate ions and the silica are concentrated and treated water after the second scale inhibitor supplying step; and
a second crystallizing step of supplying seed crystals of gypsum to the second concentrated water so that gypsum is crystallized from the second concentrated water.

11. The water treatment process according to claim 10 , comprising a second separating step of separating the gypsum from the second concentrated water after the second crystallizing step.

12. The water treatment process according to claim 11 , wherein among the gypsum crystallized in the second crystallizing step, gypsum having a predetermined size is recovered in the second separating step.

13. The water treatment process according to claim 11 , wherein the gypsum separated in the second separating step is used as the seed crystals of the gypsum.

14. The water treatment process according to claim 11 ,
wherein the second separating step is carried out a plurality of times in sequence along a flow direction which is associated with a single crystallizing step,
wherein the size of the gypsum separated in a later separating step produces smaller gypsum particles than in the first of the plurality of separating steps, and
the gypsum separated in the later separating step is supplied into the second concentrated water in the second crystallizing step.

15. The water treatment process according to claim 10 , comprising a third pH adjusting step of adjusting the second concentrated water to a pH of 6 or less at which calcium carbonate is soluble,
wherein in the second crystallizing step, the gypsum separated in the first separating step is supplied into the second concentrated water after the adjustment of the pH in the third pH adjusting step.

16. The water treatment process according to claim 9 , wherein among the gypsum crystallized in the first crystallizing step, gypsum having a predetermined size is recovered in the first separating step.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Inc

Inventors

• Eda Masayuki
• Okino Susumu
• Yoshiyama Ryuji
• Sakurai Hideaki
• Ukai Nobuyuki
• Suzuki Hideo
• Nakashoji Hiroshi
• Yoshioka Shigeru

Classifications

• C02F2209/06

  pH · CPC title

• B01D2311/2649

  Filtration · CPC title

• B01D2311/04

  Specific process operations in the feed stream; Feed pretreatment · CPC title

• B01D2311/18

  pH control · CPC title

• C02F1/4691

  Capacitive deionisation · CPC title