Scaling, Membrane Fouling & Chemical Cleaning in RO Plant

Course Code: OGC 102

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07 - 11 Jul 2025

5 Days

London, UK

$4,950

29 Sep - 03 Oct 2025

5 Days

Dubai, UAE

$4,250

Introduction

Training course introducion / brief

Monitoring overall plant performance on a regular basis is an essential step in recognizing when membrane elements are becoming fouled. Performance is affected progressively and in varying degrees, depending on the nature of the foulants. RO cleaning frequency due to fouling will vary by site. A rough rule of thumb as to an acceptable cleaning frequency is once every 3 to 12 months.

RO pretreatment

If you have to clean more than once a month, you should be able to justify further capital expenditures for improved RO pretreatment or a re-design of the RO Operation. If the cleaning frequency is every one to three months, you may want to focus on improving the operation of your existing equipment but further capital expenditure may be harder to justify.

It is important to clean the membranes when they are only lightly fouled, not heavily fouled. Heavy fouling can impair the effectiveness of the cleaning chemical by impeding the penetration of the chemical deep into the foulant and in the flushing of the foulant out of the elements.The Training Program provides practical understanding of chemical cleaning which can be expensive, time consuming and decrease plant performance when it is frequency performed and learn how to use the suitable chemical cleaning . This session also will teach you the most effective and low cost chemical cleaning.

You will learn to thoroughly understand the basics of how RO units work and understand common problems caused by scaling, fouling and chemical attack.
You will learn how to monitor, troubleshoot and clean RO Units. You will learn some pretreatment requirements of a membrane system.
The course includes practice and theory on Pre-treatment, fouling and scaling in micro and ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis applied for the production.
Also you will learn the impact of the water source, seawater, brackish ground water and treated domestic waste water will discussed in depth.
Learn Scaling Calculations and prediction and Scaling Control, Monitoring, Antiscalants and Remedial Actions.

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Pipeline Maintenance / Equipment / Compliance / Repair
Pipeline Testing / Technician / Supervisor / Safety
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Plant Operations Technician
Plant Shutdown
Plant Supervisor
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Power Plant Manager
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Terminal Operator / Manager
Utilities Operator

Module (01) RO Membranes & Elements

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Hyperfiltration
1.3 Semipermeable Membranes
1.4 Osmosis
1.5 Reverse Osmosis
1.6 Net Driving Pressure
1.7 Temperature
1.8 Salt Passage or Salt Flux
1.9 Membrane Elements

Module (02) Reverse Osmosis Operation

2.1 Pressure Vessels
2.2 RO Units
2.3 Flow Rates
2.4 Feed Water Salt Concentration
2.5 Permeate Salt Concentration

Module (03) Reverse Osmosis Problems

3.1 Scaling
3.2 Fouling
3.3 Chemical Attack
3.4 Percent Recovery
3.5 Scale Control within an RO Unit
3.6 Fouling Control within an RO Unit

Module (04) Monitoring RO Unit

4.1 Monitoring Tools
4.2 Normalized Permeate Flow (NPF)
4.3 Pressure Drop
4.4 Percent Salt Rejection (%SR)
4.5 Profiling / Instrumentation

Module (05) Activated Carbon Pretreatment

5.1 Activated Carbon Vessels
5.2 Normal Services
5.3 Backwashing
5.4 Organics Removal
5.5 Sanitization

Module (06) Chemical Cleaning of RO Units

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Remove Scalants
6.3 Remove Foulants
6.4 Chemical Cleaning Equipment
6.5 Good Cleaning Procedures

Module (07) Troubleshooting RO Units

7.1 High Conductivity from ONE PV
7.2 Scaling
7.3 Fouling
7.4 Chemical Attack
Module (08) Controlling RO Unit Scaling

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Scaling Calculations and Prediction
8.3 Scaling Control, Monitoring
8.4 Acid Injection
8.5 Scale Inhibitor Injection
8.6 Softening
8.7 ph, Hardness & Alkalinity
8.8 Anti-scalants
8.9 Remedial Action

Module (09) Controlling Membrane Chemical Attack

9.1 Pretreatment & Monitoring to Control Chemical Attack
9.2 ph
9.3 Activated Carbon
9.4 Sulfite Injection
9.5 ORP & Chlorine

Module (10) Controlling RO Fouling

10.1 Clarification
10.2 Media Filtration
10.3 RO Unit Pre-Filtration
10.4 Silt Dispersant Injection
10.5 Silt Density Index
10.6 Recent Advances in RO Technology

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BOOST's Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC” is always given to the delegates after completing the training course, and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%, besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.

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At The end of the training program, Participants are involved in practical workshop to show their skills in applying what they were trained for. A detailed report is submitted to each participant and the training department in the organization on the results of the participant's performance and the return on training. Our programs focus on exercises, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

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TRAINING COURSE: Scaling, Membrane Fouling & Chemical Cleaning in RO Plant

6.1 Introduction

8.1 Introduction