WATER QUALITY MONITORING DEVICE, WATER TREATMENT DEVICE, WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, WATER QUALITY MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20180036686A1
• Filed: 02/23/2015
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Tatsuhara, Kiyoshi, Tabata, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US15/551,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20180036686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 21/01 using flocculating agents for purifying water C02F1/52; for liquid radioactive waste G21F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 21/32 Density control of clear liquid or sediment, e.g. optical control ; Control of physical properties
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2311/04 Specific process operations in the feed stream; Feed pretreatment
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2311/16 Flow or flux control
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2311/24 Quality control
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2311/246 Concentration control
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2311/2642 Aggregation, sedimentation, flocculation, precipitation or coagulation
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 2321/04 Backflushing
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/025 Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/04 Feed pretreatment
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/12 Controlling or regulating
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 65/02 Membrane cleaning or sterilisation ; Membrane regeneration
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 65/08 Prevention of membrane fouling or of concentration polarisation
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/441 by reverse osmosis
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/5236 using inorganic agents
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/56 Macromolecular compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2103/08 Seawater, e.g. for desalination
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/006 comprising a software program or a logic diagram
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2209/01 Density
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2303/16 Regeneration of sorbents, filters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 20/131 : Reverse-osmosis
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 20/144 : Wave energy

Abstract

A water quality monitoring device (111) determines the speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of a reverse osmosis membrane (109). A process for reducing the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane is performed when the determined speed is greater than a predetermined threshold speed.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A water quality monitoring device which monitors water quality in a water treatment device generating fresh water using a reverse osmosis membrane, the water quality monitoring device comprising:

a speed determination unit configured to determine a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane to measure a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter in the water;

a density determination unit configured to determine a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane; and

a concentration reduction processing unit configured to reduce the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the speed determined by the speed determination unit is greater than a predetermined threshold speed and the density determined by the density determination unit is less than a predetermined threshold density.

19. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, wherein the concentration reduction processing unit reduces the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane by using a method corresponding to a speed range that includes the speed determined by the speed determination unit, the speed range being one of a plurality of speed ranges, the method being different for each speed range.

20. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, wherein the concentration reduction processing unit reduces the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane by outputting a command to add a flocculant to a chemical injection device, the chemical injection device adding a flocculant to water that is supplied to a pretreatment device provided upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane.

21. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, wherein the concentration reduction processing unit reduces the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane by activating a backwash device, the backwash device backwashing a pretreatment device provided upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane.

22. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, further comprising:

a concentration determination unit configured to determine a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter and a parameter correlated with a concentration of inorganic microparticles on the basis of the speed determined by the speed determination unit and the density determined by the density determination unit,

wherein the concentration reduction processing unit reduces the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the parameter correlated with the concentration of organic matter determined by the concentration determination unit is greater than the predetermined threshold speed; and

the concentration reduction processing unit reduces the concentration of inorganic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the parameter correlated with the concentration of inorganic matter determined by the concentration determination unit is greater than the predetermined threshold speed.

24. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, further comprising:

a storage processing unit configured to store part of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane in a predetermined container when the speed determined by the speed determination unit is greater than the predetermined threshold speed.

25. The water quality monitoring device according to claim 18, wherein the speed determination unit determines a speed of a wave passing through water before passing through a pretreatment device and a speed of a wave passing through water after passing through the pretreatment device, the pretreatment device being provided upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane.

23. A water quality monitoring device which monitors water quality in a water treatment device generating fresh water using a reverse osmosis membrane, the water quality monitoring device comprising:

a speed determination unit configured to determine a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane to measure a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter in the water;

a density determination unit configured to determine a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane;

a concentration determination unit configured to determine a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter and a parameter correlated with a concentration of inorganic microparticles on the basis of the speed determined by the speed determination unit and the density determined by the density determination unit; and

a presentation unit configured to present the parameter correlated with the concentration of organic matter and the parameter correlated with the concentration of inorganic microparticles.

26. A water treatment device comprising:

a reverse osmosis membrane;

a vibration tube through that water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane flows;

an oscillator configured to vibrate the vibration tube;

a vibration detector configured to detect a vibrational amplitude of the vibration tube,

a wave transmitter provided on the vibration tube and configured to generate a wave in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane; and

a wave receiver provided on the vibration tube and configured to detect the wave generated by the wave transmitter.

27. A water treatment system comprising:

the water treatment device according to claim 26; and

a water quality monitoring device comprising;

a speed determination unit configured to determine a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane to measure a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter in the water;

a density determination unit configured to determine a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane; and

a concentration reduction processing unit configured to reduce the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the speed determined by the speed determination unit is greater than a predetermined threshold speed and the density determined by the density determination unit is less than a predetermined threshold density.

28. A water quality monitoring method comprising the steps of:

determining a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of a reverse osmosis membrane;

determining a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane; and

reducing the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the determined speed is greater than a predetermined threshold speed and the determined density is less than a predetermined threshold density.

29. A program causing a computer for a water quality monitoring device, which monitors water quality in a water treatment device that generates fresh water using a reverse osmosis membrane, stored in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, to function as:

a speed determination unit configured to determine a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane to measure a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter in the water;

a density determination unit configured to determine a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane; and

a concentration reduction processing unit configured to reduce the concentration of organic matter in water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane when the speed determined by the speed determination unit is greater than a predetermined threshold speed and the density determined by the density determination unit is less than a predetermined threshold density.

30. A program causing a computer for a water quality monitoring device, which monitors water quality in a water treatment device that generates fresh water using a reverse osmosis membrane, stored in a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, to function as:

a speed determination unit configured to determine a speed of a wave passing through water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane to measure a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter in the water;

a density determination unit configured to determine a density of water present upstream of the reverse osmosis membrane;

a concentration determination unit configured to determine a parameter correlated with a concentration of organic matter and a parameter correlated with a concentration of inorganic microparticles on the basis of the speed determined by the speed determination unit and the density determined by the density determination unit; and

a presentation unit configured to present the parameter correlated with the concentration of organic matter and the parameter correlated with the concentration of inorganic microparticles.