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Australian Desalination Research
Presentation to
Texas Water Development Board
28 February 2013
David Furukawa, CSO
Australia
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Australia’s Desalination Plants
The Big Six Reverse Osmosis Green energy offsets for 5, RECs for 1 Media and membrane pretreatment
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Courtesy of Water Corporation
• Located in Kwinana
• 38mgd Capacity: 40,552 AF/Y
• 24 MW Power Required
• 140 mg/L Product Water
• Commenced operation in Nov. ‘06
• Wind Power is used as offset
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant
16 acres
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Courtesy of the Water Corporation
Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stanwell/Griffin Joint Venture - Emu Downs
wind generation facility – at Badgingarra
200 north of Perth
Water Corporation is purchasing 66
percent of the energy output
24 MW (185 GW hrs/annum)
Opened on 12 November 2006
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant Sustainable Power - Wind Energy
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Gold Coast Desalination Plant
• Located in Tugin
• 36 MGD Capacity: 38,000 AF/Y
• Total Capital Cost: $943 million
•Purpose: Supplement surface supply in
dry years
•Commenced operation in Nov. ‘08
•Green Energy (REC) as offset
•Status: Hot Standby Mode; local reservoirs
near capacity
Courtesy of SEQWater
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Sydney Desalination Plant
Courtesy of Sydney Water
• Located in Kurnell
• 66 MGD Capacity: 77,000 AF/Y
• Total Capital Cost: $1.44 billion
• Purpose: Supplement surface supply in dry
years
•Commenced operation in Nov. ‘10
• Wind Power is used as offset
•Status: Standby Mode: Local
reservoirs near capacity
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Adelaide Desalination Plant
Courtesy of SA Water
• Located in Port Stanvac
• 72 MGD Capacity: 70,000 AF/Y
• Total Capital Cost: $1.5 billion
• Purpose: Supplement surface supply in dry
years
• To commence operation in Jan. ‘13
• Wind Power is used as offset
• Status: To be placed in Hot
Standby Mode; reservoirs and river
flows at high levels
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Courtesy of Victorian Government
• Located in Wonthaggi
• 120 MGD Capacity: 130,000 AF/Y
• Total Capital Cost: $3.8 billion
•Supplement Surface Supply in dry
years
• To commence operation in Dec. ‘12
• Wind Power as offset
•Status: Commissioning
The Victorian Desalination Project
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Southern Seawater Desalination Plant
Courtesy of Water Corporation
• Located in Binningup
• 80 MGD Capacity: 85,000 AF/Y
• Total Capital Cost: $1.27 billion
• Purpose: Base load core supply
• Commenced operation in Sept. ‘11
• Wind / Solar/ Wave Power as energy
offset
• Status: Phase 1: operating
Phase 2: commissioning
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Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide
Trad Desal
2012 Desal and Recycling Capacity
cf 2003 (pre drought) Consumption
Note: Brisbane desal capacity includes Western Corridor recycling
ML/d
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The National Centre of Excellence in
Desalination Australia
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Established in 2009
$20m funding over 5
years from Australian
Government’s Water for
the Future Initiative
$3m funding from WA
Government
Research Roadmap
developed
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Rockingham Desalination
Research Facility
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Pilot Scale Test
Facility
13 Membrane distillation
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14 Research Partners
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Australia
Universities
Research centres
Water utilities
Mining
Government
Other industry
World
USA
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Over 90 national and
international research
partners
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More than 30 international collaborators include:
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Dr 34%
Professor 17%
Student 10%
A/Professor 12%
Other 25%
TBA 2%
272 researchers
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Research Projects
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Research Projects
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Funding Round
Projects NCEDA Funds
Partners Cash and
In Kind TOTAL
1 11 $2.8m $8.2m $11.0m
2 12 $3.0m $6.9m $9.9m
3 10 $2.5m $6.1m $8.6m
4 10 $2.7m $6.3m $9.0m
TOTAL 44 $11.0m $27.5m $38.5m
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Projects by priority research themes
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Total 44 projects
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Pretreatment
RO
Novel
Concentrate
Social
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Concentrate
Minimization/ZLD
Research Projects
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Concentrate minimization
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University of New South Wales
Submerged hollow fiber membrane
distillation with transverse mechanical shear
Victoria University
RO brine minimization with membrane
distillation crystallization
University of Queensland
Hi recovery ceramic membrane distillation
Curtin University
Vibratory shear membrane technology to
maximize recovery
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Concentrate minimization
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University of Wollongong
Extraction of water and minerals from coal
seam gas produced water to reduce volume
Victoria University
Silica removal from groundwater to
maximize RO recovery
University of Technology-Sydney
Fertigation with FO to reduce Salt
Interception Scheme BW volume
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SIS scheme
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Fertigation
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Desal and Green
Energy Research
Projects
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University of South Australia
SA Water Centre for Water Management and
Reuse
Water Corporation
WA Department of Water
Industry Partner LT Green
• Novel CDI technology improves efficiency
• Full scale plant will: provide drinking water for remote communities
use photovoltaic renewable energy
2 projects:
Graphene electrodes
Mobile pilot study on remote site
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Advantages: Low energy consumption; Easy regeneration of electrodes; Low maintenance requirements; Low secondary pollution;
Electrode materials are the most critical component of the CDI technology
Different carbon materials with porous structure
Capacitive Deionization (CDI)
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Graphene as CDI electrodes
GNF(222 m2/g) has electrosorptive capacity of 23.18 µmol/g
AC (989 m2/g) has electrosorptive capacity of 13.73 µmol/g
GNFs have an interlayered structure which is more accessible for ions
AC has a large fraction of inaccessible small micropores.
(Li and Zou et al Environ. Sci. Technol., 2010)
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Pilot Scale Test
Facility
31 Great Victoria Desert, WA
Solar Energy Membrane Distillation for
Remote Community
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Image:
memSYS
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Tjuntjuntjara
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Industrial waste
heat driven
multi-effect
distillation
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University of Western Australia
CSIRO
Pilbara Cities Office
Water Corporation
WA Dept of Water
• Hot brackish groundwater in WA at depth
• Currently used for pool heating in Perth
• Large reserves: beneath Perth (3 km)
the Pilbara – mining area of WA
• Potential for commercial desalination
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University of Western Australia
WA Geothermal Centre of Excellence
Industry Partner (alumina refinery)
• Novel MED technology
• Improves MED efficiency by 30%
• Uses waste heat from the refining process
• Full scale plant will: provide recycled water for the refinery
reduce fresh water demand
reduce tailings water balance
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Pilot plant being developed
for testing at Rockingham
Pilot Test Facility before
being relocated to site
south of Perth.
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Geothermal Energy, Multi Effect
Distillation and Reverse Osmosis
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Other projects of interest
Desal opportunities in Australian Agriculture
Public perception of desalination
Analysis of project delivery methodologies
Biofouling
control/prevention/additives/membrane surface
modification…
Hot standby management
Environmental impacts
Smart materials for corrosion control
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Sundrop Farms –
Growing Tomatoes from
Seawater and Sunshine
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Sundrop Farms, Port Augusta, South Australia
• Hypersaline ground water used as feed
• Source: Spencer Gulf
• Approx 57 ppt (normal seawater 37 ppt)
• Parabolic solar collector
• Steam for power and desalination
• Multi stage flash distillation for hydroponics
• Tomatoes, capsicums and cucumbers grown
• Sold in Adelaide markets
• $A30m expansion approved
• 60 new jobs will be created
(NOTE THIS IS NOT AN NCEDA PROJECT).
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International collaboration
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International collaboration
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Adelaide Intakes and Outfalls
Workshop May 2012
International Workshops
in Australia
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Desal Discovery Centre
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www.desalination.edu.au
THANK YOU
David Furukawa, CSO
Australia