Wastewater treatment of desalting units

In this research, desalting effluents is treated by using membrane distillation (MD). A polymeric Teflon microfiltration (MF) membrane is employed and the effect of operational conditions is investigated. Very effective separation (high flux and less contaminates in the permeate side) is observed. It is found that this method reduces capital, and operational cost and energy consumption. Besides, water (the permeate) fulfills the watering standards and can be used for agricultural and plant raw water applications.