Zero Liquid Discharge Vapor Compression Distillers Vapor Compression Distillation Systems

360,000 gpd vapor compression trailer mount with generators.

Zero liquid discharge tanks for settling hyper-saline brines at super saturation.

Frac water and municipal wastewater solutions.

Vapor Compression Water Distillers

60,000 gpd - 360,000 gpd trailer-mount vapor compression unit with generators

Zero liquid discharge tanks for settling hyper-saline brines at super saturation

Compression of Brine Waters for Supersaturation using MPI Vapco Vapor Compressors

Equipment required:
10,000 gpd vapor compressor
1000 gallon recycle tank 500 gallon brine tank
Useful information 1 cubic foot water = 7.48 gallons 1 gallon water = 8.34 pounds 1 cubic foot of water weighs approximately 62pounds 1 cubic foot of concentrated solids to 5% moisture weighs approximately 100 pounds Sand w/ Gravel, wet = 125 pounds per cubic foot Sand w/ Gravel, dry = 108 pounds per cubic foot
10,000 gpd at 1000ppm = 8,340 pounds solids per 1,000,000,000 gallons (83.4 pounds of solids per 10,000 gallons).
A 10,000 gpd vapor compressor generates 9,000 gallons of distilled water and 1,000 gallons of reject brine water at 10,000 ppm if the influent is 1,000 ppm.

This 1,000 gallons of 10,000 ppm reject water must be compressed , yielding 900 gallons of distilled water and 100 gallons of reject brine at 100,000 ppm (84 pounds).

900 gallons of 10,000 ppm reject brine should be added to the 100 gallons of 100,000 ppm reject brine water in the 1,000 gallon tank, producing 1000 gallons of reject brine water at 15,000 ppm (approximately 150 pounds solids).

The 1000 gallons of reject brine water at 15,000 ppm will be compressed to 100 gallons of 150,000 ppm reject brine.

900 gallons of 10,000 ppm reject brine should again be added to the 100 gallons of 150,000 ppm reject brine (approximately 225 pounds solids) This batch should be compressed and stored in the 500 gallon brine tank for solids recovery.

The final reject brine is at 210 degrees Fahrenheit and will cause rapid evaporation. Supersaturation may be achieved with no additional heat.

Zero Liquid Discharge Vapor Compression Distillers Vapor Compression Distillation Systems

Pounds of Salts and Solids per 1 Million U S Gallons of Water Desalinated Based on ppm/tds
Brackish: 1,000ppm = 8,335.8822 Pounds of Salt
Brackish: 5,000ppm= 41,679.411 Pounds of Salt Highly Brackish:15,000ppm = 125,038.234 Pounds of Salt Saline: 30,000 ppm = 250,076.468 Pounds of Salt Sea Water: 40,000 ppm = 333,435.291 Pounds of Salt Brine: 300,000+ ppm = 2,500,764.681 Pounds of Salt
For more information email sundragonsaltfactory@yahoo.com
Phone 561 577 7202

Compression Brochure (pdf) Distillation Brochure (pdf)

The cleanest water and the greenest discharge solution!

RO systems and the discharge stream disposal: the difficulties in managing the large amounts of concentrate produced

No permitting for discharge stream disposal!

BOTH ZERO LIQUID DISCHARGE AND REJECT BRINE DISPOSAL COSTS WILL HAVE GREATER IMPACT THAN ENERGY PURIFICATION COSTS IN THE DESALINIZATION OF SEAWATER OR WASTEWATER

Zero Liquid Discharge is not free and costs are best controlled by combining the Vapco vapor compression system for first phase desalination/concentration and SunDragon Zero Liquid Discharge Salt Factories for salt and constituent recovery.

The current practice of discharging reject brine to the sea is being disputed and challenged by many environmentalists. They claim that reject brine is harmful to the environment and marine life. It is only a matter of time before the environmentalist win.

Ocean disposal of reject brine is also under heightened scrutiny by governments world wide as evidenced by mounting fees and fines. Many plants currently discharging to coastal waters are being threatened with closure.

Vapor compression systems, as furnished by Maloney Process Inc. (MPI) Engineering, is recommended and specified for SunDragon zero liquid discharge systems. MPI units discharge the 300,000TDS concentrate at the highest temperature, which ideally suits Sundragon’s requirements. Every 1 million US gallons of sea water contains approximately 291,900 pounds of salt-like materials. Zero liquid discharge tramslates to 145 tons of dried salt to dispose of as solid waste.

At fifteen cent cost per kWh of electricity, Vapco vapor compression produces distilled water at .006 cents per gallon. If your electric cost is seven and one half cents per kWh, the cost per gallon of distilled water is .003 cents per gallon. The cost of brine disposal without zero liquid discharge may be higher than the cost of the purified water.

For example, the Vapco system rejects 120,000 gallons of 210F brine per million gallons of treated seawater, based on 35,000 ppm. The hotter the reject brine, the more efficient the salt or constituent recovery. SunDragons utilize solar power or waste heat for the recovery of dissolved solids. Hot brine allows the SunDragon evaporation to proceed in a more cost efficient manner. A SunDragon requires a reject brine with a minimum 300,000TDS for cost efficient Zero Liquid Discharge. Solids recovered are disposed of as solid waste or may be of additional value.

A major advantage of a SunDragon is Zero Liquid Discharge producing solid waste for disposal, needs no discharge permitting, monitoring, compliance cost and time.

The resulting near-dry salt bulk density is about 40 lbs/ cu.ft. That represents about 7,300 cu. ft. of salt/million gallons for disposal, or about the volume of 54,700 US gallons of water.

Maloney Process Inc. Vapor Compression Distillers and Vapor Compression Distillation Systems

Vapor Compression Distillers Methanol and water stream.

Maloney Process Inc. a California Corporation.

MALONEY PROCESS DISTILLATION
MPI employs a Vapor Compression technology to extract both Sensible Heat and the Latent Heat to produce distilled water. Mpi has a more advanced technology that was partly developed from these sources and especially from basic distillation principles.

Maloney Process Inc. Vapor Compression Distillers Low power consumption, Low operating costs, no membranes or chemicals, 5% reject water per day and corrosion resistant.

Vapor compression systems produce 10,000 gallons- 20,000 gallons per day.

Point-of-Use Distillation System for, sugar and starch waste water, oil & gas produced water , groundwater remediation, landfill leachate treatment, sewer water treatment and transit authority wash and repair facilities.

For more information email sundragonsaltfactory@yahoo.com

Phone 561 271 8131

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