Design of a MSF Desalination Plant to be Supplied by a New Specific 42 MW Power Plant Located in Iran

Nowadays, desalination of salt water is considered an important industrial process. In many parts of the world, particularly in the gulf countries, the multi-stage flash (MSF) water desalination has an essential contribution in the production of fresh water. In this study, a simple mathematical model is defined to design a MSF desalination system and the feasibility of using the MSF desalination process in proximity of a 42 MW power plant is investigated. This power plant can just provide 10 ton/h superheated steam from low pressure (LP) section of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) for thermal desalting system. The designed MSF system with gained output ratio (GOR) of 10.3 has 24 flashing stages and can produce 2480 ton/d of fresh water. The expected performance characteristics of the designed MSF desalination plant are determined. In addition, the effect of motive water pressure on the amount of non-condensable gases removed by water jet vacuum pumps is investigated.

• Rouzbeh Shafaghat
• Hoda Shafaghat
• Fatemeh Ghanbari
• Pouya Sirous Rezaei
• Rohollah Espanani

• Design
• dual-purpose power plant
• mathematical model
• MSF desalination.

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