Handling the reject stream: its flow and salinity are derived by the RO engines, but its disposal or reuse route is not modelled.
- Information only
- Not quantitatively modeled
Evaporation Ponds
Solar evaporation in lined ponds, the lowest-energy concentrate volume reduction available. Orientation only.
Overview
Solar evaporation in lined ponds, the lowest-energy concentrate volume reduction available. Orientation only.
How it works
Separation mechanism and feed window. Needs a pre-clarified brine to avoid ponding up.
What the process produces. Eventually a harvested salt layer.
Energy. Solar. Very low external energy but very large land area.
Process sequence
Where this technology normally sits in a treatment train. The steps either side of it are documented in the Library as separate entries.
- Brine
- Pretreatment and pond stages
- Solar evaporation
- Salt harvest
Typical applications
- Low-capital brine management
- Arid climates with high evaporation
Main equipment
- Lined ponds in stages
- Feed distribution
- Harvest equipment
Key design parameters
The parameters an engineer actually sets, and why each one drives the design. EngiMetric does not assume any of them.
| Parameter | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Net evaporation rate | Sets the required pond area and residence time. |
| Climate | The whole design follows from the evaporation rate. |
| Land area | Normally the dominant cost and permitting constraint. |
Advantages
- Almost no operating energy.
- Very simple.
Limitations
- Very large land requirement.
- Slow and seasonal.
Engineering considerations
- EngiMetric does not model pond evaporation, area or yield.
Status and EngiMetric support
Industry maturity and commercial status describe the technology itself. EngiMetric support and quantitative modeling describe what this platform does with it — and those two are read from the engineering registry at build time, so they cannot drift from the code.
- Engineering maturity
- Mature How established the technology is in the industry. Not an EngiMetric claim.
- Commercial status
- Established Where the technology sits in the market. Not an EngiMetric claim.
- EngiMetric support
- Information only No execution-registry entry exists, so no support is claimed.
- Design engine
- No Whether the Plant Designer can carry this as a configured process step.
- Quantitative modeling
- Not quantitatively modeled No engine exists, so EngiMetric states no figure for this technology.
Not quantitatively modeled. EngiMetric publishes no energy, recovery, flux, capacity or cost figure for this technology. Every quantitative statement on this page comes from your own inputs or from an external source, never from a calculation on this platform.
Because no EngiMetric engine exists for Evaporation Ponds, this page deliberately contains no calculated figures. Any energy, recovery, flux or capacity value you need must come from a supplier, a published plant or your own analysis.