Oman Sur

THE PROJECT SCOPE

Bahwan Veolia, the team operating the Oman Sur desalination plant, sought a digital solution to help them reduce the total cost of ownership of their membranes and to better plan cleaning and replacement interventions.

This is how a collaboration between Veolia Water Technologies, Veolia Business Support & Performance and Bahwan Veolia started. The smart membranes tool of Hubgrade has been in operation since September 2020 on Oman Sur Desalination plant.

OPERATION CHALLENGE

The Oman Sur desalination plant is located in the Sharqiyah region of Oman. The plant helps fight the depletion of the region’s limited groundwater resources by processing over 200,000 m³/day of seawater. 

Membrane plant operators and managers face many business challenges such as finding the economical optimum for operations while meeting the production targets. 

They also face operational challenges such as:
Understanding the state of fouling membranes to better plan the interventions and minimize downtime.

• Predicting the fouling behaviour of the membranes to better plan CIP (clean-in-place).
• Optimizing membrane lifetime and maximizing cleaning efficiency.
• Avoiding unplanned shutdowns.
• Optimizing the plant’s maintenance schedule to save operator time.
   

THE ACTION

Veolia Water Technologies implemented Hubgrade which uses advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms to predict the evolution of strategic operational parameters, such as membrane fouling. Doing so enabled proactive and evidence-based decisions helping the Oman Sur operating team unlock the full value of their data.

CLIENT BENEFITS

Hubgrade allowed the Oman Sur team to: 

• Prevent unexpected shutdowns. 
• Have a holistic visibility of the operations and processes. 
• Save valuable time by preventing lengthy manual data extraction.
• Access key performance indicators via dashboards to normalize fouling indicators, monitor the effectiveness of CIP and production cycles.
• Proactively plan the maintenance schedule for CIP and membrane replacement, thus enhancing the stock management of consumables, thanks to the predictive maintenance. 
• Access plant data and analytics empowering evidence-based decisions making when planning for membrane replacement.
   

 KEY FEATURES