摘要 |
The invention relates to a method for operating a water treatment plant comprising: at least one membrane unit (M) for filtration by reverse osmosis or nanofiltration, an inlet conduit (1, 1a), at least one outlet conduit (4) for the permeate, and a discharge conduit (5); at least one high-pressure pump (3) on the inlet conduit; an energy recovery system (6); a cleaning solution circuit (16, 17, 18); and a set of valves for controlling the filtration operations and the cleaning operations. According to the invention: the flow rate of cleaning solution passing into the membrane unit must be at least equal to a specified value Q; the cleaning solution is injected upstream of the high-pressure pump (3) at a flow rate Q1 below the specified value Q; at least the flow rate Q-Q1 of cleaning solution is guaranteed by the recirculation of solution leaving the discharge conduit (5) of the membrane unit and passing through the energy recovery system (6); the high-pressure pump (3) is stopped during cleaning. |