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Abstract:
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According to the Texas Railroad Commission (TRC), ????over 250 billion gallons
of produced water is taken out of Texas Soil every year, and more than 35% of this
water is not currently fit to use.?? Therefore, it can be assumed that domestically and
globally, the petroleum industries challenge has been to develop a high-tech and cost
effective method to purify the large volumes of oilfield brines and produced water.
Currently, most of the produced water requires several pre- and post- treatment methods
to aide in reducing fouling of membranes, separation of components, increasing influent
and effluent quality, and preventing unwanted work stoppage during the desalination
process. As a result, the pre- and post- treatment conditioning of the produced water
affects the economics and scale-up (i.e. residence times, absorption capacity, etc??) of
the varying processes parameters. Therefore, this research focuses on developing an
economic analysis and determining the adsorption capacity of an organoclay system to
remove oil. |
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