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Norm removal from frac water

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1164036
A method for treating low barium frac water includes contacting a frac water stream with a radium selective complexing resin to produce a low radium stream, passing the low radium stream through a thermal brine concentrator to produce a concentrated brine; and passing the concentrated brine through a thermal crystallizer to yield road salt.
Research Organization:
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC26-07NT42677
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,889,010
Application Number:
13/189,864
OSTI ID:
1164036
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

REMOVED: Oil and gas: Produced water treatment for beneficial uses journal January 2010
Polymeric Adsorbent for Radium Removal from Groundwater journal July 2005

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