A techno-economic assessment of membrane distillation for treatment of Marcellus shale produced water

Tavakkoli, Sakineh; Lokare, Omkar R.; Vidic, Radisav D.; Khanna, Vikas

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.014

Title: A techno-economic assessment of membrane distillation for treatment of Marcellus shale produced water

Journal Article · Fri May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Desalination

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.014· OSTI ID:1533719

Tavakkoli, Sakineh ^[1]; Lokare, Omkar R. ^[1]; Vidic, Radisav D. ^[1]; Khanna, Vikas ^[1]

University of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising desalination technology for treatment of high salinity shale gas produced water. Techno-economic assessment (TEA) is necessary for evaluating the economic feasibility of MD for produced water treatment as compared to other shale gas produced water management strategies. A detailed TEA for a hypothetical 0.5 million gallons per day (MGD) direct contact MD (DCMD) that concentrates produced water from 10% (100,000 mg/L) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) to 30% salinity is presented in this study. The model is developed based on a combination of experimental results, ASPEN Plus process model, best available engineering knowledge, and cost estimates. Analysis reveals that thermal energy cost for MD operation contributes the most to total cost of treating produced water in an MD plant. Additionally, the results of sensitivity analysis reveal that feed TDS level and thermal energy price have a significant impact on total cost of treating produced water. We also explore the implications of utilizing waste heat on the economics of the MD technology for produced water treatment. Here the results reveal that the total cost of treating produced water using MD is $$\$$$$5.70/m³feed which decreases significantly to $$\$$$$0.74/m³feed when MD is integrated with a source of waste heat.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

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Journal Information:: Desalination, Vol. 416, Issue C; ISSN 0011-9164

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