NAWI Research Spotlight: Technoeconomic Assessment of Brine Valorization from Brackish Groundwater

Conference · Thu Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2409381· OSTI ID:2409381

Fritz, Alison ^[1]; Finnerty, Casey ^[2]; Dudchenko, Alexander ^[3]; Heil, Haleigh ^[4]; Adkins, Caroline ^[5]; Mauter, Meagan ^[5]; Atia, Adam ^[4]; Able, Chad ^[4]; Shuster, Erik ^[1]

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1. NETL
2. Yale University
3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
4. NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory
5. Stanford University

This NAWI Research Spotlight Webinar was presented to the NAWI Alliance on June 27, 2024. The presentation describes project progress to date on a technoeconomic assessment of brine valorization from brackish groundwater. Desalination at inland brackish groundwater treatment plants is currently limited by high costs of concentrate management and disposal. With current methods, 5-25% of the feed is disposed of as concentrate, with 98% of disposal using conventional methods (i.e. no byproduct recovery). This project aims to assess the technical and economic feasibility of industrial ecosystems to desalinate brackish groundwater and supply existing and potential markets for clean concentrate or other bulk constituents from the brine.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• OSTI ID: 2409381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English