Novel Co-treatment of Cooling Blowdown Water and Produced Water: A Regional Approach for Resource Recovery and Treatment Footprint Reduction

Ahmed, Mohammad Hafez; Khajouei, Golnoosh; Seats, Payton; Buzby, Karen; Finklea, Harry; Siefert, Nicholas; Hunter, Heather; Lin, Lian-Shin

doi:10.1021/acsestwater.4c00259

Novel Co-treatment of Cooling Blowdown Water and Produced Water: A Regional Approach for Resource Recovery and Treatment Footprint Reduction

Journal Article · Fri Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · ACS ES&T Water

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00259· OSTI ID:2428027

^[1]; Khajouei, Golnoosh ^[2]; Seats, Payton ^[1]; Buzby, Karen ^[1]; Finklea, Harry ^[1]; Siefert, Nicholas ^[3]; Hunter, Heather ^[3]; ^[1]

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (United States)
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (United States); Carollo Engineers, Phoenix, AZ (United States)
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Taking advantage of the complementary chemistries of the cooling blowdown water (BDW) and produced water (PW) from shale gas production, this pilot study evaluated their co-treatment feasibility to generate useful products while reducing treatment footprints. The process includes the mixing of BDW and PW, chemical softening, activated carbon (AC) filtration, and reverse osmosis (RO). The results showed that a simple mixing of BDW and PW (BDW/PW = 5) readily removed 98% of barium and 85% of sulfate and generated a high-density (4.1 g/cm³) barite-dominant solid with a yield of 1.92 kg/m³ mixed water. Softening using sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide removed >95% scale forming divalent ions, and the AC filtration resulted in ~90% total organic carbon removal. RO treatment of the AC effluent achieved ~60% water recovery. Compared to BDW and PW treated separately, the co-treatment process resulted in a ~70% chemical saving. The RO concentrate had high enough TDS (77 g/L) suitable for thermal evaporation to generate commercial-grade 10-lb brine. An initial technoeconomic analysis of a co-treatment scenario using a thermoelectric powerplant in West Virginia shows cost saving potential and revenue generation. This study demonstrates the potential of the co-treatment method as a useful tool for sustainable regional water management.

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Research Organization:: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031740

OSTI ID:: 2428027

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2406945; OSTI ID: 2428901

Journal Information:: ACS ES&T Water, Vol. 4, Issue 8; ISSN 2690-0637

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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