Norm removal from frac water

Title: Norm removal from frac water

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.

Inventors:: Silva, James Manio; Matis, Hope; Kostedt, IV, William Leonard

Issue Date:: 2014-11-18

OSTI Identifier:: 1164036

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY) NETL

Patent Number(s):: 8,889,010

Application Number:: 13/189,864

Contract Number:: AC26-07NT42677

Research Org:: Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS

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REMOVED: Oil and gas: Produced water treatment for beneficial uses
journal, January 2010

Singh, Rajindar
Filtration & Separation, Vol. 47, Issue 1, p. 20-23
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-1882(10)70033-1

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