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Title: A comprehensive thermodynamic model for high salinity produced waters

Abstract

Abstract Reuse of produced waters in oil and gas production is a major concern due to high treatment cost and regulations on disposal in the environment. To support development of separation techniques and process innovations, we report a comprehensive thermodynamic model for the aqueous hexary system of Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Cl , and SO 4 2− , the major ionic species present in high salinity produced waters. Based on the electrolyte NRTL theory, the model accurately calculates thermodynamic and phase equilibrium properties with two binary interaction parameters per water‐electrolyte pair and electrolyte‐electrolyte pair sharing a common ion. This article presents the methodology to identify the binary interaction parameters from literature data and the model results for wide varieties of thermodynamic and phase equilibrium properties including salt solubility for selected binary, ternary, quaternary, and quinary subsystems. The model is validated with the electrolyte concentrations up to salt saturation and temperatures from 273 to 473 K.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas
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OSTI Identifier:
1572116
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
AIChE Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: AIChE Journal Journal Volume: 66 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-1541
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Tanveer, Sheik, and Chen, Chau‐Chyun. A comprehensive thermodynamic model for high salinity produced waters. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/aic.16818.
Tanveer, Sheik, & Chen, Chau‐Chyun. A comprehensive thermodynamic model for high salinity produced waters. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16818
Tanveer, Sheik, and Chen, Chau‐Chyun. Mon . "A comprehensive thermodynamic model for high salinity produced waters". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.16818.
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author = {Tanveer, Sheik and Chen, Chau‐Chyun},
abstractNote = {Abstract Reuse of produced waters in oil and gas production is a major concern due to high treatment cost and regulations on disposal in the environment. To support development of separation techniques and process innovations, we report a comprehensive thermodynamic model for the aqueous hexary system of Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Cl − , and SO 4 2− , the major ionic species present in high salinity produced waters. Based on the electrolyte NRTL theory, the model accurately calculates thermodynamic and phase equilibrium properties with two binary interaction parameters per water‐electrolyte pair and electrolyte‐electrolyte pair sharing a common ion. This article presents the methodology to identify the binary interaction parameters from literature data and the model results for wide varieties of thermodynamic and phase equilibrium properties including salt solubility for selected binary, ternary, quaternary, and quinary subsystems. The model is validated with the electrolyte concentrations up to salt saturation and temperatures from 273 to 473 K.},
doi = {10.1002/aic.16818},
journal = {AIChE Journal},
number = 1,
volume = 66,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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