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Title: Membrane Bioreactor Pretreatment of High-Salinity O&G Produced Water

Abstract

Produced water (PW) from oil and gas production contains variable constituents that are difficult to remove with conventional treatment processes. The focus of this study was to explore the long-term performance of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the removal of organic constituents from PW and how performance and microbial community composition are affected by progressively increasing salinity and introduction of PW from different shale basins around the United States. Dissolved organic carbon removal from the PW remained consistent throughout the study, averaging 86% from the Denver-Julesburg basin PW and 66% removal from the Permian basin PW. Surfactant removal was less consistent, showing 87% removal of poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) at a total dissolved solid (TDS) concentration of 40 g/L but only 58% removal at a TDS concentration of 100 g/L. Diversity in the microbial community decreased during reactor establishment but increased at TDS concentrations above 80 g/L. Finally, the results of this study suggest that MBRs can be effective PW pretreatment processes even at high salinities.

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  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1863223
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 20-087
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS ES&T Water
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2690-0637
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; membrane bioreactor; produced water; desalination; wastewater treatment; biological treatment; dissolved organic carbon removal

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Van Houghton, Brett D., Acharya, Shwetha M., Rosenblum, James S., Chakraborty, Romy, Tringe, Susannah Green, and Cath, Tzahi Y. Membrane Bioreactor Pretreatment of High-Salinity O&G Produced Water. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1021/acsestwater.1c00436.
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Van Houghton, Brett D., Acharya, Shwetha M., Rosenblum, James S., Chakraborty, Romy, Tringe, Susannah Green, & Cath, Tzahi Y. Membrane Bioreactor Pretreatment of High-Salinity O&G Produced Water. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00436
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Van Houghton, Brett D., Acharya, Shwetha M., Rosenblum, James S., Chakraborty, Romy, Tringe, Susannah Green, and Cath, Tzahi Y. Fri . "Membrane Bioreactor Pretreatment of High-Salinity O&G Produced Water". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00436. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1863223.
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@article{osti_1863223,
title = {Membrane Bioreactor Pretreatment of High-Salinity O&G Produced Water},
author = {Van Houghton, Brett D. and Acharya, Shwetha M. and Rosenblum, James S. and Chakraborty, Romy and Tringe, Susannah Green and Cath, Tzahi Y.},
abstractNote = {Produced water (PW) from oil and gas production contains variable constituents that are difficult to remove with conventional treatment processes. The focus of this study was to explore the long-term performance of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the removal of organic constituents from PW and how performance and microbial community composition are affected by progressively increasing salinity and introduction of PW from different shale basins around the United States. Dissolved organic carbon removal from the PW remained consistent throughout the study, averaging 86% from the Denver-Julesburg basin PW and 66% removal from the Permian basin PW. Surfactant removal was less consistent, showing 87% removal of poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) at a total dissolved solid (TDS) concentration of 40 g/L but only 58% removal at a TDS concentration of 100 g/L. Diversity in the microbial community decreased during reactor establishment but increased at TDS concentrations above 80 g/L. Finally, the results of this study suggest that MBRs can be effective PW pretreatment processes even at high salinities.},
doi = {10.1021/acsestwater.1c00436},
journal = {ACS ES&T Water},
number = 3,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Fri Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}
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