Nanofiltration/reverse osmosis for treatment of coproduced waters
- Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO (United States)
Current high oil and gas prices have lead to renewed interest in exploration of nonconventional energy sources such as coal bed methane, tar sand, and oil shale. However oil and gas production from these nonconventional sources has lead to the coproduction of large quantities of produced water. While produced water is a waste product from oil and gas exploration it is a very valuable natural resource in the arid Western United States. Thus treated produced water could be a valuable new source of water. Commercially available nanofiltration and low pressure reverse osmosis membranes have been used to treat three produced waters. The results obtained here indicate that the permeate could be put to beneficial uses such as crop and livestock watering. However minimizing membrane fouling will be essential for the development of a practical process. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy imaging may be used to observe membrane fouling.
- OSTI ID:
- 21073823
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Progress, Vol. 27, Issue 2; ISSN 0278-4491
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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