Ceramic Membrane Use in Oil and Gas
Ideal applications for ceramic membranes include those in which the feed consists of emulsifed oily wastewaters at elevated temperatures. Select oily wastewater treatment applications will be desribed for both upstream […]
Recycling and Reuse of Produced Water in Steam Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery Systems
During the production of oil and gas, there is a significant amount of water produced during the recovery process. The ability to recycle and reuse this water in the field […]
Case Studies of Treating Produced Water for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Using Polymeric Tubular UF Membrane
With aging of oil wells, the ratio of produced water volume to oil volume is keep increasing. Produced water becomes a natural choice of water supply for oil production process. […]
Investigating Nanofiltration Membrane Processes for Removing Trace Chemicals of Emerging Concern
This paper discusses the findings of experiments evaluating the rejection of compounds of emerging concern (CECs) via nanofiltration membranes. In addition a description of the Town of Jupiter NF facilities […]
Hybrid Biofiltration and Integrated Membrane Systems for Treatment of Produced Water and Frac Flowback Wastewater
This study evaluates the performance of Ultrafiltration (UF) and Nanofiltration (NF) membranes following biologically active filtration (BAF) pretreatment of Piceance and Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basins produced water (PW) and frac flowback […]
Role of Membrane Technology in Seawater Desalination: Past, Present, and Future
This PowerPoint examines the role of membranes in Seawater desalination both past, current and future
Evaluation of MF/UF Chemical Cleaning Strategies in Direct Potable Reuse Applications
This paper will discuss the results of this testing and cleaning of microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes used for potable reuse. Emphasis will be on optimal Clean in place strategies and […]
Comparison of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Experimental Data for Fouling Mitigation with Sinusoidal Reverse Osmosis Spacer
This paper describes work done on a series of novel sinusoidal spacers that can form unobstructed sinusoidal membrane channels and the performance of various novel sinusoidal spacers and the conventional […]
The Development and Use of a Cost Estimating Tool to Compare Submerged and Pressurized Low Pressure Membrane Filtration to Granular Media Filtration
This paper describes a preliminary level design tool that was developed to compare foot print requirements, capital costs, and operational costs between granular media filtration and membrane technologies, both submerged […]
Properties Governing the Transport of Organic Pollutants Through Ion-Exchange Membranes in ED Desalination of Complex Waste Streams
This PowerPoint describes work done to examine the properties governing organic pollutant transport through an Ion Exchange Membrane in a Electrodialysis desalination of complex waste streams. A series of potential […]
