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AuthorSobolciak P.
AuthorPopelka A.
AuthorTanvir A.
AuthorAl-Maadeed M.A.
AuthorAdham S.
AuthorKrupa I.
Available date2022-02-27T09:30:33Z
Publication Date2020
Publication NameWater (Switzerland)
ResourceScopus
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123419
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/27450
AbstractThis review covers various aspects of the treatment of emulsified oil/water mixtures and is particularly focused on tertiary treatment, which means the reduction of the oil content from 70-100 ppm to below 10 ppm, depending on national regulations for water discharge. Emulsified oil/water mixtures frequently occurs in water treatment processes because, in the petroleum industry, chemically enhanced oil recovery leads to the production of a vast amount of oil-emulsified wastewater. This review is focused on various aspects of tertiary treatment via granular deep-bed filtration. The importance of polymeric materials, as well as carbon nanostructures, which may be an alternative to the current media have been highlighting. The particular potential of polymers is based on their broad availability and low price (particularly for polyolefins), the simple treatment of their surfaces through a variety of chemical and physical methods to design surfaces with tailored surface free energy (wettability), and the porosity. Polymer technology offers a variety of well-established methods for designing foams with tailored porosity, which, together with appropriately tuned surface energy and controlled roughness, would open new avenues for the production of foamy media for efficient oil/water separation. Additionally, a crucial inventions in deep-bed filtration is discussed.
SponsorThis work was made possible by a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund under its National Priorities Research Program (award number NPRP12S-0311-190299) and by financial support from the ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC). The paper?s content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Qatar National Research Fund or ConocoPhillips. This research was also funded by Qatar University through Qatar University Collaborative Grant QUCGCAM-20/21-3.
Languageen
PublisherMDPI AG
SubjectEmulsification
Free energy
Impurities
Mixtures
Petroleum industry
Polymers
Porosity
Porous materials
Produced Water
Wastewater treatment
Water treatment
Carbon Nanostructures
Deep bed filtration
Enhanced oil recovery
Materials and technologies
Oil/water separation
Polymer technology
Tertiary treatment
Water treatment process
Enhanced recovery
enhanced oil recovery
filtration
oil pollution
petroleum hydrocarbon
physicochemical property
polymer
surface energy
wastewater
water treatment
TitleMaterials and technologies for the tertiary treatment of produced water contaminated by oil impurities through nonfibrous deep-bed media: A review
TypeArticle
Pagination01-26
Issue Number12
Volume Number12
dc.accessType Open Access


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