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AuthorZsirai, T.
AuthorAl-Jaml, A.K.
AuthorQiblawey, H.
AuthorAl-Marri, M.
AuthorAhmed, A.
AuthorBach, S.
AuthorWatson, S.
AuthorJudd, S.
Available date2021-09-01T10:03:27Z
Publication Date2016
Publication NameSeparation and Purification Technology
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.04.001
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/22451
AbstractProduced water (PW) generated from oil exploration requires rigorous removal of suspended matter (free oil and particulate solids) as tertiary treatment (downstream of hydrocyclone and gas flotation) if it is to be re-injected into low-permeability reservoirs. The viability of membrane filtration for this duty is largely dependent on sustaining a high membrane flux to minimise the process footprint. A pilot-scale study of PW filtration using crossflow multi-channel ceramic membrane technology has been conducted to identify the appropriate membrane characteristics for sustaining the flux whilst maintaining the required treated water quality. Membranes based on two materials (silicon carbide, SiC, and titanium dioxide, TiO2) and two different pore sizes were challenged with real PW samples taken from oil platforms operating on the Arabian Gulf. The membranes were characterised according to the overall permeability decline rate and the end permeability. Results suggest that SiC membranes outperform TiO2 ones with respect to sustainable permeability under the same operating and maintenance conditions. The SiC microfiltration membrane provided anomalously high permeabilities but also the highest fouling propensity. Results suggest that whilst the high fluxes (1300-1800 L m-2 h-1) are attainable for the technology, this is contingent upon the application of an effective chemical clean. 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
SponsorThe work was been funded by Maersk Oil Qatar , whose help and support is gratefully acknowledged, and was completed as part of project number QUEX-CENG-CHE-13 ? 14-03, Qatar University.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier B.V.
SubjectCeramic materials
Ceramic membranes
Drilling platforms
Filtration
Flotation
Fouling
Gas permeable membranes
Low permeability reservoirs
Mechanical permeability
Membranes
Microfiltration
Oxides
Petroleum reservoir engineering
Pore size
Silicon carbide
Titanium
Titanium dioxide
Turbidity
Water filtration
Water quality
Water treatment
Ceramic membrane filtration
Different pore sizes
Fouling propensities
Membrane characteristics
Membrane filtrations
Micro-filtration membranes
Produced water
Tertiary treatment
Membrane technology
TitleCeramic membrane filtration of produced water: Impact of membrane module
TypeArticle
Pagination214-221
Volume Number165
dc.accessType Abstract Only


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