Materials and technologies for the tertiary treatment of produced water contaminated by oil impurities through nonfibrous deep-bed media: A review
Author | Sobolciak P. |
Author | Popelka A. |
Author | Tanvir A. |
Author | Al-Maadeed M.A. |
Author | Adham S. |
Author | Krupa I. |
Available date | 2022-02-27T09:30:33Z |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Publication Name | Water (Switzerland) |
Resource | Scopus |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12123419 |
Abstract | This 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. |
Sponsor | This 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. |
Language | en |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Subject | Emulsification 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 |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 01-26 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Volume Number | 12 |
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