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Membrane Emulsification—A Novel Solution for Treatment and Reuse of Produced Water from Oil Field

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Aamer
dc.contributor.authorSyed, Usman Taqui
dc.contributor.authorBak, Thomas Skovfoged
dc.contributor.authorQuist-Jensen, Cejna Anna
dc.contributor.institutionLAQV@REQUIMTE
dc.contributor.institutionDQ - Departamento de Química
dc.contributor.pblMDPI AG
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-15T22:35:20Z
dc.date.available2023-03-15T22:35:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-02
dc.descriptionFunding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support of Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre (DHRTC) through Radical Innovation Sprint (RIS) Projects: “Membrane Emulsification—Can a stable and engineered emulsion enhance oil recovery?” and “Tailored nano- and microemulsions to remove dispersed oil from produced water—can emulsions break emulsions?”. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors.
dc.description.abstractProduced water (PW) is, by volume, the largest waste product of the oil- and gas-exploration industry and contains pollutants such as hydrocarbons and heavy metals. To meet the stringent environmental regulations, PW must be treated before discharging into the environment. The current study proposes a novel treatment method where PW is used to prepare oil-in-water emulsion with potential applications within the oil-exploration industry. The emulsions are prepared by applying hollow fiber membrane emulsification (ME) on PW, which inherently contains oil, as to-be-dispersed phase. The results demonstrate that the average droplet size of the emulsions is a function of pressure applied on to-be-dispersed phase and could be customized from 0.24 to 0.65 µm by varying the pressure from 0.25 to 1 bar, respectively. Stability of the emulsions was verified under high pressure and a temperature and storage period of more than 24 h. The calculations showed that an ME unit with <100 kg weight and <1 m3 volume is appropriate to transform the daily average volume of PW from the Danish part of the North Sea into the emulsions. The study provides a novel route, which also complies well with the requirements (low-weight and small spatial footprints) of the offshore oil rigs, to treat and reuse PW within the oil production process and, therefore, eliminates its environmental footprint.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent18
dc.format.extent6280039
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/membranes12100971
dc.identifier.issn0076-6356
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 55930682
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: dbce5d07-2519-453e-b245-16840d0a383c
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85140910510
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000872839900001
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 36295730
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC9607147
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/150653
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85140910510
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectenhanced oil recovery
dc.subjecthollow fiber
dc.subjectmembrane emulsification
dc.subjectoil-in-water emulsions
dc.subjectChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
dc.subjectProcess Chemistry and Technology
dc.subjectFiltration and Separation
dc.subjectSDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
dc.subjectSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.titleMembrane Emulsification—A Novel Solution for Treatment and Reuse of Produced Water from Oil Fielden
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.issue10
degois.publication.titleMembranes
degois.publication.volume12
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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