Development of an Advanced, Membrane-Based Water Treatment Process for Produced Water from the Petroleum Industry

针对石油工业采出水开发先进的膜水处理工艺

• 批准号: 555835-2020
• 负责人: Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=704942
• 关键词: Development; Advanced; Membrane; Based; Water

Scarcity of clean, fresh water is an issue of immediate and grave concern. It adversely impacts people from both developing and developed countries and the United Nations has predicted that in just over a decade, nearly half the world population will experience persistent water shortages. Oil and gas extraction processes require large quantities of water to produce desired products; however, along with such products, they also generate a highly complex waste stream known as produced water. Treatment of produced water is a growing and necessary practice that not only curtails its adverse effects on the environment and our well-being, but also improves available water resources for reuse. Produced water is a complex waste stream with inconstant composition, which varies with temporal and geologic conditions, but its elevated salinity remains one of the key limitations for treatment and reuse. Petro-Techna International Ltd., a Canadian energy company, and Lambton College aim to develop a low-cost, high-performance, and durable nano-engineered composite membrane for direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) applications for efficient treatment of high-salinity industrial wastewater associated with the oil and gas industry. The primary aim of the proposed applied research project is to synthesize and optimize a series of highly hydrophobic, nano-composite membranes with high porosity, superior anti-fouling and wetting properties, excellent mechanical and chemical stability and low cost for treatment of produced water in the oil and gas sector in Canada and beyond. The successful completion of this applied research collaboration will significantly benefit Petro-Techna International Ltd. and has the potential to increase their annual revenue and technical and professional workforce. This technology will have a positive, lasting impact on the environment as the need for fresh water for oil and gas production will be substantially reduced, leading to significant reductions in the release of untreated wastewater into the environment.

缺乏清洁的淡水是一个紧迫和严重关切的问题。它对发展中国家和发达国家的人民都产生了不利影响，联合国预测，在短短十多年内，世界上近一半的人口将持续缺水。石油和天然气开采过程需要大量的水来生产所需的产品;然而，沿着这些产品，它们还产生称为采出水的高度复杂的废物流。 采出水的处理是一种日益增长的必要做法，不仅可以减少其对环境和我们的福祉的不利影响，而且还可以改善可用的水资源以供再利用。采出水是一种复杂的废物流，其成分不稳定，随时间和地质条件而变化，但其高盐度仍然是处理和再利用的关键限制之一。 Petro-Techna International Ltd.加拿大能源公司和兰顿学院的目标是开发一种低成本、高性能和耐用的纳米工程复合膜，用于直接接触膜蒸馏（DCMD）应用，以有效处理与石油和天然气工业相关的高盐度工业废水。拟议的应用研究项目的主要目的是合成和优化一系列高疏水性的纳米复合膜，该膜具有高孔隙率、上级防污和润湿性能、优异的机械和化学稳定性以及低成本，可用于加拿大及其他地区石油和天然气行业的采出水处理。这项应用研究合作的成功完成将使Petro-Techna International Ltd.受益匪浅，并有可能增加其年收入以及技术和专业人员。这项技术将对环境产生积极、持久的影响，因为石油和天然气生产对淡水的需求将大大减少，从而大大减少未经处理的废水排放到环境中。