Optimization of Methanol Recovery from Produced Water and Waste Water

在处理后的采出水（PW）中回收甲醇作为除冰剂是石油和天然气行业面临的一个挑战。PW可以由高达90%的甲醇组成，这使得甲醇成为一种重要的资源，可以在SAGD操作中回收利用，也可以作为副产品出售给其他消费者。南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）的能源研究和清洁非常规技术中心及其行业合作伙伴加拿大公司ChampionX专注于从废水中回收和循环利用甲醇的过程。该项目将通过设计、组装和分析一种新型、高性能的水预处理系统，重点优化甲醇回收技术（MRT）过程，该系统将集成在阿尔伯塔省三个甲醇回收试点装置中的一个中。实施MRT等增强技术将为加拿大提供环境效益，通过减少各种行业的甲醇处置，例如加拿大纸浆和造纸，生物燃料和制药行业，通过保持碳闭环，减少焚烧造成的温室气体排放，并消除与传统废物处置相关的泄漏和溢出风险。这为工业提供了处理后的水在操作中重复使用的能力，减少了对清洁水源的需求。

The recovery of methanol used as a de-icer in disposed produced water (PW) is a challenge to the oil and gas industry. The PW can consist of as much as 90% methanol, making that methanol a substantial resource that can be recycled in SAGD operations or sold to alternative consumers as a byproduct. The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)'s Centre for Energy Research and Clean Unconventional Technologies and their industry partner, Canadian company ChampionX, are focused on the recovery and recycling process of methanol from wastewater. This project will focus on the optimization of the Methanol Recovery Technology (MRT) process through designing, assembling and analyzing a novel, high-performance water pre-treatment system that will be integrated within one of the three methanol recovery pilot units in Alberta. Implementing an enhanced technology such as MRT will provide Canada with environmental benefits by reducing the disposal of the methanol in a variety of industries, such as the Canadian pulp and paper, biofuels and pharmaceutical industries by keeping carbon in a closed-loop, reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by incineration, and eliminating leaking and spill risks associated with conventional waste disposal. This provides industries with the ability to treat processed water to be reused in operations, reducing the need for clean water sources.