Optimization of Methanol Recovery from Produced Water and Waste Water

回收处理后的采出水（PW）中的甲醇作为除冰剂是石油和天然气工业面临的挑战。PW可以由高达90%的甲醇组成，使甲醇成为可以在SAGD操作中回收或作为副产品出售给替代消费者的重要资源。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AlonX专注于从废水中回收和再循环甲醇的过程。该项目将重点关注甲醇回收技术（MRT）工艺的优化，通过设计、组装和分析一种新型的高性能水预处理系统，该系统将集成到阿尔伯塔的三个甲醇回收试验装置之一中。实施MRT等强化技术将为加拿大提供环境效益，减少加拿大纸浆和造纸、生物燃料和制药等各种行业的甲醇处置，将碳保持在闭环中，减少焚烧造成的温室气体排放，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处理后的水以在运营中重复使用的能力，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.