Optimization of Methanol Recovery from Produced Water and Waste Water

回收处理采出水中用作除冰剂的甲醇是石油和天然气行业面临的一个挑战。PW含有高达90%的甲醇，使这种甲醇成为一种重要的资源，可以在SAGD业务中回收利用，或者作为副产品出售给替代消费者。南艾伯塔省理工学院(SAIT)的S能源研究和清洁非传统技术中心及其行业合作伙伴加拿大冠军X公司专注于废水中甲醇的回收和循环工艺。该项目将通过设计、组装和分析一种新型的高性能水处理系统来优化甲醇回收技术(MRT)工艺，该系统将集成在艾伯塔省三个甲醇回收试点装置之一中。实施MRT等增强型技术将为加拿大带来环境效益，减少各种行业的甲醇处置，如加拿大纸浆和造纸、生物燃料和制药行业，通过将碳保持在闭路循环中，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处理后的水以在运营中重复使用的能力，从而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.