Development of an Advanced Membrane-Based Wastewater Treatment Process for Remediation of High-Salinity Wastewater from the Petroleum Industry

开发用于修复石油工业高盐度废水的先进膜法废水处理工艺

• 批准号: 571161-2021
• 负责人: Sheikhzadeh, MehdiM
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 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 2
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=761514
• 关键词: Development; Advanced; Membrane; Based; Wastewater

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. The treatment of such waste streams is a growing and necessary practice that not only curtails their adverse effects on the environment and our well-being, but also improves available water resources for reuse. Such waste streams are inherently complex with inconstant compositions, which vary with temporal and geologic conditions, but their elevated salinity remains one of the key limitations for treatment and reuse. Desalination has been extensively studied and employed for accession of freshwater supplies and reduction of adverse environmental impacts of saline industrial wastewater, and membrane-based processes have attracted the attention of researchers and policy makers from both academia and industry.Petro-Techna International Ltd and Lambton College have joined forces 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. Th aim of theresearch 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 high salinity wastewater associated with oil and gas activities. The successful completion of this collaboration will significantly benefit Petro-Techna International Ltd. and has the potential to increase their annual revenue and technical and professional workforce.

稀缺清洁，淡水是直接和严重关注的问题。它对发展中国家和发达国家的人们都产生了不利影响，联合国预测，在短短的十年中，将近一半的世界人口将遭受持续的水短缺。这种废物流的处理是一种日益增长的必要实践，不仅减少了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重新使用。这种废物流本质上是复杂的，构成与时间和地质条件不同，但是它们升高的盐度仍然是治疗和再利用的关键局限性之一。对淡水供应的加入和使用，脱水量已被广泛研究和使用，减少了盐水工业废水的不利环境影响，基于膜的工艺吸引了学术界和行业的研究人员和政策制定者的注意。Petro-Techna International Ltd和Lambton Colless供备忘录，并培养了纽约的高级构造，并供应了低级竞争，并供应了高级竞争，并培养接触膜蒸馏（DCMD）应用，以有效处理与石油和天然气行业相关的高含量工业废水。搜索项目的目的是综合和优化一系列具有高孔隙率，优质抗素和润湿性能的高度疏水，纳米复合膜，出色的机械和化学稳定性以及与石油和天然气活动相关的高盐度废水处理的高成本。这项合作的成功完成将极大地使Petro-Techna International Ltd.受益，并有可能增加其年收入以及技术和专业劳动力。