High Temperature Membrane Benchmarking for SAGD Produced Water Treatment

水的供应、质量和使用日益成为世界上最大的挑战。加拿大的石油工业需要大量的水资源来生产蒸汽，以就地熔化沥青。油砂行业运营商专注于改善其水处理工艺、水循环利用率，并降低其能源消耗和整体水足迹。此外，一致的水质是许多工业过程的效率和可操作性的关键。北方阿尔伯塔理工学院（NAIT）油砂可持续发展中心（COSS）专注于推进、优化、开发和验证油砂行业可持续发展的新技术。在拟议的项目中，COSS将与行业合作伙伴加拿大油砂创新联盟（COSIA）合作，评估和验证蒸汽辅助重力泄油（SAGD）采出水处理的高温膜工艺。来自阿尔伯塔的现场油砂作业的采出水已被确定为膜技术的一个领域，水处理技术的进步可以显着提高现有的性能。NAIT和COSIA合作开发了膜技术评估计划（MTAP），以促进这一领域的发展。该提案将允许COSIA在高温下对SAGD操作条件下的市售膜进行台架测试。该测试将在现场试点测试之前预见和解决潜在的技术或操作问题，并将有助于评估膜技术的试点准备情况。该项目还将有利于膜技术供应商了解需要进一步创新和改进的领域。

Water availability, quality and use are increasingly among the world's greatest challenges. Canada's oil industry requires significant water resources for steam to melt bitumen in situ. Oil sands industry operators are focused on improving their water treatment processes, water recycling rates, and lowering their energy consumption and overall water footprint. Moreover, consistent water quality is key to the efficiency and operability of many industrial processes. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability (COSS) is focused on the advancement, optimization, development, and validation of novel technologies for the sustainability of the oil sands industry. In the proposed project, COSS will work collaboratively with industry partner Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) to evaluate and validate the high temperature membrane process for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) produced water treatment. Produced water from Alberta's in-situ oil sands operations has been identified as an area for membrane technologies, and advancements in water treatment technologies can significantly improve existing performance. NAIT and COSIA partnered to develop the membrane technology assessment program (MTAP) to facilitate development in this area. This proposal will allow COSIA bench test commercially available membranes under high temperatures for SAGD operational conditions. The test will foresee and address potential technical or operational problems before field pilot testing and will help to evaluate the pilot readiness of membrane technology. The project will also benefit membrane technology providers in understanding areas that require further innovation and enhancements.