scholarly journals Recyclable polyether–polyquaternium grafted SiO2 microsphere for efficient treatment of ASP flooding-produced water: oil adsorption characteristics and mechanism

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (26) ◽  
pp. 15124-15131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Sun ◽  
Xin He ◽  
Qian Tang ◽  
Xiaobing Li
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Adsorption Characteristics ◽  
Asp Flooding ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Adsorption ◽  
Oil Water

A recyclable functional microsphere was developed which significantly enhances oil–water separation and decreases chemical demulsifier consumption.

scholarly journals Study on Demulsification-Flocculation Mechanism of Oil-Water Emulsion in Produced Water from Alkali/Surfactant/Polymer Flooding

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Huang ◽  
Xiaohui Li ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Cheng Fu ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Negative Charge ◽  
Oil Droplets ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Water Emulsion ◽  
Flocculation Mechanism ◽  
Asp Flooding ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water

The issue of pipeline scaling and oil-water separation caused by treating produced water in Alkali/Surfactant/Polymer (ASP) flooding greatly limits the wide use of ASP flooding technology. Therefore, this study of the demulsification-flocculation mechanism of oil-water emulsion in ASP flooding produced water is of great importance for ASP produced water treatment and its application. In this paper, the demulsification-flocculation mechanism of produced water is studied by simulating the changes in oil-water interfacial tension, Zeta potential and the size of oil droplets of produced water with an added demulsifier or flocculent by laboratory experiments. The results show that the demulsifier molecules can be adsorbed onto the oil droplets and replace the surfactant absorbed on the surface of oil droplets, reducing interfacial tension and weakening interfacial film strength, resulting in decreased stability of the oil droplets. The demulsifier can also neutralize the negative charge on the surface of oil droplets and reduce the electrostatic repulsion between them which will be beneficial for the accumulation of oil droplets. The flocculent after demulsification of oil droplets by charge neutralization, adsorption bridging, and sweeping all functions together. Thus, the oil droplets form aggregates and the synthetic action by the demulsifier and the flocculent causes the oil drop film to break up and oil droplet coalescence occurs to separate oil water.

scholarly journals Research on Basic Properties of Alkali-Surfactant-Polymer Flooding Produced Water and Influence of Oil-Displacing Agent on Settlement

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Zhang D
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Oil Droplets ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Basic Properties ◽  
Asp Flooding ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Oil Droplet Size

The basic properties of alkali‒surfactant‒polymer (ASP) flooding produced water and effect of oil displacing agent on the stability of flooding produced water were obtained, through measuring and analysing water quality, oil content-settling time relationship and oil displacing agent-oil droplet size relationship of Zhong-106, Zhong-312, Zhong-417, Nan 4-8 and Bei 2-7 flooding produced water from Daqing Oilfield. The addition of ternary oil displacement agent to ASP flooding produced water greatly increases the difficulty of oil-water separation, and higher the concentration, worse the separation effect after standing. The effects of alkali, surfactant, and polymer on oil-water stability in simulated ASP flooding produced water were studied respectively. The ASP flooding produced water after 48 hours of settling formed a trace amount of nano-oil droplets, also accompanied by the accumulation and separation of a part of the oil droplets.

Produced Water Handling Using Downhole Oil Water Separation Study Case Onshore & Offshore Fields Abu Dhabi

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhak Ladmia ◽  
Dr. Younes bin Darak Al Blooshi ◽  
Abdullah Alobedli ◽  
Dragoljub Zivanov ◽  
Myrat Kuliyev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water

Abstract The expected profiles of the water produced from the mature ADNOC fields in the coming years imply an important increase and the OPEX of the produced and injected water will increase considerably. This requires in-situ water separation and reinjection. The objective of in-situ fluid separation is to reduce the cost of handling produced water and to extend the well natural flow performance resulting in increased and accelerated production. The current practice of handling produced water is inexpensive in the short term, but it can affect the operating cost and the recovery in the long term as the expected water cut for the next 10-15 years is forecasted to incease significantly. A new water management tool called downhole separation technology was developed. It separates oil and & gas from associated water inside the wellbore to be reinjected back into the disposal wells. The Downhole Oil Water Separation (DHOWS) Technology is one of the key development strategies that can reduce considerable amounts of produced water, improve hydrocarbon recovery, and minimize field development cost by eliminating surface water treatment and handling costs. The main benefits of DHOWS include acceleration of oil offtake, reduction of production cost, lessening produced water volumes, and improved utilization of surface facilities. In effect, DHOWS technologies require specific design criteria to meet the objectives of the well. Therefore, multi--discipline input data are needed to install an effective DHOWS with a robust design that economically outperforms and boosts oil and/or gas productions. This paper describes the fundamental criteria and workflow for selecting the most suitable DHOWS design for new and sidetracked wells to deliver ADNOC production mandates in a cost-effective manner while meeting completion requirements and adhering to reservoir management guidelines.

Research of Water Quality in Typical Low Permeability Oilfield Produced Water Treatment

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 867-871
Author(s):  
Qiu Shi Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Produced Water ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oilfield Produced Water ◽  
Oil Water

It is significative to study sewage treatment process in low permeable oil fields. It could enhance the oil recovery. The water quality characteristics and oil/water separation characteristics were researched during different period process by GC-MS. It shows that there are about 108 kinds of organic matters, including 45 kinds of aliphatic hydrocarbon, 7 kinds of aine, 5 kinds of sulfocompound and 9 kinds of hexacyclic compounds, such as Benzene, phenol, naphthalene and anthracene. The percent of oil droplets which size was less than 10μm is 57.3%, compared to 91.6% which size was more than 50μm. It is difficult to separate the water and oil. The remaining oil was emulsified oil. The process was hard to decrease COD, and some pollutants were existed in water, such as Arsenic, Selenium, Mercury ,Cadmium and Cr6+. It is further proposed to optimize and develop this process to removal oil and suspended solids.

Experiment Study of Demulsifier on the Oily Wastewater Treatment

2014 ◽  
Vol 945-949 ◽  
pp. 3475-3478
Author(s):  
Bao Jun Liu ◽  
Jing Cheng Shi ◽  
Li Ping Guo ◽  
Yin Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Produced Water ◽  
Oily Wastewater ◽  
Experiment Study ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Action Time ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Oily Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Selection Of

Adopts the method of adding demulsifiers into the oily wastewater to increase the droplets size to further improve the efficiency of oil-water separation, and puts forward the corresponding optimized indicators and methods of demulsifiers. The optimized selection of the demulsifiers and its additive dosage was carried out by indoor experiments based on the optimized indicators. Using artificial produced water to test the treatment effect of the optimized demulsifier at different action time. The experiments show that demulsifier S1 with additive dosage of 20mg/l can accordance with the requirements of the processing very well, and as the increase of action time, the average size of droplets increase and the amount of the droplets which under 1μm decrease.

scholarly journals Recent advances in novel functional nanomaterials-based oil/water separation techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 02031
Author(s):  
Sen Li ◽  
Yunzhe Ji ◽  
Xiaojing Li ◽  
Xiaojie Wang
Keyword(s):  
Functional Materials ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Functional Nanomaterials ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Oil Water

The increasing amount of oily wastewater discharges caused major challenges for current environmental issues, such as oil-water purification and separation [1-6]. Thus, the development of new functional materials for the efficient treatment of oil-water is imperative [7-11]. This paper reviewed the recently developed oil-water separation technologies, which were based on novel functional nanomaterials, and presented representative works in detail. Finally, the challenges and future research directions of this area were briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Robustly superhydrophobic polylactic acid nonwoven membranes for efficient oil/water separation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Lu ◽  
Chaofan Cui ◽  
Qihao Yu ◽  
Juanjuan Su ◽  
Jian Han
Keyword(s):  
Porous Materials ◽  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Separation Performance ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Nonwoven Materials ◽  
Complex Preparation ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Adsorption ◽  
Oil Water

Abstract Oily wastewater is an urgent issue threatening the ecosystem and human health. Superhydrophobic porous materials are widely concerned as promising candidates for effective oil/water separation and oil adsorption. However, superhydrophobic porous materials are still confronted with frustrations such as complex preparation processes and secondary pollution to the environment. Superhydrophobic porous materials with biodegradability and a relatively simple preparation process are more attractive to practical application and environmental protection. In this work, biodegradable and industrially applied polylactic acid (PLA)nonwoven materials were used as porous membranes, then PLA nanoparticles were loaded on the membrane surface to construct the hierarchical rough structure. The modified PLA nonwoven membrane (Nano-PLA) shows superhydrophobicity and efficient oil/water separation performance. Moreover, strong mechanical strength and acceptable toughness are obtained. This work offers an easily controlled and industrially used pathway for the design of robust, highly selective, and biodegradable oil/water separation materials.

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