Crude oil desalter effluent treatment by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process

Norouzbahari, Somayeh; Roostaazad, Reza; Hesampour, Mehrdad

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2008.01.045

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“…A series of tests was conducted to assess the effectiveness of microfiltration (GE Osmonics®-PVDF, 0.3 \im, Minnetonka, Minnesota) and ultrafiltration (KochPolysulfone, 0.003 nm, Wilmington, Massachusetts) membranes in achieving low mercury concentrations in the treated CE. The membrane type and operating conditions were selected based on previous studies (Hilal et al, 2004;Norouzbahari et al, 2009) and manufacturer suggestions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Achieving the Great Lakes Initiative Mercury Limits in Oil Refinery Effluent

Urgun‐Demirtas¹,

Gillenwater²,

Negri³

et al. 2013

Water Environment Research

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To meet the stringent Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) wastewater discharge mercury (Hg) limit of 1.3 ppt (ng/L), mercury removal technologies need to be identified and investigated. The goals of this study were to (1) identify and assess available wastewater treatment technologies for mercury removal from an oil refinery wastewater; and (2) conduct bench-scale tests to provide comparable, transparent, and uniform results to assess their performance at low mercury concentrations. The study found that many tested technologies were able to achieve the GLI mercury target concentration at the bench-scale, albeit with different efficiencies and engineering implications. These results demonstrate that at this scale there is no fundamental physical or chemical barrier to achieving < 1.3 ng Hg/L in the tested wastewater. The study also found that some technologies were effective on particulate mercury whereas others were effective on dissolved mercury. One emerging treatment technology was found to be effective on both particulate and dissolved mercury. Three mercury-removal technologies--ultrafiltration (particulate mercury), adsorption (dissolved mercury), and an emerging reactive filtration technology (particulate and dissolved mercury)--are recommended for further study. This research offers treatment alternatives for different forms of mercury in an oil refinery wastewater, which might be applicable to other types of mercury-containing wastewater.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Achieving the Great Lakes Initiative Mercury Limits in Oil Refinery Effluent

Urgun‐Demirtas¹,

Gillenwater²,

Negri³

et al. 2013

Water Environment Research

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“…RO was used to treat NF retentate of secondary effluent of the Sagunto (Spain) wastewater treatment plant to reduce the volume of rejected water, leading to 95 % overall water recovery (GarciaFigueruelo et al 2009), 95 % TDS removal from crude oil desalted effluent (Norouzbahari et al 2009), and to meet permeate COD and conductivity requirements for reuse of dairy process water (Frappart et al 2008). Hafez et al (2007) used RO to treat industrial wastewater from fruit juice and milk product lines of the El-Nile Company (Egypt) and showed removals of 99 % for SO 4 2-, 96 % for Fe 2?…”

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confidence: 99%

Bench-Scale and Pilot-Scale Treatment Technologies for the Removal of Total Dissolved Solids from Coal Mine Water: A Review

Pinto¹,

Al-Abed

Balz³

et al. 2015

Mine Water Environ

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Coal mine water (CMW) is typically treated to remove suspended solids, acidity, and soluble metals, but high concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) have been reported to impact the environment at several CMW discharge points. Consequently, various states have established TDS wastewater regulations and the US EPA has proposed a benchmark conductivity limit to reduce TDS impacts in streams near mining sites. Traditional CMW treatment effectively removes some TDS components, but is not effective in removing major salt ions due to their higher solubility. This paper describes the basic principles, effectiveness, advantages, and disadvantages of various TDS removal technologies (adsorption, bioremediation, capacitive deionization, desalination, distillation, electrochemical ion exchange, electrocoagulation, electrodialysis, ion exchange, membrane filtration, precipitation, and reverse osmosis) that have at least been tested in benchand pilot-scale experiments.

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“…The membrane type and operating conditions were selected based upon literature review (Hilal et al 2004;Soares et al 2005;Bouranene et al 2008;Norouzbahari et al 2009) and manufacturers' suggestions. The membrane type and operating conditions were selected based upon literature review (Hilal et al 2004;Soares et al 2005;Bouranene et al 2008;Norouzbahari et al 2009) and manufacturers' suggestions.…”

Section: Filtrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative evaluation of As, Se and V removal technologies for the treatment of oil refinery wastewater

Gillenwater

Urgun‐Demirtas

Negri

et al. 2012

Water Science and Technology

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In this study, a broad range of readily deployable metal removal technologies were tested on a US refinery's wastewater to determine vanadium, arsenic and selenium removal performance. The bench-scale treatability studies were designed and performed so that test conditions could be as uniform as possible given the different mechanisms of action and engineering applications of each technology. The experimental data show that both ferric precipitation and reactive filtration were able to remove As, Se and V more efficiently from the wastewater than other tested technologies. Additionally, granular ferric hydroxide (GFH) adsorption was also effective in both V and As removal. Although the thiol-SAMMS adsorbent was developed for mercury removal, it also demonstrated appreciable selenium removal. None of the tested membrane filtration technologies showed any significant metals removal. This was attributed to the dissolved form of the metals as well as the wastewater's fouling characteristics.

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Crude oil desalter effluent treatment by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process

Cited by 49 publications

References 8 publications

Achieving the Great Lakes Initiative Mercury Limits in Oil Refinery Effluent

Achieving the Great Lakes Initiative Mercury Limits in Oil Refinery Effluent

Bench-Scale and Pilot-Scale Treatment Technologies for the Removal of Total Dissolved Solids from Coal Mine Water: A Review

Comparative evaluation of As, Se and V removal technologies for the treatment of oil refinery wastewater

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