Experimental Study of Produced Water Treatment Using Activated Carbon with Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles, Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membranes

• Autorzy: Hussein Mudhaffar Yacoub , Al-Naemi Amer Naji Ahmed , AlJaberi Forat Yasir

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/161231

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This work inspected the produced water discharged from the Amara oil field in (Misan-Iraq) to improve the quality of water before reuse and reinjection or disposal. The process of treatment included a pretreatment step using activated carbon and post-treatment using flat polymeric nanofiltration membrane (NF) (1.0 nm) and reverse osmosis membrane (RO) (0.3 nm), respectively. Therefore, activated carbon without aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) nanoparticles and with (Al₂O₃) nanoparticles (20 nm) was used to examine the removal efficiency of the total organic compound (TOC). The height of the fixed bed of activated carbon and its diameter were 35 cm and 2.5 cm, respectively. The volumetric flow rates of the produced water flowing through the activated carbon column were taken as (25, 20, 15, 10 and 5)×10^-4 m³/h respectively, at transmembrane pressure (TMP) of 1.0 bar, pH equals 6, and the temperature of 25 °C. The TOC removal efficiencies attained using activated carbon without Al₂O₃ nanoparticles were (52, 64, 77, 83 and 87%), respectively, and (65, 72.7, 83.4, 92.5 and 95.2%) with the use of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles, respectively. Produced water effluent from the activated carbon column was treated by flat NF and RO membranes to reduce the total dissolved solids (TDS). The cross-flow rates through NF and RO membranes were 0.1 and 0.25 m³/h, TMP (1–12 bar) and 60 bar, respectively. The removal efficiency of TDS was enhanced up to 40% and 99.67%, respectively. In addition, the TOC removal efficiency was 100% in the effluent of the RO membrane.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

produced water; wastewater treatment; nanofiltration membrane; reverse osmosis membrane; TOC removal; total organic compound; TDS removal; total dissolved solids; reuse

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 24, nr 5
• Strony: 78--87
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 40 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Hussein Mudhaffar Yacoub

• University of Misan, College of Engineering, Oil Engineering Department, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

Al-Naemi Amer Naji Ahmed

• Ministry of Science and Technology, Environment and Water Research Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq

autor

AlJaberi Forat Yasir

• Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Al-Muthanna University, Al-Muthanna, Iraq

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-9593

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).