Browsing by Subject "Membranes"
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(2010-10-12)Produced water and spent drilling fluids from petroleum operations represent a significant expense to companies developing new energy reserves. These spent fluids, seldom recycled, offer a viable source of water resources ...
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(2017-08-10)Removing submicrometer-sized oil droplets from water is still one of the leading challenges in the separation of emulsions. In the oil and gas industry, emulsions are handled in one of two distinctive ways: the stabilization ...
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(2009-05-15)This thesis presents a study to enhance and improve a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) reverse osmosis process that uses seed crystals to promote crystallization of the dissolved salts in the residual brine while it is being ...
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(2018-05-08)Hydrocarbon separation in the industry is challenging and currently achieved by well-established relative energy intensive and multi-column distillation processes. Even if many promising membrane-based separation technologies ...
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(2011-07-26)With increasing energy consumption and fossil fuels being the primary energy source, there is need to invest in alternative sources of energy. Hydrogen gas (H2) is a promising possibility because it is inexhaustible, ...