Fouling-resistant membranes for the treatment of flowback water from hydraulic shale fracturing: A pilot study

Miller, Daniel J.; Huang, Xiaofei; Li, Hua; Kasemset, Sirirat; Lee, Albert; Agnihotri, Dileep; Hayes, Thomas D.; Paul, Donald R; Freeman, Benny D.

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2013.03.019

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“…Although there was a relatively high content of Cl -, 10600 ± 8400 mg · dm -3 , it was from a few to several times lower than in other works (28500 mg · dm -3 [18]; 16500-148000 mg · dm -3 [18]). Similarly, the concentration of total suspended solids was 89 ± 18 mg · dm -3 , 10 times lower than in the work [17].…”

Section: Flowback Water Characteristics and Their Effect On Municipalcontrasting

confidence: 63%

“…It can be seen that the concentrations of most chemical indicators are lower than in other studies [17,18]. Although there was a relatively high content of Cl -, 10600 ± 8400 mg · dm -3 , it was from a few to several times lower than in other works (28500 mg · dm -3 [18]; 16500-148000 mg · dm -3 [18]).…”

Section: Flowback Water Characteristics and Their Effect On Municipalcontrasting

confidence: 56%

“…Reports on the composition of flowback water show that it can vary from well to well. It consists extremely high concentrations of dissolved salts, therein Na + and Cl -, relatively high concentration of solid particles and lower concentration of total organic carbon (TOC) [17,18].…”

Section: Flowback Water Characteristics and Their Effect On Municipalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Impact of Flowback Water on Activated Sludge Biocenosis During Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Ziembińska-Buczyńska

Drzewicki

Kulikowska

2015

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Abstract:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of flowback water on an activated sludge biocenosis during municipal wastewater treatment in the sequencing batch reactors (SBRs). Two series were performed. In series 1, only municipal wastewater was treated, whereas in series 2, municipal wastewater with pre-treated flowback water was used. Flowback water constituted 3-5% of the influent and was introduced to the SBRs twice per week. Introducing flowback water did not decrease the quality of effluent from the SBRs. However, the composition of the activated sludge biocenosis differed between series, ie the biodiversity of protozoa and the relative abundance of microfauna in functional groups changed after flowback water addition. Polymerase chain reaction -denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) showed that the ammonia oxidizers community responded faster to flowback water addition than the total bacterial community and remained relatively stable during treatment. However, after 9 weeks of exposure to flowback water, ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) biodiversity decreased. This suggests that prolonged exposure could cause nitrification problems, leading to deterioration in effluent quality.

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Section: Flowback Water Characteristics and Their Effect On Municipalcontrasting

confidence: 63%

Section: Flowback Water Characteristics and Their Effect On Municipalcontrasting

confidence: 56%

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Impact of Flowback Water on Activated Sludge Biocenosis During Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Ziembińska-Buczyńska

Drzewicki

Kulikowska

2015

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…Furthermore, the geology in several regions is not conducive for deep well injection, and induced seismicity could result from the development of additional disposal facilities [10,11]. Therefore, novel and innovative research is being conducted to identify technologies that can treat complex O&G wastewaters economically and in an environmentally sound manner [12][13][14][15][16]. Particularly, forward osmosis (FO) has gained attention as a prominent technology for treatment of such waste streams [17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Life cycle and economic assessments of engineered osmosis and osmotic dilution for desalination of Haynesville shale pit water

Coday

Miller-Robbie

Beaudry³

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The treatment of oil and gas (O&G) exploration wastewaters by forward osmosis (FO) could make water management in the O&G industry more sustainable. Specifically, recovery of pit water from well drilling operations and hydraulic fracturing could reduce the impacts associated with wastewater transportation, deep well disposal, and fresh water procurement for subsequent hydraulic fracturing operations. This study evaluates the environmental and economic impacts of FO for treatment of O&G pit water through comparative life cycle impact and costing assessments; the FO technology is evaluated when operated as an engineered osmosis system and as a stand-alone osmotic dilution process. Cradle-to-grave life cycle inventories are developed for each FO process and evaluated using ten environmental impact categories. The relative environmental impacts of FO are found to be comparable to the transportation and pumping energy alone required for deep well injection. At the current state of the technology, the energy demand of the FO systems when operated with no upstream pretreatment is the single greatest contributor to the negative environmental impacts. At 75% water recovery, FO can potentially reduce pit water management costs by nearly 60% compared to deep well disposal, and pit water transportation requirements can be reduced as much as 63%.

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“…But Freeman has found a way to sidestep that problem by giving the membranes a gossamer-thin coating of polydopamine, which mimics the waterproof glue used by mussels to cling onto rocks. Piloted at a fracking watertreatment facility near Fort Worth, Texas, the polydopamine coating halved the pressure needed to push water through the membrane, which could result in smaller, more efficient treatment systems 7 . The team has already used these membranes to build units for the US Navy, so that ships can purify oily bilge water before dumping it.…”

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The plastics revolution: how chemists are pushing polymers to new limits

Peplow¹

2016

Nature

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Fouling-resistant membranes for the treatment of flowback water from hydraulic shale fracturing: A pilot study

Cited by 128 publications

References 26 publications

Impact of Flowback Water on Activated Sludge Biocenosis During Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Impact of Flowback Water on Activated Sludge Biocenosis During Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Life cycle and economic assessments of engineered osmosis and osmotic dilution for desalination of Haynesville shale pit water

The plastics revolution: how chemists are pushing polymers to new limits

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