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Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development

Flowback water from shale gas well drilling has a high TDS (total dissolved solids) content, ranging from 5000 ppm to 261,000 ppm, along with a TSS (total suspended solids) content of 300–3000 mg/L. Recently, the rapid expansion of shale gas production in Marcellus Formation has raised serious envir...

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Main Author: Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: IRC 2015
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TP Chemical technology
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.157612017-01-25T09:35:54Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/15761/ Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan TP Chemical technology Flowback water from shale gas well drilling has a high TDS (total dissolved solids) content, ranging from 5000 ppm to 261,000 ppm, along with a TSS (total suspended solids) content of 300–3000 mg/L. Recently, the rapid expansion of shale gas production in Marcellus Formation has raised serious environmental concerns about the large amount of flowback water in this area. In this project a process based on ceramic membrane filtration and ion-exchange is optimised for the treatment of the flowback water from Marcellus Formation. Mixed bed ion-exchange will then be employed to reduce the high TDS concentration of flowback water. Finally, a preliminary cost estimation of the proposed treatment process will be conducted. The studied process contains a combination of two MF (microfiltration) membranes. After treatment, all TSS and >99% of TDS should be successfully removed from the flowback water to meet the criteria for surface discharge. The cost estimation of the treatment is expected to be around 18.4 $/m3 IRC 2015-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/15761/1/ZIDAN_15817_FYPthesis.pdf Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan (2015) Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
description Flowback water from shale gas well drilling has a high TDS (total dissolved solids) content, ranging from 5000 ppm to 261,000 ppm, along with a TSS (total suspended solids) content of 300–3000 mg/L. Recently, the rapid expansion of shale gas production in Marcellus Formation has raised serious environmental concerns about the large amount of flowback water in this area. In this project a process based on ceramic membrane filtration and ion-exchange is optimised for the treatment of the flowback water from Marcellus Formation. Mixed bed ion-exchange will then be employed to reduce the high TDS concentration of flowback water. Finally, a preliminary cost estimation of the proposed treatment process will be conducted. The studied process contains a combination of two MF (microfiltration) membranes. After treatment, all TSS and >99% of TDS should be successfully removed from the flowback water to meet the criteria for surface discharge. The cost estimation of the treatment is expected to be around 18.4 $/m3
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author Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan
author_facet Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan
author_sort Abdelalim, Ahmed Zidan
title Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
title_short Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
title_full Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
title_fullStr Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of contaminated Flowback water in shale gas development
title_sort treatment of contaminated flowback water in shale gas development
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url http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/15761/1/ZIDAN_15817_FYPthesis.pdf
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