Nanofiltration/reverse osmosis for treatment of coproduced waters

Environmental Progress

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Mondal, Subrata ^a   Hsiao, Ching Lun ^a   Wickramasinghe, S Ranil ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal bed methane; Membrane filtration; Oily waters; Produced water

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL USES; COAL BED METHANE; ENERGY SOURCING; FIELD-EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOW-PRESSURE REVERSE OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; NON CONVENTIONAL SOURCES; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION; OIL AND GAS PRICES; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; OILY-WATERS; PRODUCED WATER; TAR SANDS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL GAS; COAL TAR; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIELD EMISSION; FOULING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHANE; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; OSMOSIS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SHALE OIL;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 52649088738     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10271     Document Type: Article

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