Water reclamation from shale gas drilling flow-back fluid using a novel forward osmosis-vacuum membrane distillation hybrid system

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1036-1044

  Li, Xue Mei ^a   Zhao, Baolong ^a   Wang, Zhouwei ^a   Xie, Ming ^b   Song, Jianfeng ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^b   He, Tao ^a   Yang, Chi ^a   Li, Chunxia ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drilling and fracturing fluid; Forward osmosis; Membrane distillation; Shale gas; Water reclamation; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

FRACTURING FLUIDS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OSMOSIS; RECOVERY; SHALE; VACUUM; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HIGH QUALITY WATER; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; RE-CLAIMED WATER; SHALE GAS; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; WATER REUSE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

WATER;

DISTILLATION; DRILLING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECYCLING; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; DRILL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FLOW RATE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GAS; HYBRID; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; SHALE GAS DRILLING FLOW BACK FLUID; VACUUM; VACUUM MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

DISTILLATION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; VACUUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84897134733     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.003     Document Type: Article

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