Nanofiltration of oil sands boiler feed water: Effect of pH on water flux and organic and dissolved solid rejection

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 339-353

  Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a   Hajinasiri, Javad ^a   Bhattacharjee, Subir ^b   Pernitsky, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Water Planet Engineering   (United States)

^c SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane processes; Nanofiltration; Oil sands; Produced water treatment; SAGD

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BOILERS; CARBON; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRAVITATION; IRON DEPOSITS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; OIL FIELDS; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; SILICA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; MEMBRANE PROCESS; PRODUCED WATER TREATMENTS; SAGD; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84920188222     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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