Forward osmosis desalination of oil and gas wastewater: Impacts of membrane selection and operating conditions on process performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 488, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-55

  Coday, Bryan D ^a   Almaraz, Nohemi ^a   Cath, Tzahi Y ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Fracturing flowback; Membrane fouling; Produced water; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONTAMINATION; DESALINATION; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS INDUSTRY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IMPURITIES; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; OIL SHALE; OIL WELLS; OSMOSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; FRACTURING FLOWBACK; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR LEVEL INTERACTIONS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCED WATER; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; POLYAMIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OSMOSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84928620205     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.059     Document Type: Article

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