Fouling of microfiltration membranes by flowback and produced waters from the Marcellus shale gas play

Water Research

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-170

  Xiong, Boya ^a   Zydney, Andrew L ^a   Kumar, Manish ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowback water; Hydraulic fracturing; Membrane fouling; Microfiltration; Natural colloidal characterization; Produced water

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCED WATER; SHALE; WATER FILTRATION;

COLLOIDAL CHARACTERIZATION; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; FLOWBACK; FLOWBACK WATER; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; MARCELLUS SHALES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; NATURAL COLLOIDAL CHARACTERIZATION; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING; REUSE;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

MARCELLUS SHALE GAS; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL GAS; SEA WATER; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; WASTE WATER;

COLLOID; FOULING; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; PROCESSING; SEAWATER; SHALE GAS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; FRACKING; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NATURAL GAS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84964901665     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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