Journal
DESALINATION
Volume 494, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114678
Keywords
Oil-field produced water; Membrane distillation; Polypropylene membrane; Water treatment; Fouling
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- Sultan Qaboos University [SR/ENG/PCED/17/01]
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Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) was investigated for the treatment of oil-field produced water using a hydrophobic polypropylene (PP) membrane with 0.2 mu m pore size. The DCMD performance was studied under different feed temperatures ranged from 40 degrees C to 80 degrees C while the cooling temperature was maintained at 23 degrees C. Increasing the feed water temperature resulted in a higher permeate water flux. Stable and reliable DCMD membrane performance was observed for all used membranes. The obtained results indicated the great potential of DCMD to treat hypersaline oil-field produced water with an overall rejection of salts higher than 99.9% and that of total organic carbon (TOC) greater than 93.3%. This was due to the presence of volatile organic compounds in oil-field water. Pre-treatment of produced water using 0.45 mu m filter did not show much effect on the DCMD performance. A slight gradual reduction of the permeate flux was observed due to fouling phenomenon. A simple washing the membrane with de-ionized water was found to be an effective method for cleaning the membrane and restoring the permeate flux indicating the absence of irreversible fouling.
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