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Membrane-Based Separation Processes For Treating High Salinity Produced Waters, Kamyar Sardari
Membrane-Based Separation Processes For Treating High Salinity Produced Waters, Kamyar Sardari
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Produced waters (PW) generated in the oil and gas industry within the United States often contain extreme levels of total dissolved solids (TDS). These high TDS waste streams need to be treated cost-effectively as the costs associated with the current management techniques can exceed 15 USD per barrel of discharged PW. Thermally and osmotically-driven membrane separation technologies can show promising potential for treating high TDS waste streams, as onsite low-grade waste heat may be used for their operation. In this dissertation, the application of membrane distillation (MD), forward osmosis (FO) and a hybrid FO-MD process for treating synthetic and actual …