The goal of our project is to develop innovative processes and novel cleaning agents for water treatment facilities designed to remove fouling materials and restore micro-filter and reverse osmosis (RO) membrane performance. This project is part of Texas A&M University’s comprehensive study of the treatment and reuse of oilfield brine for beneficial purposes. Before waste water can be used for any beneficial purpose, it must be processed to remove contaminants, including oily wastes such as residual petroleum hydrocarbons. An effective way of removing petroleum from brines is the use of membrane filters to separate oily waste from the brine. Texas A&M and its partners have developed highly efficient membrane treatment and RO desalination for waste water including oil field produced water. We have also developed novel and new cleaning agents for membrane filters utilizing environmentally friendly materials so that the water from the treatment process will meet U.S. EPA drinking water standards.
Early information on our research can be found at: http://www.pe.tamu.edu/gpri-new/home/ConversionBrine.htm
The technology developed is known as GPRI DesignsTM Desalination Technology. MI SWACO (http://www.MISWACO.com) represents the A&M desalination program commercially for O&G upstream applications.
A recent presentation can be found below as an attachment.
Or contact David Burnett burnett@pe.tamu.edu 979 845 2274 |