Produced water treatment system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016304375-A1
Application number	US-201615092111-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Apr 14, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A produced water treatment system includes: a raw water flow passage to allow produced water to flow therethrough; a desalination flow passage connected to the raw water flow passage, and connected to a membrane distillation apparatus which removes a salt in the produced water flowing in from the raw water flow passage; and a bypass flow passage connected to the desalination flow passage and configured to supply the produced water to desalinated water obtained by desalination by the membrane distillation apparatus.

First claim

1 . A produced water treatment system comprising:
a raw water flow passage to allow produced water to flow therethrough; a desalination flow passage connected to the raw water flow passage, and connected to a membrane distillation apparatus configured to remove a salt in the produced water flowing in from the raw water flow passage; and a produced water supply flow passage connected to the desalination flow passage and configured to supply the produced water to desalinated water obtained from desalination by the membrane distillation apparatus.

2 . The produced water treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an injection water flow passage to allow water, which is obtained by supplying the produced water flowing through the produced water supply flow passage to the desalinated water obtained from the desalination by the membrane distillation apparatus, to flow therethrough, wherein the water flowing through the injection water flow passage is used as injection water.

3 . The produced water treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a separation apparatus provided on the raw water flow passage and configured to remove an oil content and a solid content contained in the produced water flowing through the raw water flow passage; a conditioning water flow passage connected to a downstream side of the produced water supply flow passage and configured to supply conditioning water to mixed water of the desalinated water having flowed through the desalination flow passage and the produced water having flowed through the produced water supply flow passage; a conditioning water flow rate adjustment device provided on the conditioning water flow passage and configured to adjust a flow rate of the conditioning water supplied to the mixed water; and an arithmetic control device configured to control the conditioning water flow rate adjustment device based on a flow rate of the produced water deprived of the oil content and the solid content by the separation apparatus, and on a flow rate of concentrated water discharged from the membrane distillation apparatus.

4 . The produced water treatment system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first flow rate adjustment device configured to adjust a flow rate of the produced water to be supplied to the membrane distillation apparatus; a second flow rate adjustment device configured to adjust a flow rate of the produced water to flow through the produced water supply flow passage; and the arithmetic control device configured to control the first flow rate adjustment device and the second flow rate adjustment device based on the flow rate and a salinity of the produced water deprived of the oil content and the solid content by the separation apparatus.

5 . The produced water treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein
the membrane distillation apparatus comprises: a heating device configured to heat the supplied produced water; and a cooling device configured to cool water vapor generated by membrane permeation and to form the desalinated water, and at least one of the heating device and the cooling device is driven by use of any of heat and cold held by the produced water flowing through the raw water flow passage.

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Terui Shigeki
• Isogami Hisashi
• Yagi Yasuyuki
• Kondo Yasutaka
• Iwamoto Kazuya

Classifications

• B03C1/30

  Combinations with other devices, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B03C1/01

  by addition of magnetic adjuvants · CPC title

• C02F1/488 Primary

  for separation of magnetic materials, e.g. magnetic flocculation · CPC title

• C02F1/52

  by flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities {(C02F1/463 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B03C1/10

  with cylindrical material carriers (B03C1/247 takes precedence) · CPC title