Produced water characteristics, treatment and reuse: A review

MA Al-Ghouti, MA Al-Kaabi, MY Ashfaq… - Journal of Water Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
In oil and gas industry, produced water is considered as the largest waste stream, which
contains relatively higher concentration of hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other pollutants …

Nanofiltration membrane processes for water recycling, reuse and product recovery within various industries: A review

NNR Ahmad, WL Ang, YH Teow… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membrane has been applied for the treatment of wastewater owing to its
unique features such as higher selectivity towards divalent/polyvalent ions while allowing …

Ecological risk assessment of soil and water loss by thermal enhanced methane recovery: numerical study using two-phase flow simulation

Y Xue, J Liu, X Liang, S Wang, Z Ma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal enhanced methane recovery inevitably aggravates the soil and water loss, causing
severe harm to the sustainability of groundwater environment and the surrounding …

An integrated coagulation-ultrafiltration-nanofiltration process for internal reuse of shale gas flowback and produced water

H Chang, B Liu, B Yang, X Yang, C Guo, Q He… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The internal reuse of flowback and produced water (FPW) for another hydraulic fracking is
currently the most dominant and economical option but is subject to certain restrictions …

Sustainable reuse of shale gas wastewater by pre-ozonation with ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis

P Tang, B Liu, Y Zhang, H Chang, P Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Membrane-based processes are increasingly applied in shale gas flowback and produced
water (SGFPW) reuse. However, severe membrane fouling remains a big challenge for …

What does the NRTL model look like? Determination of boundaries for different fluid phase equilibrium regions

JA Labarta, MM Olaya, AF Marcilla - AIChE Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The adequate correlation of experimental phase equilibrium data by using any
thermodynamic model represents a key point for the rigorous design of the chemical …

Toxicity identification evaluation for hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water during shale gas exploitation in China: Evidence from tissue residues and gene …

F Wu, Z Zhou, S Zhang, F Cheng, Y Tong, L Li, B Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (HF-FPW) from shale gas extraction
processes is a highly complex medium with potential threats to the environment. Current …

Combined electrocoagulation-microfiltration-membrane distillation for treatment of hydraulic fracturing produced water

M Jebur, YH Chiao, K Thomas, T Patra, Y Cao, K Lee… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water is a highly impaired wastewater
containing dissolved salts polar and non-polar organic compounds, oil and surfactants. Here …

Rapid cultivation of aerobic granular sludge for shale gas flowback water treatment by bioaugmentation with inoculating multifunctional fungal pellets

X Han, X Niu, Y Jin, J Yu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) technology showed great potentials in treatment of
hypersaline industrial wastewater such as shale gas flowback water (SGFW), while long …

Efficient removal of organic contaminants in real shale gas flowback water using Fenton oxidation assisted by UV irradiation: Feasibility study and process …

W Liu, K Xiao, J Li, J Zhu, L Sun, C Chen - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to identify an effective method for removing organic pollutants from
real shale gas flowback water (SGFW). The results showed that ozonation could only …