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The research on characteristics of physical sedimentation and oil-water separation of high calcium-type ASP produced water

  • Chun Ying Li
  • , Li Wei
  • , Zhong Xi Chen
  • , Gang Yu
  • , Jing Jie Yang

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Abstract

ASP-flooding produced water contains polymers, surfactant, calcium carbonate and some other oil-displacing agents, which make the produced water complex and the oil-water stability increase dramatically, causing the difficult oil-water separation. This study has carried on the comparative study of the sedimentation characteristic of ASP-flooding produced water, which was examined in different pH conditions or in different gas flotation conditions. It showed that the adding of an oil-displacing agent would cause serious emulsification, which could make coalescence and sedimentation bad of oil droplet and SS. The adding of HCl and NaOH could promote oil-water separation. Observed from SS, the SS decreased with the increase of pH, reducing from 282.32 mg/L to 78.53 mg/L, the oil content removal rate was 78.41%. The SS decreased following with the change of pH, 282.32 mg/L rising to 758.23 mg/L, then down to 121.42 mg/L, the oil content removal rate was 53.94%. Observed from residual oil content, the change of pH respectively made the oil content change to 27.52 mg/L and 58.74 mg/L. The oil removal efficiency of flotation was not very good without agents, the removal rate being only 26%, and the removal efficiency decreased with the decrease of raw oil content, which changed from 26% to 8.8%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering - Proceedings of International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering, ICEESE 2015
EditorsAragona Patty, Shiming Chen, Shiquan Zhou
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages1759-1762
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781138029330
StatePublished - 2015
EventInternational Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering, ICEESE 2015 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 30 May 201531 May 2015

Publication series

NameAdvances in Energy Science and Equipment Engineering - Proceedings of International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering, ICEESE 2015
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering, ICEESE 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period30/05/1531/05/15

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