Characteristics of dissolved ozone flotation for the enhanced treatment of bio-treated drilling wastewater from a gas field
Working fluid preparation using treated drilling wastewater is of great potential for drilling wastewater reuse, especially in water-deficient and ecologically fragile areas, which require low levels of organic matter and suspended solids (SS). This study established the dissolved ozone flotation (D...
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Published in | Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 298; p. 134290 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Elsevier Ltd
01.07.2022
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Summary: | Working fluid preparation using treated drilling wastewater is of great potential for drilling wastewater reuse, especially in water-deficient and ecologically fragile areas, which require low levels of organic matter and suspended solids (SS). This study established the dissolved ozone flotation (DOF) process as the advanced treatment process to replace the original electrocatalytic system (ECS) which exhibited low organic and suspended solids removal efficiency. Higher and more stable organic matter, suspended solids and turbidity removal efficiency were obtained for the DOF process. Consequently, the lower fouling potential and higher water production rate of treated water from DOF process was observed for the following reverse osmosis (RO) system. In addition, brine drilling fluids can be successfully prepared using DOF effluent directly, which exhibited promising practical implications in the advanced drilling wastewater treatment. Based on organic matter fractionation and redundancy analysis (RDA), the hydrophobic acid (HOA), hydrophobic neutral (HON) and hydrophilic fraction (HI) contents significantly impacted brine drilling fluid preparation. Based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, the aromatic carbon species in the HOA, HON and HI fractions were found to be the critical factors deteriorating the brine drilling fluid preparation. However, oxygen-containing groups played a positive role. The favorable brine drilling fluid preparation performance using DOF effluent directly can be ascribed to the removal of HOA, HON and HI fractions and enhanced generation of oxygen-containing groups in ozone flotation zone.
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•Full scale DOF process was established for advanced drilling wastewater treatment.•Direct brine drilling fluid preparation using DOF effluent can be achieved.•HOA, HON and HI fractions had negative effect on brine drilling fluid preparation.•Increased oxygen containing organics led to favorable drilling fluid preparation. |
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ISSN: | 0045-6535 1879-1298 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134290 |