HUMIDIFICATION DEHUMIDIFICATION PROCESSES USING WASTE HEAT EXTRACTED FROM ABANDONED WELLS

A method may include providing a humidification-dehumidification unit proximate one or more abandoned wells, circulating a water feed through the one or more abandoned wells, using geothermal heat in the one or more abandoned wells to heat the water feed, directing the heated water feed to the humid...

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Main Authors Al-Yousef, Ali Abdallah, Aljedaani, Abdulrahman, AlOtaibi, Mohammed Badri, Ayirala, Subhash Chandrabose
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.09.2022
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
SEPARATION
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Summary:A method may include providing a humidification-dehumidification unit proximate one or more abandoned wells, circulating a water feed through the one or more abandoned wells, using geothermal heat in the one or more abandoned wells to heat the water feed, directing the heated water feed to the humidification-dehumidification unit, and treating the heated water feed in the humidification-dehumidification unit to provide purified water.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117197441