Evaluation of the transport parameters and physiochemical properties of forward osmosis membranes after treatment of produced water

Bryan D. Coday; Christiane Hoppe-Jones; Daniel Wandera; Jayraj Shethji; Jack Herron; Keith Lampi; Shane A. Snyder; Tzahi Y. Cath

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.031

Evaluation of the transport parameters and physiochemical properties of forward osmosis membranes after treatment of produced water

Bryan D. Coday, Christiane Hoppe-Jones, Daniel Wandera, Jayraj Shethji, Jack Herron, Keith Lampi, Shane A. Snyder, Tzahi Y. Cath

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

The application of semipermeable membranes for dewatering of complex oil and gas wastewaters continues to be a topic of increasing interest. Several studies have explored the fouling propensity and contaminant rejection of osmotically driven membranes during forward osmosis (FO) treatment of produced waters; however, none have investigated changes in membrane transport and physiochemical properties after exposure to these feed streams. In this study we discuss the impacts of produced water exposure on the transport and active layer surface properties of cellulose triacetate (CTA) and polyamide thin-film composite (TFC) FO membranes. While produced water exposure yields some, albeit minor changes to the membrane performance and surface characteristics of the CTA and the traditional TFC membranes, close to 50% reduction in reverse salt flux and contaminant transport was observed for a surface-modified TFC FO membrane only minimal changes in water permeability were recorded. Results of this study demonstrate the chemical and physical robustness of FO membranes for treatment of oil and gas wastewaters, and they highlight a knowledge gap that exists in membrane polymer selection and contaminant interactions with the membrane polymer matrix that should be further addressed in future membrane fouling studies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	491-502
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	499
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.031
State	Published - Feb 1 2016

Keywords

Contaminant rejection
Forward osmosis
Fracturing flowback wastewater
Membrane fouling
Produced water

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Materials Science(all)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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