| BMP ID: |
6207 |
| Title: |
Use thermal distillation to purify produced water |
| Text: |
AltelaRain is currently pilot testing a new form of thermal distillation, "a process that has been used for decades to desalinate seawater for drinking water" "The AltelaRain technology is based on internal heat transfers that reuse the latent heat of condensation. Since the technology recaptures the energy previously used to evaporate water, energy costs fall to approximately 25% of comparable distillation/evaporation processes." [see Supplemental Docs for more information] |
| Source Publication Name: |
Produced Water Management Information System |
| Citation Section: |
Technology Descriptions: Fact Sheet - Thermal Distillation |
| Citation Page: |
|
| Supplemental Documents: |
An Exciting New Produced Water Concentrator Technology for Tail and Brine Waters: AltelaRainTM
|
| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
|
| Oil / Gas Field: |
|
| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
|
| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
|
| Primary Contact: |
Argonne National Laboratory |
| Phone: | |
|
Alt. Phone: | |
| Fax: | |
|
E-mail: | |
|
| Alternate Contact: |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
| Phone: | |
|
Alt. Phone: | |
| Fax: | |
|
E-mail: | |
|
| Categories: |
Water Quantity and Rights
Water Quality and Pollution
|
| Location: |
General / Federal |
| Species: |
|
| Vegetation Types: |
|
| General Comments: |
|
| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
May reduced energy costs "by 25%." |
| BMP Efficacy: |
Though “individual AltelaRain units are capable of processing produced water at a rate of about 8 barrels per day…the technology is modular. Multiple units, run in parallel, are able to process larger volumes.â€
|
| Date Entered: |
2009-08-19 15:18 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-07-17 12:16 UTC |
