Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seawater treatment to obtain high salinity water with low hardness for enhanced oil recovery
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Application No.: US17608081Application Date: 2020-04-13
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Publication No.: US12102963B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Nick Antonopoulos , Michael Doupe , Tamizh Aruvi Kanagasabai , Ravi Chandra Reddy Kapa , Irving Elyanow
- Applicant: BL Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Priority: IN 1911018156 2019.05.07
- International Application: PCT/US2020/027957 2020.04.13
- International Announcement: WO2020/226853A 2020.11.12
- Date entered country: 2021-11-01
- Main IPC: B01D61/02
- IPC: B01D61/02 ; B01D61/08 ; B01D61/12 ; C02F1/44 ; C02F103/08

Abstract:
A high salinity feed water such as seawater is treated to produce a reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate and an RO permeate. Optionally, some or all of the RO concentrate may be filtered to produce a nanofiltration (NF) permeate. Optionally, some feed water can also be filtered to produce NF permeate without first being concentrated by RO treatment. The NF permeate, or a blend of the RO permeate and NF permeate, may be used to produce a product water for injection into an oil-bearing reservoir to enhance oil recovery. Optionally, the product water may have salinity greater than the feedwater, or at least 30 g/L. The product water may have hardness of less than 20 mg/L.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220314167A1 SEAWATER TREATMENT TO OBTAIN HIGH SALINITY WATER WITH LOW HARDNESS FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY Public/Granted day:2022-10-06
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