METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING HYDROCARBONS FROM WATER

    公开(公告)号:CA2418068A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-26

    申请号:CA2418068

    申请日:2003-01-30

    Abstract: An improved production water treatment system and method are disclosed. The treatment apparatus includes a vertically oriented vessel wit h tangentially disposed injection nozzles including one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of production water and one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of recycled water from the vessel and a sparge gas. The tangential orientation of the injection nozzles creates a cyclonic flow within the vess el for improved sparge gas bubble/hydrocarbon contact. A hydrocarbon-rich layer migrates to the top surface of the liquid in the vessel where it is removed about a center axis of the vessel. The resulting hydrocarbon-lean production water has a sufficient ly low hydrocarbon content that it is eligible for more intensive processing, such as with organophillic clay cartridges.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING HYDROCARBONS FROM WATER

    公开(公告)号:CA2418068C

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-20

    申请号:CA2418068

    申请日:2003-01-30

    Abstract: An improved production water treatment system and method are disclosed. The treatment apparatus includes a vertically oriented vessel wit h tangentially disposed injection nozzles including one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of production water and one or more injection nozzles for the introduction of recycled water from the vessel and a sparge gas. The tangential orientation of the injection nozzles creates a cyclonic flow within the vess el for improved sparge gas bubble/hydrocarbon contact. A hydrocarbon-rich layer migrates to the top surface of the liquid in the vessel where it is removed about a center axis of the vessel. The resulting hydrocarbon-lean production water has a sufficient ly low hydrocarbon content that it is eligible for more intensive processing, such as with organophillic clay cartridges.

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