Abstract
Installations for the treatment of oilfield wastewater have been developed. The article presents a solution to hydrocyclone installations for the treatment of oilfield wastewater based on the use of swirling flows. Due to the centrifugal forces in the hydrocyclone and the turbulent water movement, the armor shells of oil droplets are destroyed, enlarged, and the monodispersity increases. The forces acting in the hydrocyclone are considered, and the efficiency of centrifugal forces in separating solid particles is estimated. The main parameters and requirements for the quality of oilfield wastewater are given, recommended for calculation in developing new and improving existing oilfield wastewater treatment plants for oil reservoir flooding, which allows increasing oil recovery by 1,5–2 times. Improving the systems of field preparation of products includes developing new effective technical means, including hydrocyclones and the improvement of traditionally used equipment. Hydrocyclone can be used as the main element in the wastewater treatment system. The regime is observed, in which there is no over-dispersion of the remaining oil in the water (water in oil). Thus, the device implements a mechanism for separating light (oil, gas) and heavier fractions (sediment, water, oil).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Baklouti, S., et al.: Surface geochemical prospection for hydrocarbons in the oriental platform-math semicolon the case of Guebiba oilfield, Sfax region, Tunisia. J. Petrol. Sci. Eng. 159, 830–840 (2017)
Machowski, R., Rzetala, M.A., Rzetala, M., Solarski, M.: Anthropogenic enrichment of the chemical composition of bottom sediments of water bodies in the neighborhood of a non-ferrous metal smelter (Silesian Upland, Southern Poland). Sci. Rep. 9(1) (2019)
Arefieva, O., Nazarkina, A.V., Gruschakova, N.V., Skurikhina, J.E., Kolycheva, V.B.: Impact of mine waters on the chemical composition of soil in the Partizansk Coal Basin, Russia. Int. Soil Water Conserv. Res. 7(1), 57–63 (2019)
Muggeridge, A., et al.: Recovery rates, enhanced oil recovery and technological limits. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 372(2006), 20120320 (2014)
Ding, L., Wu, Q., Zhang, L., Guérillot, D.: Application of fractional flow theory for analytical modeling of surfactant flooding, polymer flooding, and surfactant/polymer flooding for chemical enhanced oil recovery. Water 12(8), 2195 (2020)
Du, J.F., Xiao, C., Guo, P., Shen, X.Y.: Study of gas-water properties under high temperature and pressure for water-soluble gas reservoirs. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 97(3–4), 306–313 (2015)
Vehmaanperä, P., Safonov, D., Kinnarinen, T., Häkkinen, A.: Improvement of the filtration characteristics of calcite slurry by hydrocyclone classification. Miner. Eng. 128, 133–140 (2018)
Pecarevic, M., Mikus, J., Prusina, I., Juretic, H., Bratos, A., Cetinic, Brailo, M.: New role of hydrocyclone in ballast water treatment. J. Clean. Prod. 188, 339–346 (2018)
Huliienko, S.V., Korniienko, Y.M., Metlina, M.S., Tereshenko, I.Y., Kaminskyi, V.S.: The correction of the dimensionless equation for the mass transfer coefficient estimation during the membrane modules regeneration. J. Eng. Sci. 7(2), F24–F29 (2020). https://doi.org/10.21272/jes.2020.7(2).f4
Kharoua, N., Khezzar, L., Nemouchi, Z.: Hydrocyclones for de-oiling applications - a review. Pet. Sci. Technol. 28(7), 738–755 (2010)
Sabbagh, R, Lipsett, M.G., Koch, C.R., Nobes, D.S.: Theoretical and experimental study of hydrocyclone performance and equivalent settling area. In: Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, vol. 7: Fluids Engineering Systems and Technologies, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (2014)
Yang, Q., Wang, H., Liu, Y., Li, Z.: Solid/liquid separation performance of hydrocyclones with different cone combinations. Sep. Purif. Technol. 74(3), 271–279 (2010)
Lv, W., Chen, J., Chang, Y., Liu, H., Wang, H.: UU-type parallel mini-hydrocyclone group separation of fine particles from methanol-to-olefin industrial wastewater. Chem. Eng. Process. Process Intensification 131, 34–42 (2018)
Lv, W., et al.: UU-type parallel mini-hydrocyclone group for oil-water separation in methanol-to-olefin industrial wastewater. Chem. Eng, Process. Process Intensification 149, 107846 (2020)
Syarifah, I., Nazirah, W., Norhaniza, Y., Farhana, A., Nurasyikin, M.: A review of oilfield wastewater treatment using membrane filtration over conventional technology (2017)
Ghnainia, L., Eloussaief, M., Zouari, K., Abbes, C.: Wastewater treatment in petroleum activities: example of “SEWAGE” unit in the BG Tunisia Hannibal plant. Appl. Petrochem. Res. 6(2), 155–162 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13203-015-0143-9
Jiang, L., et al.: Effect of overflow pipe on the internal flow fields and separation performance of W-shaped hydrocyclones. Minerals 10(4), 329 (2020)
Yu, J., Fu, J.: Separation performance of an 8 mm mini-hydrocyclone and its application to the treatment of rice starch wastewater. Sep. Sci. Technol. 55(2), 313–320 (2019)
Bauman, A.V.: Hydrocyclones. Theory and practice. B29 Agency «Sibprint», Novosibirsk (2020)
Liu, Z., et al.: Facile method for the hydrophobic modification of filter paper for applications in water-oil separation. Surf. Coat. Technol. 352, 313–319 (2018)
Du, Y., Li, Y., Wu, T.: A superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic chitosan-TiO2 composite membrane for fast oil-in-water emulsion separation. RSC Adv. 7(66), 41838–41846 (2017)
Liaposhchenko, O., Pavlenko, I., Ivanov, V., Demianenko, M., Starynskyi, O., Kuric, I., Khukhryanskiy, O.: Improvement of parameters for the multi-functional oil-gas separator of “HEATER-TREATER” Type. In: 2019 IEEE 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA), pp. 66–71 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEA.2019.8715203.
Pavlenko, I., et al.: Three-dimensional mathematical model of the liquid film downflow on a vertical surface. Energies 13(8), 1938 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/en13081938
Liaposhchenko, O., Pavlenko, I., Demianenko, M., Starynskyi, O., Pitel, J.: The methodology of numerical simulations of separation process in SPR-Separator. In: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 822–832 (2019)
Acknowledgment
The developed methodology was realized within the research projects “Development and Implementation of Energy Efficient Modular Separation Devices for Oil and Gas Purification Equipment” (State reg. No. 0117U003931), and “Creation of new granular materials for nuclear fuel and catalysts in the active hydrodynamic environment” (State reg. No. 0120U102036) ordered by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Liaposhchenko, O., Moiseev, V., Starynskyi, O., Manoilo, E., Seif, H. (2021). Equipment for Oilfield Wastewater Treatment Using Swirling Flows. In: Ivanov, V., Pavlenko, I., Liaposhchenko, O., Machado, J., Edl, M. (eds) Advances in Design, Simulation and Manufacturing IV. DSMIE 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77823-1_24
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77823-1_24
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-77822-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-77823-1
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)