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Brine
About: Brine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6542 publications have been published within this topic receiving 76741 citations.
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TL;DR: Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermal desalination process with the capability of harnessing low-grade waste heat to treat hypersaline brine as discussed by the authors, which has been actively explored as a p...
Abstract: Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermal desalination process with the capability of harnessing low-grade waste heat to treat hypersaline brine. For this reason, MD has been actively explored as a p...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a techno-economic assessment of five MLD treatment schemes that can be implemented in the brine treatment, including reverse osmosis (RO), high-pressure RO, forward OSMosis (FO), osmotically assisted RO (OARO), and membrane distillation (MD).
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated membrane transverse vibration and feed aeration on the mass transfer of water vapor, crystallization and fouling in a submerged vacuum membrane distillation and crystallization for inland brine water.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of different polyvinylidene fluoride (PDF) membranes have been tested for water production from NaCl solutions, synthetic sea water, and brine.
Abstract: Integration of innovative membrane processes such as membrane distillation (MD) and membrane crystallization (MCr) with conventional pressure-driven operations provide interesting gateways to recover water and minerals from brine at cost competitive with traditional techniques and with improved quality of the salts extracted. Membrane development is one of the most important factors for future progress and commercialization of MD and MCr, thus, in this study, the performance of different poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes have been tested for water production from (1) NaCl solutions, (2) synthetic sea water, and (3) brine. The utilized membranes have also proved their stability in treatment of saturated solutions for the recovery of high-quality epsomite crystals. In desalination, MD and MCr provide, besides water recovery factors above 90%, the possibility to recover minerals from brine that can partly contribute to the existing mineral extraction industry. This study aims also to give an outloo...
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17 Mar 2005
TL;DR: A well treating composition containing a polysaccharide-based water-superabsorbent material has particularly applicability as a thermal insulating, fracturing or acid stimulation fluid as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A well treating composition containing a polysaccharide-based water-superabsorbent material has particularly applicability as a thermal insulating, fracturing or acid stimulation fluid. The water-superabsorbent material is capable of absorbing, at a minimum, its own weight. Particularly effective are biodegradable materials containing guar gum and carrageenan. The composition may further contain a crosslinking agent, brine and/or a viscosifying polymer or a gelling agent. As an oil-based fluid, the crosslinking agent is absorbed onto the water-superabsorbent material and serves to effectively delay crosslinking.
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