摘要:
Produced water from fraccing operations is treated by removing contaminants that are contained therein by evaporating the produced water and feeding the evaporated produced water to a combustion chamber preferably along with an oxygen gas and a hydrocarbon fuel source to separate solids from vapors. The vapors are condensed to produce liquid water and waste gases and the liquid water is recovered for reuse or more environmentally friendly disposal. The waste gases may also be employed in a turbine or expander to produce electricity.
摘要:
The present invention provides an improved cold gas-dynamic spraying process utilizing a carrier gas and small-diameter particulates whereby the particulate-laden carrier gas is directed to a ceramic filter unit where the particulates are separated out and the particulate-free carrier gas is analyzed and returned to the spraying process or to other gas purification systems.
摘要:
Stable, gas-filled bubbles on the surface of proppant particles are formed by placing proppant in selected organic solvent having a much greater solubility of a selected gas compared to water, pressurizing the solvent with the selected gas, e.g., nitrogen, at pressures equal of greater than the operating pressure for a set time period to achieve saturation, and then replacing the solvent with water before reducing the pressure back to operating pressure level to create a local supersaturation near the solvent-solid interface, which will result in gas-filled bubble formation on the surface of proppant particles. The pressurized mixture of bubble surrounded proppant particles and water can then be combined with a respective fracturing fluid, e.g., slick water or carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen foam or an emulsion, which can be used in oil or gas producing wells to improve efficiency of hydraulic fracturing thereof.
摘要:
Systems and methods for removing particles from cooling water employing a flotation process to remove particulate matter from the cooling water, particularly during times of the year when particle content in the water is at its peak.
摘要:
Ammonia is purified by a membrane unit to concentrate ammonia and/or ammonia and moisture. Moisture is removed in a temperature-swing adsorption unit. The resultant product of such purification is then partially condensed to remove light components of other impurities and then partially vaporized to produce a pressurized ammonia product lean in heavy components. If the feed stream is processed through the membrane unit first, the permeate stream will be lean in such impurities as carbon dioxide, nitrogen and methane. Moisture and any carbon dioxide not removed in the membrane unit is then removed by the adsorption unit. The resultant stream produced by action of the membrane and adsorption units is then partially condensed to produce a liquid lean in light impurities. Such liquid is then partially vaporized within a product pressure vessel to produce ammonia vapor lean in heavy impurities and at a required operational pressure.
摘要:
Methane is produced from a coal seam penetrated by an injection well and a gas production well by first introducing liquefied or gaseous carbon dioxide through the injection well and into the coal seam and subsequently introducing a weakly adsorbable gas through the injection well and into the coal seam. As the weakly adsorbable gas passes through the coal seam, it forces the carbon dioxide through the seam. If the carbon dioxide is in liquefied form, it evaporates as it moves through the seam, and the carbon dioxide gas desorbs methane from the coal and sweeps it toward the production well. The methane is withdrawn from the seam through the production well.
摘要:
A process for separating methane from an oxygen-containing gas mixture which contains methane at a concentration greater than the upper explosive gas mixture limit by pressure swing adsorption without producing an explosive gas mixture. The process includes the steps of feeding the gas mixture into an adsorber which contains an adsorbent which preferentially adsorbs methane until the desired production pressure is attained in the adsorber and then stopping the flow of feed gas into the adsorber and charging methane product gas at the production pressure cocurrently into the adsorber while simultaneously withdrawing nonadsorbed product gas from the nonadsorbed product end of the adsorber. The desorbed product stream is enriched in methane relative to the feed stream and the concentration of methane in the nonadsorbed product stream is less than the minimum flammable mixture concentration.
摘要:
Processes for the production of an inert gas-rich product gas from pressure swing adsorption are provided wherein the pressurization step is carried out by the use of feed gas only in a two step late feed profile, or by product gas and feed gas with the feed gas entering in either a typical one-step feed profile or in the two step late feed profile above.
摘要:
A method for fraccing oil or gas wells to recover natural gas. Liquefied natural gas is vaporized to form a foam or dense fluid. The foam or dense fluid is compressed to high pressures. The high pressure natural gas foam or dense fluid is fed into the oil or gas well and once the well is pressurized to a pre-determined pressure and fracturing has begun, the flow of the foam or dense fluid is stopped. After a suitable period for fracturing to occur, the flow is reversed and the natural gas from the well and the foam or dense fluid fracturing fluid is recovered. The recovered and produced natural gas can be treated and made ready for use in other applications.
摘要:
A method for operating a vehicle that provides refrigeration and is powered by an engine for burning liquefied natural gas. The vehicle contains on-board storage tanks for liquefied natural gas and liquid nitrogen. These two tanks are in thermal communication with each other and natural gas from the liquefied natural gas storage tank will periodically contact the liquid nitrogen and return as liquefied natural gas.