
A brief review of anaerobic membrane bioreactors emphasizing recent advancements, fouling issues and future perspectives. Muhammad Kashif Shahid, Ayesha Kashif, Prangya Ranjan Rout, Muhammad Aslam, Ahmed Fuwad, Younggyun Choi, Rajesh Banu J, Jeong Hoon Park, Gopalakrishnan Kumar.Nanoparticles for Cleaning up Oil Sands Process-Affected Water. Afif Hethnawi, Adle Mosleh, Nashaat N.State-of-the-Art Ceramic Membranes for Oily Wastewater Treatment: Modification and Application. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2019, 58 In-Process Steam Cleaning of Ceramic Membranes Used in the Treatment of Oil Sands Produced Water. Charbel Atallah, Saviz Mortazavi, André Y.A Materials Science Perspective of Midstream Challenges in the Utilization of Heavy Crude Oil. Douglas, Natalia Rivera-Gonzalez, Nicholas Cool, Aayushi Bajpayee, Malsha Udayakantha, Guan-Wen Liu, Anita, Sarbajit Banerjee. Treatment Technologies for Organics and Silica Removal in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Produced Water: A Comprehensive Review.
Jia Li, Zuo Tong How, Hongbo Zeng, Mohamed Gamal El-Din. Based on these results, surface modification of tubular ceramic membranes with PEO-based silanes was successful in improving the rejection of bituminous foulants from the membrane surface. Finally, the decline in performance when switching to a SAGD feed, with a higher pH, total organic carbon and alkalinity, was significantly less severe for modified TiO 2 membranes compared to unmodified counterparts. This indicates that γ-Al 2O 3 is a stronger adsorbent for bituminous foulants than TiO 2, with foulants being adsorbed quickly and subsequently released during filtration and backflushing. Furthermore, flux values for γ-Al 2O 3 membranes ranged between 50 and 150 Lmh and increased over time, while flux values for TiO 2 membranes ranged between 220 and 350 Lmh and declined slightly over time. Flux recovery factors upon backflushing increased from 1.3 to 1.6. Modification of TiO 2 membranes also improved permeate flux. Modification of γ-Al 2O 3 membranes by a 30% solution of straight-chain PEO-silane increased permeate flux by factors as high as 2.9. Results indicate that the modification leads to an improvement in membrane performance. Membranes with a pore size of 10 nm and selective layers of either γ-Al 2O 3 or TiO 2 were modified based on protocols previously used on small-scale ceramic membrane disks and challenged with SAGD-produced water. To address this problem, the surfaces of commercially available multi-lumen tubular ceramic membranes were chemically modified using several charge-neutral polyethylene oxide (PEO)-based organosilanes. Bituminous clays in produced water are heavily charged and interact with the charged surfaces of ceramic membranes in a way that reduces membrane performance. Ceramic membranes are well suited for this task, but membrane fouling remains a significant barrier to their widespread application. The extraction of bitumen from oil sands using steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) produces a considerable amount of oily process water that must be recycled.