METHOD OF TREATMENT OF PRODUCED WATER AND RECOVERY OF IMPORTANT DIVALENT CATIONS

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APP PUB NO 20120234765A1
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13420262

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Provided herein are systems and methods for use in wastewater treatment. In some examples, the systems and methods involve different combinations of ion exchange and membrane based systems and processes that can be used to remove radium and recover and purify barium and strontium salts to render the wastewater depleted of those regulated toxic metals. Treated wastewater having less than 12000 pCi/L of any of radium, barium or strontium is then subjected to tertiary treatment where it is subjected to processes in an evaporator/crystallizer which drives out water in the form of vapor, leaving behind salts of innocuous metals such as sodium, calcium, and magnesium, among others. In some examples, water vapor from the processes is condensed to produce water suitable for reuse, such as reuse in the hydro-fracturing process.

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LEHIGH UNIVERSITY27 MEMORIAL DRIVE WEST BETHLEHEM PA 18015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chatterjee, Prasun K West Bengal, IN 2 19
Sarkar, Sudipta West Bengal, IN 11 86
SenGupta, Arup K Bethlehem, US 14 121

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