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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Namihira, Kumamoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Sekino, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Kunishi, Tokyo, JP;
JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention seeks to decompose and remove various types of organic materials contained in oilfield water by one operation. To this end, this method for treating oilfield water is provided with: a step for obtaining primary treated water containing organic material by removing the solid content and oil content from oilfield water; and a step for decomposing the organic material by exposing the primary treated water to discharge plasma, wherein the discharge plasma is generated by a nanosecond pulse power source for outputting a pulse having a pulse width of 10 ns or less.