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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
David M. Polizzotti, Yardley, PA (US);
Brian Christopher Moore, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abdul Rafi Khwaja, Upper Gwynedd Township, PA (US);
Matthew Alan Petersen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
David M. Polizzotti, Yardley, PA (US);
Brian Christopher Moore, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abdul Rafi Khwaja, Upper Gwynedd Township, PA (US);
Matthew Alan Petersen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for treating produced water, for example from a SAGD bitumen production operation, has a treatment unit using chemical oxidation (CO) or electromagnetic treatment (ET) to destroy or degrade organics in the produced water. The treatment module may use CO or ET in combination with biological treatment or sorption processes or both. When the treatment module is used upstream of a steam generator, it reduces fouling in the steam generator and in any blowdown water treatment device. A brine concentrator or a crystallizer may be used to treat the blowdown water. The treatment module may be used in combination with a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filter. Optionally, the produced water may be treated with an ET process such as microwaves directly upstream of a steam generator or upstream of a concentrator or crystallizer in a blowdown water stream.