Recovering heavy hydrocarbons from plastic materials and geoformation

    公开(公告)号:US11492456B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17300075

    申请日:2021-03-02

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: Sometimes, a problem is obvious, everyone sees it, but nothing happens until someone decides to do something useful about it. Methods are herein provided for recovering heavy hydrocarbons from plastic materials and/or geo-formation. In one solution set, PVC waste materials are emulsified by an amine solvent in an aqueous phase, thereby extracting heavier hydrocarbons from the primary structure of PVC into the amine aqueous phase; followed by de-emulsifying the extracted heavier hydrocarbons by separating and recovering the amine solvent, and then separating the de-emulsified heavier hydrocarbons from the aqueous phase by a hydrophobic membrane.

    Treatment of saline streams
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10280103B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US14998774

    申请日:2016-02-13

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: The invention presents innovative methods to de-scale sulfate-rich saline streams such as seawater and the like in conjunction with desalination processes. The effective de-scaling of such streams by the inventive methods: (1) enhances the performance, efficiency and cost effectiveness of desalination processes; and (2) allows the viable use of the de-scaled reject brine from desalination processes, for example, as a suitable saline water for oil-gas field's water injection operations to improve hydrocarbons recovery and/or as a feed stock for chlor-alkali industries.

    Methods to treat produced water
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods to treat produced water 有权
    处理生产水的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07963338B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-21

    申请号:US12380513

    申请日:2009-02-27

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: Methods are disclosed to treat produced water from hydrocarbons production facilities. The disclosed methods can be used to either: (1) de-NORM produced water; or (2) de-NORM and partially de-salt produced water; or (3) de-NORM and partially de-salt and de-ionize produced water; or (4) de-oil, de-NORM, de-salt and de-ionize produced water.

    Abstract translation: 公开了处理来自碳氢化合物生产设施的生产水的方法。 所公开的方法可以用于:(1)去除NORM生产的水; 或(2)去除NORM并部分去盐生产的水; 或(3)去除NORM并部分去盐和去离子生产的水; 或(4)去油,去除NORM,脱盐和去离子水。

    Methods to solve alkaline-sulfate scales and related-gases problems
    5.
    发明授权
    Methods to solve alkaline-sulfate scales and related-gases problems 失效
    解决碱硫酸盐垢和相关气体问题的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07093663B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-22

    申请号:US10737727

    申请日:2003-12-16

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: Methods for the removal of alkaline and sulfate scales from aqueous saline streams such as seawater, oil-gas fields produced waters, formation waters, and the like. Such processing methods can also be extended for the simultaneous removal of hydrogen sulfide, and/or sulfur dioxide, and/or oxides of nitrogen, and/or carbon dioxide from gaseous streams. The same processing concept with modified methods can further be employed for the removal of gases such as radon, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon dioxide from gaseous streams.

    Abstract translation: 从含水盐水流如海水,油气田产生的水,地层水等中去除碱性和硫酸盐垢的方法。 还可以延长这种处理方法,从气流中同时去除硫化氢和/或二氧化硫,和/或氮和/或二氧化碳的氧化物。 使用改进方法的相同处理概念可进一步用于从气流中除去诸如氡气,硫化氢,二氧化硫,氮氧化物和二氧化碳的气体。

    Exchanging thermal and liquid wastes for distillate and hot de-scaled brine

    公开(公告)号:US10995027B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16873373

    申请日:2020-03-31

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: Providing new distilling and/or de-scaling methods and systems herein is a matter of allowing for thermal balance without the need to fill a hot wet emulsion separation system with more steam and heat rejection devices to waste steam. A solutions set begins with efficiently utilizing three types of waste: (1) de-oiled and/or cooled down produced water; (2) blowdown steam from drum-type boilers (DBs); and (3) return condensate of dry steam from the DBs. It ends with: (1) removing calcium hardness, magnesium hardness and silica, thereby recovering them as useful minerals; and (2) producing distillate for viscous oil recovery by steam injection and de-scaled hot brine for improved oil recovery by hot water flooding and/or other related methods. The vehicle to attain this solutions' set is a multi-effect distillation train comprises a backward feed section along with two flashing stages.

    Minimizing wastes: methods for de-toxifying, de-scaling and distilling source water

    公开(公告)号:US10926222B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16873308

    申请日:2020-03-16

    Inventor: Mansour S. Bader

    Abstract: Dumping a reverse osmosis (RO) reject stream from a wastewater treatment and reclamation plant (WWTRP) into the sea directly destroys aquatic life and indirectly affects public health. This triggers solving the problem by methods and systems provided herein. One embodiment begins with utilizing two types of waste; one is the RO reject stream in its entirety, and the other is letdown steam from once-through-steam-generators (OTSGs) or steam from a standalone OTSG fueled by co-produced sour gas. It ends with thermally sterilizing toxicity and isolating it by the alkalinity content of the RO reject stream itself, combating sulfate scale and recovering it as a useful product, and producing distillate for heavy oil recovery by steam injection and de-scaled brine for improved oil recovery by water flooding. The vehicle to attain this set of solutions is a recycle-brine multi-stage flash (RB-MSF) desalination train with two modified flashing stages.

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