Development of a cost effective environmental compliance technology of stripper brine wells. (Quarterly report), April 1, 1994--June 30, 1994

摘要

The specific objective of the research is to demonstrate that the characteristics of wastewater from stripper oil wells and marginal gas wells are sufficiently similar to be treated under a standardized treatment methodology, that the environmental impact of the discharge of treated brines from both stripper oil and gas wells can be adequately regulated, and that the inclusion of marginal gas wells in the same category as stripper wells is appropriate, especially for wells operating in the Appalachian Basin. Binary and multi-element studies were continued in order to determine the catalytic and inhibiting effects of copper, zinc, aluminum and lead. The parameters and operating conditions were varied to investigate the effectiveness of the laboratory-scale treatment on the removal of iron in coexistence of other metals. The construction of mobile brine treatment unit was completed and tested for its constructional integrity and any possible leakage. The response and feed-back from the operators who had a chance to test the designed software package was taken into the consideration to improve the developed software package. The kinetics coefficients (k and alpha) needed for the model development were determined from the kinetics data.