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Ozone Treatment of Soluble Organics in Produced Water:
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 98-04 - January 2002

K. Thomas Klasson

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES v
LIST OF TABLES ix
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xi
 

1

 PROJECT BACKGROUND 1

2

 INTRODUCTION 1

3

 MATERIALS 4
 

3.1

 Sources of Produced Water in Experiments 4
3.2 Analytical Methods and Procedures 4
3.3 Sonochemical Experiments Test Procedure 6
3.4 Ozone Reaction Vessels and Test Procedures 7
4

RESULTS

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  4.1 Sonochemical Oxidation 11
4.2 Electrostatic Spraying of Ozone Gas Mixtures 13
4.3 Ozonation of BTEX Solutions 13
4.4 Ozonation of Hexanoic Acid 17
4.5 Ozonation of Synthetic Produced Water from Oil-Water Separator Experiments 17
4.6 Batch Experiments with Produced Water from Industrial Partners 20
4.7 Large-Scale Batch Experiments 25
4.8 Batch Data Kinetics of PCE Extractable Organics by Ozone 27
4.9 Mass Balance and Ozone Requirements 30
4.10 Identification of Ozonation Products of Produced Water by GC-MS 32
4.11 Continuous-Column Experiments 37
4.12 Economic Evaluation of Ozonation for Produced Water Treatment 40
4.13 Comparisons with Previous Ozonation Studies 43
5 CONCLUSIONS 43
6 REFERENCES 44
APPENDIX A: Identification of Ozonation Products of Produced Water by GC-MS 47