Mobile Onsite Decontamination by Evaporation (MODE)

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Other oil and gas)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)

Project Contact
Kemartek Limited

Feasibility Study

Innovate UK

01 April 2015

31 March 2016

12 months

£102,750

North East

Competition Call: 1406_FS_ENRG_SG - Shale Gas. Activity Developing technologies for safe and responsible exploration of shale gas

Project Contact, Kemartek Limited

Project Contact, Oil Pollution Services Limited
Project Contact, Chemical Process Solutions Limited

The goal of our project is to develop a prototype mobile non-metallic treatment plant for the decontamination of flow back water produced by the drilling of shale gas (and oil) wells. Traditional desalination methods cannot cope with the very high levels of dissolved salts and other contaminants, and operators are forced to use inefficient and problematic methods such as conventional evaporation using very specialised and expensive exotic metal components the only other solution is to transport the waste water to a large waste water treatment site such as Avonmouth. We wish to produce a Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) plant which uniquely will be manufactured from non-metallic components which are corrosion resistant, cheaper and lighter than the metal currently used in heat exchangers and connecting pipes. MODE will enable a cost effective water treatment approach to be implemented which will have a turnkey effect in unlocking the potential of shale reserves in the UK and abroad.The goal of our project is to develop a prototype mobile non-metallic treatment plant for the decontamination of flow back water produced by the drilling of shale gas (and oil) wells. Traditional desalination methods cannot cope with the very high levels of dissolved salts and other contaminants, and operators are forced to use inefficient and problematic methods such as conventional evaporation using very specialised and expensive exotic metal components the only other solution is to transport the waste water to a large waste water treatment site such as Avonmouth. We wish to produce a Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) plant which uniquely will be manufactured from non-metallic components which are corrosion resistant, cheaper and lighter than the metal currently used in heat exchangers and connecting pipes. MODE will enable a cost effective water treatment approach to be implemented which will have a turnkey effect in unlocking the potential of shale reserves in the UK and abroad.The goal of our project is to develop a prototype mobile non-metallic treatment plant for the decontamination of flow back water produced by the drilling of shale gas (and oil) wells. Traditional desalination methods cannot cope with the very high levels of dissolved salts and other contaminants, and operators are forced to use inefficient and problematic methods such as conventional evaporation using very specialised and expensive exotic metal components the only other solution is to transport the waste water to a large waste water treatment site such as Avonmouth. We wish to produce a Mechanical Vapour Recompression (MVR) plant which uniquely will be manufactured from non-metallic components which are corrosion resistant, cheaper and lighter than the metal currently used in heat exchangers and connecting pipes. MODE will enable a cost effective water treatment approach to be implemented which will have a turnkey effect in unlocking the potential of shale reserves in the UK and abroad.

08/10/15