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Preparation of Cationic Polyacrylamide Suspension and Its Application in Oilfield Wastewater Treatment

Version 1 : Received: 17 August 2023 / Approved: 17 August 2023 / Online: 18 August 2023 (08:32:22 CEST)

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Wei, Z.; Long, W.; Li, S.; Zhao, Y.; Yu, S.; Zhou, F. Preparation of Cationic Polyacrylamide Suspension and Its Application in Oilfield Wastewater Treatment. Polymers 2024, 16, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16010151 Wei, Z.; Long, W.; Li, S.; Zhao, Y.; Yu, S.; Zhou, F. Preparation of Cationic Polyacrylamide Suspension and Its Application in Oilfield Wastewater Treatment. Polymers 2024, 16, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16010151

Abstract

Solid particle cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) is one of the most commonly used organic polymer flocculants in oilfield wastewater treatment, but there are some problems, such as slow dissolution rate, and easy to form a "fish-eye" in the process of diluting into aqueous solution. However, the current liquid CPAM products also have some problems, such as low effective content, poor storage stability, degradation in a short time and high preparation cost. In this paper, a secondary processing technology of solid particle CPAM was studied, and a CPAM suspension was successfully prepared. This suspension has an effective content of 50.00%, No separation in 7 days of storage at room temperature, no separation in 30 min of centrifugation at a speed of 2000 r/min, and diluted to a 0.40 % weak gel solution in just 16.00 min. For 1000 NTU of diatomite simulated wastewater, the optimal turbidity removal rate of the suspension was 99.50%, which was higher than the optimal turbidity removal rate of 98.40% for the inorganic flocculant polymeric aluminum chloride (PAC). For oil and gas field oily wastewater, the optimal turbidity removal rate of CPAM suspension was 35.60%, which was higher than the optimal turbidity removal rate of 28.40% for solid particle CPAM.

Keywords

Cationic polyacrylamide; flocculant; suspension; oilfield wastewater

Subject

Engineering, Chemical Engineering

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