GB2597168A - Compact containerized system and method for spray evaporation of water - Google Patents

Compact containerized system and method for spray evaporation of water Download PDF

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GB2597168A
GB2597168A GB2115709.4A GB202115709A GB2597168A GB 2597168 A GB2597168 A GB 2597168A GB 202115709 A GB202115709 A GB 202115709A GB 2597168 A GB2597168 A GB 2597168A
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Abstract

A wastewater evaporation system for spray evaporating water comprising: a wastewater feed inlet; a pump, wherein an outlet of the wastewater inlet is fluidly connected to the pump and wherein the pump is fluidly connected a manifold; a drip orifice, wherein the manifold is fluidly connected to the drip orifice; a container, wherein an upper portion of the container is enclosed with a demister element; a packing and/or tray system disposed within the container, wherein the drip orifice discharges water droplets onto the packing and/or tray system; a discharge outlet, wherein a bottom of the container is fluidly connected to the discharge outlet; and an air system wherein the air system discharges air flow counter to the water droplets from the drip orifice. A method of spray evaporating water while limiting emission of particles regulated as pollutants is also disclosed.

Claims (75)

1. A wastewater evaporation system for spray evaporating water comprising: a. a wastewater feed inlet; b. a pump, wherein an outlet of the wastewater inlet is fluidly connected to an inlet of the pump and wherein an outlet of the pump is fluidly connected to an inlet of a manifold; c. a drip orifice, wherein an outlet of the manifold is fluidly connected to an inlet of the drip orifice; d. a container, wherein an upper portion of the container is enclosed with a demister element; e. a packing system and/or a tray system disposed within the container, wherein the outlet of the drip orifice discharges wastewater and/or water droplets onto the packing system and/or tray system; f. a discharge outlet, wherein a bottom of the container is fluidly connected to the discharge outlet; and g. an air system comprising an air blower and, optionally, an air preheater, wherein the air system is disposed through a wall of the container and wherein the air system discharges air flow counter to the wastewater and/or water droplets from the drip orifice.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising; a. a first valve, wherein the wastewater feed inlet is fluidly connected to an inlet of the first valve and an outlet of the first valve is fluidly connected to the inlet of the pump; b. a second valve, wherein the outlet of the pump is fluidly connected to an inlet of the second valve and wherein an outlet of the second valve is fluidly connected to the inlet of the manifold; c. a third valve, wherein the bottom of the container is fluidly connected to an inlet of the third valve and wherein an outlet of the third valve is fluidly connected to the inlet of the pump; d. a fourth valve, wherein the outlet of the pump is fluidly connected to an inlet of the fourth valve and wherein an outlet of the fourth valve is fluidly connected to the discharge outlet.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is capable of evaporating from about 30 to about 100 barrels of wastewater per day.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the pump produces a water flow rate into the system from about 15 GPM to about 100 GPM.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the demister element is from about 4-inches to about 12-inches thick.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the demister element is about 10-inches thick.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the packing system and/or tray system comprises random packing, structured packing, or combinations thereof.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the packing system and/or tray system comprises a porous tray.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the packing system comprises: a. a porous tray; and b. a packing, wherein the packing is disposed on the porous tray.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the packing system comprises random packing, structured packing, or combinations thereof.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the packing is a random packing, wherein the packing is made of ceramics, plastics, metals, or combinations thereof.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the packing is a structured packing, wherein the packing is made of ceramics, plastics, metals, or combinations thereof.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the packing is a containerized packing.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the tray system comprises: a. a first porous tray; and b. a second porous tray, wherein the first porous tray discharges water droplets onto the second porous tray.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater comprises a natural gas burner.
16. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater comprises a natural gas burner, wherein the natural gas burner is adapted to be moved relative to the packing system.
17. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater comprises a natural gas burner and a natural gas powered electric generator.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater comprises a natural gas burner and a natural gas control valve and wherein the natural gas control valve is capable of providing fixed flow or modulated flow.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein air flow from the air blower disperses water droplets from the drip orifice.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein the air blower produces an air flow rate from about 2,500 CFM to about 6,500 CFM.
21. The system of claim 1, wherein an air flow inlet of the air preheater is fluidly connected to an air flow outlet of the air blower.
22. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater produces an air heating rate from about 0 million BTU per hour to about 2.1 million BTU per hour.
23. The system of claim 1, wherein the air preheater produces air temperatures from about 50 °F to about 400 °F.
24. The system of claim 1, wherein the air system is disposed through the wall of the container upstream of the demister element.
25. The system of claim 1, wherein the air system is disposed through the wall of the container downstream of the demister element.
26. The system of claim 1 further comprising a deflector or a diffuser, wherein the deflector or diffuser is disposed within the container to redirect air flow in the container.
27. The system of claim 1 further comprising a vane, wherein the vane is disposed within the container to redirect the air flow in the container.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein the vane extends across a cross-section of the container.
29. The system of claim 1 further comprising a vane, wherein the vane is disposed in an air duct between an air discharge outlet of air system and an air inlet to the container.
30. The system of claim 1 further comprising a programmable logic controller (PLC) or other computing device, wherein the PLC or other computing device controls the air flow rate from the air blower.
31. The system of claim 1 further comprising an acid conditioning system, wherein the acid conditioning system adds an acid solution to the wastewater.
32. The system of claim 1 further comprising a bactericide conditioning system, wherein the bactericide conditioning system adds bactericide to the wastewater.
33. The system of claim 1 further comprising a scale inhibition conditioning system, wherein the scale inhibition conditioning system adds scale inhibitor to the wastewater.
34. The system of claim 1 further comprising a defoamer system, wherein the defoamer system adds defoamer to the wastewater.
35. The system of claim lfurther comprising a skid, wherein the wastewater evaporation system is mounted on the skid.
36. The system of claim 1 further comprising a skid mounted on or removably secured to a trailer or a truck, wherein the wastewater evaporation system is mounted on the skid.
37. The system of claim 1 further comprising a containment system, wherein the containment system comprises a liner surrounded by a skid and wherein the wastewater evaporation system is mounted on the skid.
38. The system of claim 37 further comprising a draw line, wherein an inlet of the draw line is disposed within the footprint of liner and an outlet of the draw line is fluidly connected to an inlet of the container.
39. The system of claim 37 further comprising a draw line, wherein an inlet of the draw line is disposed in the liner and an outlet of the draw line is fluidly connected to the inlet of the pump.
40. The system of claim 1 further comprising insulation and/or heat tracing disposed around the pump.
41. The system of claim 2 further comprising insulation and/or heat tracing disposed around the pump, the first valve, the second valve, the third valve and the fourth valve.
42. The system of claim 1 further comprising a heated enclosure disposed around the pump, optionally a lower portion of the container, optionally an electric generator, and optionally a nitrogen purge system.
43. The system of claim 1 further comprising an air, argon or nitrogen purge system comprising an air, argon or nitrogen source, wherein an outlet of the air, argon or nitrogen purge system is fluidly connected to the inlet of the pump.
44. A method for spray evaporating water comprising: a. providing the wastewater evaporation system of claim 1; b. selecting predetermined parameters for a wastewater evaporation system for spray evaporating water; c. drawing wastewater into the wastewater evaporation system from an external water source using a pump; d. diverting wastewater to a drip orifice; e. flowing the wastewater through the drip orifice to create water droplets; f. flowing the water droplets onto a packing system and/or tray system disposed within a container of the wastewater evaporation system; g. blowing air into the container counter to the water droplets from the drip orifice using an air blower; h. collecting condensed water in a bottom of the container; i. recycling the condensed water from the bottom of the container, and j . diverting concentrated waste to the discharge outlet.
45. The method of claim 44, further comprising monitoring conductivity of condensed water using a conductivity meter.
46. The method of claim 44, wherein the predetermined parameters comprise air flow rate, air heating rate, maximum conductivity, and water flow rate, and wherein the concentrated water is discharged to the discharge outlet when conductivity of the condensed water reaches the maximum conductivity.
47. The method of claim 44, further comprising monitoring ambient air temperature using a temperature sensor, wherein the predetermined parameters further comprise minimum air temperature.
48. The method of claim 47, wherein the system is shut down when the ambient air temperature reaches the minimum air temperature.
49. The method of claim 44 further comprising monitoring the pH of the condensed water using a pH meter and adding acid solution to the condensed water to maintain the pH at about 6.5 or below.
50. The method of claim 44 further comprising adding bactericide to the condensed water.
51. The method of claim 44 further comprising adding scale inhibitor to the condensed water.
52. The method of claim 44 further comprising adding defoamer to the condensed water.
53. The method of claim 50 further comprising monitoring the pH of the condensed water using a pH meter and adding acid solution to the condensed water to maintain the pH at about 6.5 or below.
54. The method of claim 44 further comprising using a programmable logic controller or other computing device to control the system.
55. The method of claim 44, wherein the system is capable of evaporating from about 30 to about 100 barrels of wastewater per day.
56. The method of claim 44, wherein the pump produces a water flow rate into the system from about 15 GPM to about 100 GPM.
57. The method of claim 44, wherein the demister element is about 4-inches to about 12-inches thick.
58. The method of claim 44, wherein the packing system and/or the tray system comprises pall rings, random packing or combinations thereof.
59. The method of claim 44, wherein the packing system and/or the tray system comprises a porous tray.
60. The method of claim 44, wherein the packing system comprises: a. a porous tray; and b. a packing, wherein the packing is disposed on the porous tray.
61. The method of claim 60, wherein the packing is selected from random packing, structured packing, and combinations thereof.
62. The method of claim 44, wherein the tray system comprises: a. a first porous tray; and b. a second porous tray, wherein the first porous tray discharges water droplets onto the second porous tray.
63. The method of claim 44, wherein the air blower produces an air flow rate from about 2,500 CFM to about 6,500 CFM.
64. The method of claim 44, wherein an air flow inlet of the air preheater is fluidly connected to an air flow outlet of the air blower.
65. The method of claim 44, wherein the air preheater produces an air heating rate from about 0 million BTU per hour to about 2.1 million BTU per hour.
66. The method of claim 44, wherein the air preheater produces air temperatures from about 50 °F to about 400 °F.
67. The method of claim 44 further comprising pretreating wastewater to reduce or remove volatile organic compounds upstream of a wastewater inlet of the wastewater evaporation system.
68. The method of claim 44 further comprising discharging evaporated water through the evaporated water outlet.
69. The method of claim 68 further comprising collecting the evaporated water from the evaporated water outlet and condensing the evaporated water in a low pressure conduit.
70. The method of claim 68 further comprising heating the evaporated water upstream of the evaporated water outlet.
71. The method of claim 68 further comprising heating the evaporated water downstream of the evaporated water outlet.
72. A wastewater evaporation system for spray evaporating water comprising: a. a wastewater inlet; b. a pump, wherein an outlet of the wastewater inlet is fluidly connected to an inlet of the pump and wherein an outlet of the pump is fluidly connected to an inlet of a manifold; c. a spray nozzle, wherein an outlet of the manifold is fluidly connected to an inlet of the spray nozzle; d. a horizontal container, wherein an upper portion of the container is enclosed with a demister element and wherein the outlet of the spray nozzle discharges water droplets into the container; e. a discharge outlet, wherein a bottom of the container is fluidly connected to the discharge outlet; f. an air system comprising an air blower and optionally an air heater, wherein the air system is disposed through a wall of the container and wherein the air system discharges air flow counter to the water droplets from the spray nozzle; and g. a deflector or a diffuser, wherein the deflector or diffuser is disposed within the container to redirect air flow from a center region of the container to a wall of the container.
73. The system of claim 72 further comprising a tapered insert, wherein the tapered insert is disposed within the container to redirect the air flow from the wall of the container to the center region of the container.
74. The system of claim 72 further comprising a vane, wherein the vane is disposed within the container to redirect the air flow in the container.
75. The system of claim 74, wherein the vane extends across a cross-section of the container.
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