Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Ion exchange or selective sorption
Patent
1996-05-20
1998-03-17
Cintins, Ivars
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Ion exchange or selective sorption
210682, 210683, 210717, 210747, B01D 1504, C02F 142
Patent
active
057283028
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for reducing the concentration of radioactive materials or other trace contaminants in fluids withdrawn from subterranean reservoirs and also fluids in reservoirs. The method involves deposition of sorbent solids including, but not limited to, fine ion exchange resins, within the reservoir matrix surrounding a production well to act as an in-situ filter for dissolved radionuclides or other contaminants present in reservoir pore waters. For this purpose, the sorbent solid is either a) precipitated within the reservoir matrix by the reaction of ions or molecules of two or more carrier solutions or b) directly introduced into the reservoir as a solid component of a solid-liquid slurry using high-pressure injection techniques. Thereafter, fluids in the reservoir that contact the sorbent solid and fluids produced by the well contain significantly lower concentrations of contaminants which are by the sorbent solids by means of ion exchange, adsorption, chelation, chemisorption, or coprecipitation.
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Clifford Dennis A.
Connor John A.
King Philip T.
Cintins Ivars
Groundwater Services, Inc.
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