An Analysis of Likely Scalants in the Treatment of Produced Water from Nova Scotia

A significant barrier to further use of hydraulic fracturing to recover shale oil and/or gas is the treatment and/or disposal of hypersaline produced water. This work is an analysis of produced water from Nova Scotia, with the aim of understanding how scale impacts the choice of desalination system...

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Main Authors: Thiel, Gregory P. (Author), Lienhard, John H. (Contributor), Zubair, Syed M. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abdul Latif Jameel World Water & Food Security Lab (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Theil, Gregory P. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis, 2015-08-04T18:55:34Z.
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