Brine & Waste Water
The Thermal Reduction process for Brine and Waste Water vaporizes the water and leaves behind a solid residue.
In the case of
brine
concentrates, the residue consists largely of
Mineral Salts
with Sodium Chloride (NaCl) as the overwhelming predominate item.
The remaining residual material, totaling less that 5%, is made up of all other
trace elements
combined.
The water vapor is converted into
Steam
and the steam is
Condensed
into liquid
Water.
The Thermal Reduction method of Waste Recovery is an
energy
intense process and we advocate a crude, brute force approach on the front end to start the process.
A water recovery system may encompass brackish water, municipal & industrial waste water, mine water,
oil well & fracking water remediation, water De-Salination sources.
Co-locating a thermal recovery process in conjunction with an existing Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalination operation
may optimize the efficiency.
By focusing efforts on the recovery of
Mineral Salts
from the scale residues, you may be able to eliminate the brine discharge
and double the clean water output.
We also need to explore the potential of eutectic freeze crystallization as a separation method.
Waste Recovery Process
- Brine & Waste Water
Pathway Flow & Options
- Thermal Reduction
- Steam Stage
- Condensing Stage
- Water Phase
- Energy Storage
- Battery Banks
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Compressed Air Storage
- Exothermic Element Storage
Short Cycle Regeneration
- Hydro Energy
- Wind Energy
- Gravity Energy
- Temperature Gradient
Energy Sources
- Solar
- Electricity
- Internally Generated Electricity
- Excess Intermittent Electricity
- Grid Electricity
- Waste Heat
- Optional Sidestreams
Waste Recovery Process
- Summary
Water Phase
Recovered clean water is the primary goal of any waste water or desalinization water purification process.
The objective is to produce the highest volume of clean water output at the lowest economic cost.
Operations around the globe are striving to increase the reliable supply of clean water at a predictable cost while
dealing responsibly with the brine residues and residual materials.
Working Water
The Water Phase of the recovery process, if engineered properly, may allow the opportunity to generate
Hydro
electric power or to be harnessed as an
Energy Transfer Fluid
or as working water.
The opportunity to utilize Hydraulic Power to harness mechanical, kinetic work within the operations and
the potential to create gravity energy storage systems.
Throughout history Hydraulic Accumulator Towers have been used as large scale energy storage
to power lift bridges, cranes, water elevators or loch systems.
The Weight loaded columns of water, that operates much like a hydraulic jack, may be charged to store potential energy
for an indefinite period of time.
The discharge cycle generates a controlled flow of pressurized water that may be directed or harnessed as desired.
Working Water has the ability to be recirculated to regenerate the working benefits.
Mechanical Buoyancy Columns
Bubble Buoyancy Columns
Mechanical Buoyancy Column
If the interim process water is accumulated in an upper reservoir after the condensing stage and the clean water
is extracted from a lower reservoir, then an opportunity exists to harvest energy between the upper and lower reservoirs.
One mechanical method to harvest a small amount of energy may be achieved by channeling the gravity flow of water into a Buoyancy Column.
A Buoyancy Column is a vertical water chamber that is open to atmosphere at the top, the column may be filled from the
upper water reservoir by opening a control valve and closing with a limit switch to prevent overflow.
An air filled Buoyancy module is anchored at the bottom of the Column, the Buoyancy module may be released and allowed to float
up to the top of the full water column.
The Buoyancy module may be tethered to a rotary energy generator mechanism to capture the spurt of Buoyant motion
as the air filled module is released.
The Buoyancy module may be recoiled as the water is lowered by opening a release valve in the lower column.
When the Buoyancy module returns to the bottom of the column it may be securely anchored in preparation for the cycle to begin again.
The amount of energy available to be harvested will be largely determined by the torque that may be generated from the
sum of the variables of the air volume contained within the Buoyancy module and the dimensions (height) of the water column.
One alternative or option to harvest energy is to design the Buoyancy module and water column as a linear induction generator system.
Additional options may also exist to install an in stream harvester at the top loading channel and/or a gravity flow turbine
at the exit point.
Clean Water Output
Recovered clean water is the primary goal of any waste water or desalinization water purification process.
The objective is to produce the highest volume of clean water output at the lowest economic cost.
The Thermal Recovery Process produces an output of clean distilled water.
The clean water may be stored in tanks or reservoirs for shipment as required or connected directly by pipeline
to feed into an incoming fresh water supply.
An alternative sidestream product that may be produced is ice. While the proliferation of refrigeration has reduced
the mass market demand for the distribution of ice, a number of niche markets exist that may be exploited.
Novel Approach
By implementing A
Novel Approach
to Waste Recovery the energy input cost of clean water may be greatly reduced or eliminated.
