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Abstract
The present invention is characterized in that a reverse osmosis type brine desalination module is installed in an underground hole such as a drilling rig excavated at the time of oil field development and the flow direction of the brine and fresh water is adjusted by using a fresh water conversion device installed underground, The present invention relates to a desalination plant for underground salt water which is capable of desalinating brine produced in a reservoir of oil field and directly injecting purified fresh water as an indicator into production or storage reservoir.
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BACKGROUND OF THE
The description of this item is intended to provide background information and should not be construed as limiting or limiting the scope of the present disclosure.
The reverse osmosis membrane type desalination plant is widely used for the desalination of salt water because it can remove salt and harmful substances without phase change of the fluid, is easy to operate, and has an advantage in energy efficiency.
1, the brine supplied from the sea is pressurized by the pressurizing pump 2 'through the pH adjustment and the suspended solids removal process in the pretreatment process 1', and the reverse osmosis process 3 ' Lt; / RTI > When the pressurized brine passes through the reverse osmosis membrane, the salinity is filtered and the water passing through the reverse osmosis membrane is desalinated to be desalinated and transferred to the distribution system to be used as potable water after pH adjustment and degassing in the post-treatment process (4 '). The brine that does not pass through the reverse osmosis membrane gradually accumulates salinity, becomes a highly concentrated brine and is discharged to the outside or back to the sea. As the reverse osmosis membrane, a spirally wound or hollow fine fiber membrane is mainly used. In a large-scale plant, dozens of unit units having reverse osmosis membrane modules are arranged in parallel to treat a large amount of brine.
However, since the brine desalination system using this method uses tubular reverse osmosis membrane modules connected in parallel, equipment and space for collecting and managing connected reverse osmosis membrane modules are required, and depending on the region, Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the desalination rate of the brine is greatly affected.
On the other hand, it is common to produce a crude oil with a large amount of rock in the oil field, and the produced rock mass has saltiness similar to or higher than that of sea water depending on the depth of production. The produced brine should be re-injected or discharged to the surface to prevent pressure drop in the underground space due to the production of crude oil. In order to release it, saline in production water should be removed to the level similar to fresh water. Large-scale desalination plants are needed to desalinate these genetically produced water. However, it is not easy to install a large-scale surface desalination plant in the oilfield.
Also, Robertson EP: Low-Salinity Waterflooding To Improve Oil Recovery-Historical Field Evidence SPE 109965 (2007) and Dang C., Nghiem L., Chen Z., Nguyen Q. and Nguyen N .: State-of-the Art Low Many recent studies, such as Salinity Waterflooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery , have shown that oil can be significantly increased when fresh water with low salt content is injected instead of brine produced when water is injected into the reservoir to promote crude oil production . However, this requires a large-scale facility for desalination of the brine produced, and this is the reason why the freshwater injection method is not widely applied in the oil field.
U.S. Patent No. 5,916,441 provides three mine shafts, two reverse osmosis modules at the bottom of the middle tunnel, and one at the bottom to supply seawater to selectively pass the reverse osmosis module of the middle tunnel And then supplying drinking water or agricultural water to the ground through the tunnel or the last tunnel. However, this prior art does not consider the freshwater injection method in the genetic reservoir. In addition, there is a disadvantage that only a small amount of fresh water is produced.
U.S. Patent No. 7,600,567 discloses a method in which an injection hole is provided up to a hydrocarbon-containing layer, which is a petroleum-containing layer, and salt water is injected through the injection hole. Then, fresh water passing through the reverse osmosis membrane provided under the injection hole is pressurized by using a pump, Containing layer of the present invention. Highly concentrated brine is discharged to the ground through the space between the annulus and the injection hole. This prior art discloses the principle of supplying fresh water to the dielectric layer, but it has a drawback in that it can produce only a small amount of fresh water.
None of the above prior art consider the mass production of fresh water and the delivery of it to the reservoir by connecting multiple reverse osmosis modules to the injection well.
Therefore, the present disclosure aims at minimizing the ground space and complicated piping necessary for operating the desalination apparatus for desalination water obtained from the saline water using the reverse osmosis membrane, and minimizing the change in the treatment rate due to environmental changes such as temperature.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a desalination system, a desalination plant, and a method for producing a desalination water that diversifies the use of fresh water through a large scale desalination using an underground ball.
In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a desalination system for a brine using an underground hole, the system comprising: a long casing installed inside the underground hole and forming an annulus for injecting salt water between the underground hole; And a reverse osmosis module including a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside a tubing having a plurality of through holes and a tubing outside the tubing, the plurality of reverse osmosis modules being connected in series in a casing, the tubings being connected in fluid communication, Thereby providing a desalination system.
Further, the present disclosure relates to a desalination system for brine using an underground hole, the system comprising: a long casing installed inside the underground hole and forming an annulus for injecting salt water between the underground hole; A fresh water production device installed inside the casing, in which a plurality of reverse osmosis modules including a tubing having a plurality of through holes formed therein and a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside the tubing, and the tubings being connected in fluid communication; A packer hermetically coupled to the casing at a lower portion of the casing to block fluid movement in a vertical direction within the casing; And a desalination switching device installed below the fresh water producing device for supplying the fresh water having passed through the reverse osmosis module to a ground or a reservoir underground.
Further, the present disclosure relates to a method for desalination of brine using an underground hole, comprising the steps of: injecting brine through an annulus formed between an underground hole and a casing installed inside the underground hole; A plurality of reverse osmosis modules including a tubing having a plurality of through holes formed therein and a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside the tubing are connected in series to each other and the tubing is connected to be in fluid communication, And desalting the brine to thereby desalinate the brine.
According to the present disclosure, it is possible to desalinate brine produced at a minimum cost when an existing drill hole is used as an underground hole in a oil field, and it is easy to produce purified fresh water as an indicator or inject it into a reservoir .
Furthermore, according to the present disclosure, it is possible to produce fresh water on the ground by a simple operation or to supply fresh water to a reservoir layer, and thus it is possible to efficiently distribute and utilize fresh water.
The effects of the present invention are exemplified, and the effects of the present invention will become more apparent from the embodiments with reference to the following drawings.
FIG. 1 is a view showing a conventional desalination plant.
FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a desalination desalination system using an underground hole according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.
3 is a block diagram of a reverse osmosis module of an embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 4 is a configuration diagram of a fresh water conversion apparatus in one embodiment of the present disclosure; Fig.
Fig. 5 is an operational view of the fresh water switching system of an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein Fig. 5 (a) shows the ground-based transfer mode of fresh water and Fig. 5 (b) shows the reservoir transfer mode of fresh water.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing the flow of brine and fresh water according to the fresh water switching device of one embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein FIG. 6 (a) (c) shows the reservoir transport mode of brine.
FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram of a brine desalination system using an underground hole including a horizontal hole as another embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of a salt water desalination system conceptually showing a plurality of horizontal holes branched on the basis of an underground hole as another embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.
First, the technical features of the present invention will be described generally.
In general, the production of crude oil or the injection of production water is carried out through a production line installed in a sewer system, such as an underground craft of several hundred to several thousand meters depending on the depth of the reservoir. This production pipe is constructed by connecting the tubing of about 10 m in length to each other by connecting the tubing to each other using a seam, so there is no restriction on the length and installation direction of the production pipe in theory. In this case, if a large number of small holes are formed in the tubing, a reverse osmosis membrane is coated on the tubing, and a saltwater is passed through the tubular body, the drilling tube and the production tube itself can be used as a huge desalination module. In this case, it is advantageous to coat the reverse osmosis membrane on the outside of the tubing and to design the moving direction of the salt water from the outside to the inside of the tubing to prevent rupture of the reverse osmosis membrane and prolong the life of the bath.
It is also a common practice to use vertical and horizontal drilling rigs to produce crude oil or to inject water. Therefore, it is possible to desalinate brine produced with minimum cost when using existing drill holes in the oil field, and it is easy to produce purified fresh water as an indicator or inject it into a reservoir.
In addition, it is possible to maintain the same temperature condition for the whole section of the river when using the horizontal river, and when a plurality of river basins are radially drilled, a large number of reverse osmosis membrane modules As shown in Fig. In addition, when the desalination plant is grounded in such a manner in a high temperature region, it is possible to suppress the rise of the saline water due to the heating of the treatment facility, and desalination of the saline water can be performed at a constant temperature regardless of the external environment.
In a desalination plant using a reverse osmosis membrane, a large surface area and complicated piping are required because a large number of reverse osmosis membranes must be connected and integrated in parallel, and the reverse osmosis membrane tube is connected in series in a vertical or horizontal borehole Eliminating the need for large-scale installations on the ground.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.
In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."
Fig. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a salt
In Fig. 2, an underground hole is erected perpendicularly from the surface. The underground ball may be, for example, a crude oil well. A circular
A packer (51) is provided below the casing (10), and the packer (51) functions as a hermetic member for preventing fluid movement above and below. A
The
First, the fresh
The fresh
3 is a configuration diagram of the
The
It is preferable to form a
The joint 34 is a joint or joint for connecting with the other upper and lower
Since the
Referring again to FIG. 2, the
Further, the
The basic operation of the fresh
First, salt water is injected into the annulus (S). The injected brine is filled with the annulus S, and as the water level increases, the lowered
When the desalination process is continuously performed, the concentrated water remaining in the annulus (S) becomes higher than that of the injection salt, and the concentrated water continuously flows to the deep part of the underground water and the salinity is continuously increased . As a result, surface discharge of the concentrated water is required, and this concentrated water can be discharged by the discharge passage 3 and the
The brine desalination system of the present disclosure is suitable for a large-scale plant in which salt water sufficiently fills annulus (S) by utilizing an underground hole such as a drill hole, but is not limited thereto.
Next, the fresh
2, the fresh
4, a first through
The
In the illustrated example, the switching
The flow switching mode of the fresh water using the fresh
Fig. 5 (a) is a fresh water transfer mode to the ground, which is the same as that of Fig. 2, and the flow of saline and fresh water at this time is shown in Fig. 6 (a). 6, the fresh
5 (b) is a reservoir transport mode. The fresh
6 (c) is a flow chart when brine is supplied into the
According to the fresh
However, it should be noted that one of the features of the present disclosure is the fresh water production structure described with reference to FIG. 2, so that it is possible to omit the installation of the fresh
When only the fresh water is to be injected into the reservoir, only a single container having a slot formed on the outer surface thereof is connected to the lowermost tubing without distinguishing between the first and second switching members, And the brine can be injected into the annulus S to absorb the fresh water into the reservoir through the slot. Thus, the present disclosure provides flexibility to determine the supply mode and desalination system, as appropriate, in accordance with the use of fresh water, production conditions and the surrounding environment.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing a case in which a basement hole includes a horizontal hole as another example of the saline desalination system of the present disclosure; Fig. The description of the basic structure and operation will be omitted since it is the same as that described above based on the manual worker. When the water level is maintained, the same temperature condition is maintained for the entire section of the water level. In the case where the desalination plant is underfilled in such a high temperature region, the rise of the salt water temperature due to the heating of the treatment facility can be suppressed, It is advantageous that desalination of the brine can be performed at a constant temperature.
Fig. 8 is a plan view of another example of the saline desalination system of the present invention, in which the vertical portions of the underground holes are concentrated at one point and a plurality of horizontal holes are radially extended. The casing 10 'arranged in the horizontal plane is turned in the
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the embodiment, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiments. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be construed as illustrative rather than limiting, and the scope of the technical idea of the present embodiment is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present embodiment should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.
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A long casing installed inside the underground hole and forming an annulus for injecting salt water between the underground hole;
A fresh water production device in which a plurality of reverse osmosis modules including a plurality of reverse osmosis membranes and a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside the tubing are installed in series in the casing and the tubings are connected in fluid communication; And
And a fresh water conversion unit under the fresh water production unit.
A packer is further provided at a lower portion of the casing so as to be hermetically coupled to the casing to block fluid movement in a vertical direction in the casing,
The fresh water conversion device includes a first conversion member formed with a through-hole and connected to a lowermost reverse osmosis module of the fresh water production device, and a second conversion member formed with a through-hole and installed in the packer,
And the fresh water supplied through the fresh water producing device is communicated with the through-holes of the first switching member and the second switching member to be supplied to the underground surrounding reservoir below the packer through the through hole.
A long casing installed inside the underground hole and forming an annulus for injecting salt water between the underground hole;
A fresh water production device installed inside the casing, in which a plurality of reverse osmosis modules including a tubing having a plurality of through holes formed therein and a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside the tubing, and the tubings being connected in fluid communication;
A packer hermetically coupled to the casing at a lower portion of the casing to block fluid movement in a vertical direction within the casing; And
And a fresh water switching device installed below the fresh water producing device for supplying fresh water having passed through the reverse osmosis module to a reservoir underground,
The fresh water conversion device includes a first conversion member formed with a through-hole and connected to a lowermost reverse osmosis module of the fresh water production device, and a second conversion member formed with a through-hole and installed in the packer,
And the fresh water supplied through the fresh water producing device is supplied to the underground surrounding reservoir below the packer through the through hole when the first switching member and the through hole of the second switching member communicate with each other.
Injecting salt water through the annulus formed between the underground hole and the casing installed in the underground hole;
A plurality of reverse osmosis modules including a tubing having a plurality of through holes formed therein and a reverse osmosis membrane provided outside the tubing are connected in series to each other and the tubing is connected to be in fluid communication, Desalting the brine; And
A first switching member connected to the lowermost reverse osmosis module of the fresh water producing device and having a through hole formed therein and a second switching member disposed below the first switching member to receive the first switching member, Connecting the second switching member provided in the packer which blocks the fluid communication between the upper and lower portions so as to be in fluid communication with each other so that the fresh water passing through the tubing is supplied to the second switching member; And
And discharging the fresh water supplied to the second switching member to the outside of the casing to supply fresh water to the surrounding reservoir below the packer.
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