Open AccessRe-Evaluation of Chemical Potential of Imperial Irrigation District Well No. 1
Publication year - 1963
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/883805
Subject(s) - reverse osmosis , chemistry , produced water , brine , desalination , effluent , total dissolved solids , filtration (mathematics) , sodium , activated carbon , dissolved organic carbon , environmental engineering , pulp and paper industry , membrane , environmental chemistry , environmental science , adsorption , biochemistry , engineering , statistics , mathematics , organic chemistry
The chemical potential of the brine from I.I.D. Well No. 1 was evaluated and reported in Rogers Engineering Coo, Inc. March 1962 Flow Test Report. This evaluation considered only the recovery of sodium chloride, as the prime salable product and alternately as the raw material for conversion to salable chlorine and caustic. Both cases showed low net revenue relative to the estimated capital investment required. The subsequent three month well flow test indicates continued production of a consistent type brine can be expected from this well. Based on the flow and composition data established during this test period, chemical production potential has been examined. The separation and sale of high quality potassium chloride appears attractive. Attached are sketches of each of the two production schemes considered with estimates of capital and operating costs and revenue