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US 2003/0198589 A1Published application
Method for producing a halide brine
AssigneeTetra Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRaymond D. Symens, Lyle H. Howard, Surendra Kumar Mishra, Thomas William Polkinghorn
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Abstract
A method for producing halide brine wherein an alkali and a reducing agent are added to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal., (0.996 kg/L) water, waste water or sea water for example. The resulting fluid is then contacted with a halogen to form a halide brine. The reaction occurs in a conventional reactor such as a mixing tank.
Claims46
A method for producing halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- and
- c. contacting the resulting fluid from step (b) with halogen to form a halide brine;
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a bromide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to an aqueous fluid;
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with bromine to increase the density to at least 8.5 lb/gal. (1.021 kg/L);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a chloride brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali and a reducing agent to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);and
- b. contacting the fluid resulting from step (a) with chlorine to increase the density to at least 8.5 lb/gal. (1.021 kg/L).
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali selected from alkali metal hydroxides, alkali earth metal oxides, alkali earth metal hydroxides, base metal oxides, base metal hydroxides, and combinations thereof to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- and
- b. adding a reducing agent, the reducing agent selected from a group consisting of ammonia, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, and combinations thereof;,
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 8.5 lb/gal. (1.021 kg/L), the halogen selected from chlorine, bromine, iodine and combinations thereof;
- d. separating any suspended solids from the fluids;
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding lime to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 8.5 lb/gal. (1.021 kg/L);
- d. separating any suspended solids from the fluids;
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to sea water;
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 9.0 lb/gal. (1.081 kg/L), wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor;
- and
- d. separating any suspended solids from the fluid resulting from step (c).
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A method of producing a chloride brine comprising:
- a. adding lime to sea water;
- b. adding ammonia;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with chlorine to increase the density to at least 9.0 lb/gal. (1.081 kg/L);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a high density bromide comprising:
- a. adding lime to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- b. adding ammonia;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with bromine to increase the density to at least 10.0 lb/gal. (1.20 kg/L), wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor;
- and
- d. separating the suspended solids from the fluid resulting in step (c).
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A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to sea water;
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 9.0 lb/gal. (1.081 kg/L);
- and
- d. separating any suspended solids from the fluid resulting from step (c);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to sea water;
- b. adding a reducing agent;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 10.0 lb/gal. (1.20 kg/L), wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor;
- and
- d. separating any suspended solids from the fluid resulting from step (c).
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A method of producing a high density bromide comprising:
- a. adding lime to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- b. adding ammonia;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with bromine;
- and
- d. separating the suspended solids from the fluid resulting in step (c);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a high density calcium bromide comprising:
- a. adding lime to water having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- b. adding ammonia;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with bromine to increase the density to at least 10.0 lb/gal. (1.20 kg/L);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method of producing a halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L), the alkali selected from alkali metal hydroxides, alkali earth metal oxides, alkali earth metal hydroxides, base metal oxides, base metal hydroxides, and a combination thereof;
- b. adding a reducing agent while maintaining the temperature at 68° F. (20° C.) or above, the reducing agent selected from a group consisting of ammonia, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, and combinations thereof;
- and
- c. contacting the fluid resulting from step (b) with a halogen to increase the density to at least 8.5 lb/gal. (1.021 kg/L);
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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A method for producing halide brine comprising:
- a. adding an alkali and a reducing agent to an aqueous fluid having a density greater than 8.30 lb/gal. (0.996 kg/L);
- and
- b. contacting the resulting fluid from step (a) with a halogen to form a halide brine;
- wherein the reaction is performed in a conventional reactor.
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