APPLICATIONS
Oil & GasSEPARATION / CLARIFICATION
Oil/Water Separation
ElectroWave® power input, field strength and polarity can be adjusted to:
- increase the interfacial tension between oil and water
- reduce the viscosity of water
- increase the contact angle between oil droplets and the continuous water phase
Benefits include:
- Improved performance of phase separation equipment
- Accelerated recovery of oil from production fluids
- Enhanced removal of oil coating suspended solids in production fluids
- Reduced hydrocarbon injected in disposal wells and/or waterflood formations
Water Clarification
TheDON power input, repetition rate and polarity can be adjusted to:
- reduce the viscosity of water
- increase contact angle between suspended solids and water
- lower zeta potential of suspended solids so they drop out of suspension
Benefits include:
- Accelerated settling rates of suspended solids
- Improved efficiency of filtration media and membranes
- Reduced size and volume of suspended solids discharged from filters
- Cleaner water injected into waterflood and/or disposal well formations
Improved extraction of hydrocarbons, suspended solids and other contaminants from water injected into a waterflood or disposal well preserves the integrity of the injection formation and reduces maintenance costs.
FLUID MIXING & BLENDING
WILSA® conditioning provides more efficient dispersion of chemicals in water and effective blending of materials into aqueous-based mixtures.
ElectroWave® field strength and polarity can be adjusted to:
- reduce the surface tension and viscosity water
- reduce the cohesion energy of water
- lower the contact angle between a dissimilar material and water
Benefits include:
- Lower surface tension and viscosity of water alters its cohesion energy – making it “wetter”
- Improved “wetting” allows chemicals to disperse more efficiently throughout the bulk of a volume of water
- Reduced “fish eyes” and clusters of solids that form during mixing of bentonite, guar gum and other bulk materials that inherently repel water and resist blending
- Effective blending of drilling muds and completion fluids into homogenous mixtures
ElectroWave® Conditioning may also be utilized in the regeneration of drilling muds and completion fluids.
ENHANCED FLUID FLOW
Altering the viscosity and cohesion energy of water and water-based fluids enhances flow characteristics.
ElectroWave® power input, field strength and polarity can be adjusted to:
- reduce the cohesion energy of water molecules
- reduce the viscosity water and/or aqueous-based fluids
- increase the contact angle of water against the inner surface of a flow line
Benefits include:
- Lower pumping pressure / increased flow rates of water pumped through piping systems
- Reduced injection pressure into waterflood and/or disposal well formations
- Efficient pumping of muds and fluids
- Enhanced injection rates of frac fluids
Reducing the viscosity and cohesion energy of water and/or water-based fluids increases the flow rate of an aqueous-based fluid pumped at a constant pressure and/or reduces the pressure required to propel a volume of an aqueous-based fluid at a constant flow rate.