Inventors:
Rodney Rasmussen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Paul C. Cox - Salt Lake City UT, US
Assignee:
Reform Water, LLC - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
B01D 1/16, B01D 1/20, B01D 3/04, C02F 1/12
US Classification:
159 401, 159 44, 159 473, 159 481, 159901, 159DIG 28, 159DIG 40, 202202, 202236, 203 1, 203 2, 203 90, 210150, 210513, 261 361, 261115
Abstract:
Dry pond water evaporation systems and methods are used to evaporate large quantities of water from industrial waste water sources, such as water produced by oil and gas wells. Dry pond systems include a water evaporation system that emits waste water into the air as a fine spray or mist to promote evaporation. Water that falls to the ground and any initially dissolved solids are captured in a water capture depression. Water and solids are transferred from the water capture depression to a water collection pool. Water from the water collection pool is recirculated through the water evaporation system to further concentrate the total dissolved solids (TDS). When the TDS are sufficiently concentrated, they may be harvested, such as by evaporating off the water and recovering salts or minerals as a solid.