There are many applications of filtration services required throughout the energy industry. FourQuest Energy provides a large range of fluid filtration services, from ensuring large particulate is filtered out of testing water to providing reverse osmosis filtration for boiler feed water. FourQuest Energy provides filtration services such as bag filtration, reverse osmosis, and coalescing filters. If required by the client, we can perform microscope analysis to ensure filtration results meet specific cleanliness standards (ISO 4406 or NAS 1638).
This is a very economical filtration method consisting of three components: a pressure vessel, micron rated filter bags and a filter bag retainer basket. Filter bags vary from 1 micron absolute to 100 micron nominal depending on customer request. The filter bags are highly efficient being 99% for absolute filter bags and above 80% for nominal bags. FourQuest Energy has several sizes of bag filtration equipment from single bag filter pots to triple vessel eighteen bag filtration skids. We can provide the necessary equipment tailored to your project.
Reverse Osmosis FiltrationThe FourQuest Energy Reverse Osmosis skid provides a high quality water purification solution. This is commonly used in plants for demineralizing water for boiler feed water applications. We can provide boiler feed quality water before a permanent treatment plant is operational. This can help to kick start the operation of the plant’s water treatment facilities. Reverse osmosis solutions can also be provided during plant operation to supplement water supplies or to provide water during a treatment plant shutdown.
Water contamination is one of the most damaging and common contaminants in a hydrocarbon fluid system. Water contamination can cause serious problems such as affecting system production processes by reducing conductivity, increasing bacterial growth and fouling equipment. Our Coalescers are specifically designed for removal of emulsified water from hydrocarbons. Mechanical coalescers employ filter media to make droplets coalesce. This technology is ideal for separating hydrocarbons from the water phase.
Glycol is used as a heat transfer medium in many plant sites. Glycol is also used in smaller piping for unit heaters and air handling units. Prior to commissioning and startup, it is critical to remove contaminants such as debris, scale, and other particles that could potentially be present in the pipe. These contaminants increase the likelihood of heat exchanger and equipment failure by reducing equipment efficiency and ultimately plugging the system. Glycol systems are typically very large, complex and have many loops. It is essential to provide clean glycol to all parts of the system in order to avoid risk of equipment damage. We can provide temporary glycol filtration by supplying filtration skids and a wealth of filtration experience to ensure efficient system start up.
Permanent facilities in the energy industry are not always equipped to handle pipeline contamination such as scale, debris, water contaminants, etc. At times the customer’s products may not meet specifications due to these contaminations. We can be counted upon to provide filtration services to ensure the product meets customer specifications.
Maintaining cleanliness of water is essential for basic plant operations in order to retain pipe cleanliness and to protect equipment from potential harm. It is critical to remove coarse particles when performing hydrostatic pressure tests on tanks, pipelines, etc. Bag filtration is a very simple, yet effective method to ensure all water being used for testing is cleaned to the customer’s specification.
Most plants, specifically water treatment and SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) plants require high quality boiler feed water for their operations. Our reverse osmosis skids have been used in the past with great success in acquiring high quality boiler feed water for SAGD projects. These state of the art skids are effective in demineralizing water for any boiler feed water application.
FourQuest Energy coalescing filters are ideal for the removal of petroleum and hydrocarbon products from produced water. We can also provide temporary solutions for oil water systems. The coalescing filters are also ideal for trace contaminant removal from intermediate products in oil refineries.
