The invention relates to the field of
industrial water treatment and in particular relates to a method for treating
polymer flooding oil-extraction
wastewater by employing organic modified
sepiolite. The method comprises the following steps: 1)
acid activation, namely adding a
sepiolite raw material into a
hydrochloric acid solution, mixing, stirring, filtering, washing, and
drying to obtain
sepiolite powder subjected to
acid activation; 2) thermal activation, namely
roasting and dehydrating the sepiolite
powder subjected to
acid activation, and cooling and
grinding to obtain sepiolite
powder subjected to thermal activation; 3) organic modification, namely adding the sepiolite powder subjected to thermal activation into an
ethanol aqueous solution of cetyl trimethyl
ammonium bromide, mixing, stirring, filtering, washing,
drying and
grinding to prepare the organic modified sepiolite powder; and 4) adsorption, namely regulating the pH value of the
polymer flooding oil-extraction
wastewater by using an acid, adding a water-soluble aluminum salt, adding the organic modified sepiolite powder obtained in the step 3) for adsorption, stirring or shaking, standing and
settling. The sepiolite serves as a
raw material and is low-price and readily available, the process for activation and modification of the sepiolite is simple, and the sepiolite is non-toxic and harmless, has an obvious
adsorption effect, rapid in treatment and high in adsorption amount.