Thursday, February 28, 2013

Assessing the sustainability of wastewater treatment technologies in the petrochemical industry

CATEGORY: WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Assessing the sustainability of wastewater treatment technologies in the petrochemical industry
2012 IEEE International Technology Management Conference (ITMC), 25-27 June 2012, Page(s): 387 - 392
Meerholz, A.
Grad. Sch. of Technol. Manage., Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract
The purpose of industrial wastewater treatment technology selection is to provide the best technology at the lowest cost.  It also is about sustainability. Authors describe a method that may be used for wastewater treatment technology assessment and selection in an industrial context.  They focus on biological wastewater treatment in a petrochemical company.
The technology assessment objectives are formulated as complexity, generality, approach, lead time and resources, focus, as well as data used. The objectives constitute criteria for the development of a technology assessment method. They form a multi-criteria decision analysis technique to compare and rank the wastewater treatment technology alternatives against the identified technical, socio-economic and environmental objectives. Using a petrochemical operation in South Africa as a case study, authors provide a systematic analysis of eight wastewater treatment alternatives.
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