Monday, March 31, 2014

Combined H2O2/UV process as an alternative for removing residual TOC from a biologically treated petroleum refinery wastewater

CATEGORY: WASTEWATER TREATMENT
2013 World Congress & Exhibition (International Ozone Association & International UltraViolet association), September 22 - 26, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada
Combined H2O2/UV process as an alternative for removing residual TOC from a biologically treated petroleum refinery wastewater
A.A. Nogueira (1), J.P. Bassin1, A.C. Cerqueira (2), M. Dezotti (1)
1 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, COPPE - Chemical Engineering Program, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 CENPES – Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Leopoldo Américo Miguez de Mello – Petrobras
Introduction
The environmental impact of petroleum production and processing industries is often negative, since they generate a considerable amount of wastewater and consume large quantities of water. Due to the complexity of the effluents generated by petroleum industries, residual compounds often remain after biological treatment.
Some studies reported that peroxide-based advanced oxidation processes (AOP) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) combined with ultraviolet irradiation (UV) are effective in removing organic matter from wastewaters generated by petroleum processing facilities (Stepnowski et al., 2002; Souza et al., 2011). In this study, we evaluated the combination of H2O2 and UV for the post-treatment of a petroleum refinery wastewater previously treated in a biofilter. Reverse osmosis (RO) was used as a final polish to adequate the effluent for reuse.
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