Refinery Wastewater Operations: Challenges Created from the Processing of Opportunity Crudes

Refinery Wastewater Operations: Challenges Created from the Processing of Opportunity Crudes

Type	Journal Article
Author	Roy Hernandez-Mena
Author	David R Marrs
URL	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/wef/wefproc/2016/00002016/00000011/art00019
Volume	2016
Issue	11
Pages	2334-2340
Publication	Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation
Date	2016-01-01
Abstract	Low molecular weight volatile organic acids play a role in both filamentous and non-filamentous bulking events in refinery wastewater systems. Authors describe the progression of these acids as they go through the various primary and secondary systems of a refinery. They identify a method that can be implemented at refineries to track the amount of volatile organic acids entering the waste treatment system. The results collected, along with microscopic observations of the activated sludge suggests a method to predict potential sludge bulking. They also offer a method to identify which crudes have the highest potential to increase volatile organic acid loading to the wastewater system.