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INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY AN ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS

Richard Vijay Basker Gunukula
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& Marty E. Tittlebaum

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Version of record first published: 06 Feb 2007.

To cite this article: Richard Vijay Basker Gunukula & Marty E. Tittlebaum (2001): INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY AN ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, 36:3, 307-320

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INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY AN ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS

Richard Vijay Basker Gunukula and Marty E. Tittlebaum
2 0 1 3 M a r c h 1 7 1 0 : 0 4 a t M a l a y s i a ] S a i n s [ U n i v e r s i t i b y D o w n l o a d e d

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of

New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

ABSTRACT
The overall objective of this study was to evaluate an advanced oxidation process (AOP) used to treat oil and grease (O&G), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of industrial wastewaters generated during barge cleaning operations. This wastewater generally contains appreciable concentrations of O&G, TPH, COD, bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) compounds. A bench scale AOP test unit was designed and built for the treat-ment of the barge cleaning industrial wastewater. The AOP test unit was a 0.33 gpm mobile, modular unit consisting of two contact chambers, two counter current columns and two catalytic chambers. Six experiments were performed using the AOP unit to determine its eectiveness on the reduction of O&G, TPH, and COD. The wastewater was delivered to the AOP from a storage tank. The unit was run for a total of 120 minutes at various gas delivery rates of ozone for each treatment run. Influent and euent samples were collected at 30 minutes intervals and analyzed for O&G, TPH, and COD. Significant reductions in O&G and TPH concentrations were observed. Oxygen alone indicated a 50% removal eciency for O&G and TPH. The ozone treatment eciency was 86 % for O&G and TPH at a dosage rate of 12 SCFH and 82 % for a dosage rate of 6 SCFH.

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Key Words: Advanced oxidation process; Industrial wastewater; Oil and grease (O&G); Total petroleum hydrocarbons (THP); Chemical oxygen demand (COD); Ozonation

INTRODUCTION There has been an ever-growing concern regarding the significant amount of refractory and toxic organic compounds associated with industrial wastewater. The current regulatory trend for protection of ground and sur-face water resources is to impose more stringent euent limitations on waste-water treatment facilities. There are various wastewater treatment technologies that are applicable for treating industrial wastewaters. Properly operated biological treatment is certainly an inexpensive, relatively simple way to deal with many dierent types of industrial wastes. Biological treatment primarily using an activated sludge process is the most common treatment process technology utilized throughout the world for industrial wastewater. The applicability of biological wastewater treatment systems is often limited because of various reasons such as fluxuations in hydraulic and/or organic loadings and presence of toxic or non-biodegradable constituents. Wastewater often contains recalcitrant chemicals that are not biologically oxidizable in common wastewater treatment plants. One technique used to enhance the biodegradability of these types of wastewaters is the application of ozone. Upon treatment with ozone these recalcitrant chemicals are often broken down into compounds which are much more amenable to biological degradation. The coupling of biological and chemical processes may be useful for the treatment of many recalcitrant chemicals. (Belhateche, 1995) Ozonation is a well-known oxidation technique used in the treatment of water supplies and wastewaters. Ozone treatment has been considered to be expensive and unreliable but with high eciency venturis and with utilization of 100 % ozone these perceptions have been reduced. (Bettle and Tittlebaum, 1995) The interest in the use of ozone for wastewater treatment has increased in United States over the past ten years. Presently there are over 40 waste-water treatment facilities that use ozonation in their treatment processes. Ozonation and related AOPs have widespread applications in the treatment of various industrial wastewaters. Ozone is utilized for color and odor removal, suspended solids reduction, sludge conditioning and improving biodegradability of wastewater. (Lamarre, 1997) Ozonation is also a useful process for reducing the toxics in a wastewater stream. Contaminants such as phenols, cyanides, alcohols, pesticides, aldehydes and sulfides have been successfully removed by ozonation. (Masten and Davies, 1994)

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