Treatment of Petroleum Refinery Wastewater by using UASB Reactors

Gasim, H.A. and Kutty, S.R.M. and Isa, M.H. and Isa, M.P.M. (2012) Treatment of Petroleum Refinery Wastewater by using UASB Reactors. [Non-Citation Index Journal]

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Abstract

Petroleum refineries discharged large amount of wastewater -during the refining process- that contains hazardous
constituents that is hard to degrade. Anaerobic treatment process is well known as an efficient method to degrade high strength wastewaters. Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanker (UASB) is a common process used for various wastewater treatments. Two UASB reactors were set up and operated in parallel to evaluate the treatment efficiency of petroleum refinery wastewater. In this study four organic volumetric loading rates were applied (i.e. 0.58, 0.89, 1.21 and 2.34 kg/m3·d), two loads to each reactor. Each load was applied
for a period of 60 days for the reactor to acclimatize and reach steady state, and then the second load applied. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) removals were satisfactory with the removal efficiencies at the loadings applied were 78, 82, 83 and 81 % respectively.

Item Type: Non-Citation Index Journal
Uncontrolled Keywords: Petroleum refinery wastewater, anaerobic treatment, UASB, organic volumetric loading rate
Subjects: T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Departments / MOR / COE: Departments > Civil Engineering
Depositing User: Assoc Prof Dr Mohamed Hasnain Isa
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2013 23:48
Last Modified: 16 Dec 2013 23:48
URI: http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/10769

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