KINETIC CONSTANTS DETERMINATION OF PETROLEUM REFINERY EFFLUENT TREATMENT IN A UASB REACTOR USING RSM

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi ◽  
Seyed Omid Rastegar ◽  
Seyed Abbas Shojaosadati ◽  
Soheila Sheibani
1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-354
Author(s):  
David L. Putnam

Abstract Public concern over toxic contaminants in drinking water and the environment in general has put increasing pressure on governments to develop and enforce stringent environmental regulations. An overview of developments in Canadian federal and provincial legislation related to the regulation of petroleum refinery effluent quality is provided. Current knowledge of Canadian petroleum refinery effluent quality and level of treatment is summarized.


2002 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brihas P. Sarathy ◽  
Preston M. Hoy ◽  
Sheldon J.B. Duff

Abstract A survey of the process streams at an operating petroleum refinery showed that desalting water from the crude and splitter units had the highest concentrations of pollutants, and accounted for approximately one-third of the BOD and COD of the combined effluent. Combined effluent (234 ± 62 mg BOD/L, 510 ± 0 mg COD/L, and Microtox EC50 4.9 ± 0.4%) was treated using a laboratory-scale batch biological reactor. Ninety-three percent of BOD and 77% of COD were removed over the first 24 hours of biological treatment. Acute (Microtox) toxicity was reduced in two discrete stages; the first coinciding with BOD and COD removal and the second stage occurring after BOD and COD had been removed. A final EC50 value of 27.8% was achieved in batch tests. The two stages of toxicity removal correspond quantitatively to the toxicity removal observed during secondary and tertiary biological treatment at the petroleum refinery's full-scale wastewater treatment plant.


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