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    The document discusses wastewater treatment at oil refineries. It describes the sources and pollutants found in refinery wastewater and outlines the various treatment stages used to remove contaminants, including preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment as well as effluent sterilization and sludge treatment.

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    The document discusses wastewater treatment at oil refineries. It describes the sources and pollutants found in refinery wastewater and outlines the various treatment stages used to remove contaminants, including preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment as well as effluent sterilization and sludge treatment.

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    The document discusses wastewater treatment at oil refineries. It describes the sources and pollutants found in refinery wastewater and outlines the various treatment stages used to remove contaminants, including preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment as well as effluent sterilization and sludge treatment.

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    The document discusses wastewater treatment at oil refineries. It describes the sources and pollutants found in refinery wastewater and outlines the various treatment stages used to remove contaminants, including preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment as well as effluent sterilization and sludge treatment.

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    Refinery Wastewater Treatment

    Refinery wastewater is characterized by high


    chemical oxygen demand (COD) and high
    concentrations of phenol and phenolic derivatives [
    The concentrations of these contaminants must be
    reduced to acceptable limits before discharging the
    water into the environment

    Oil refineries often have on-site water treatment


    plants to mitigate the environmental impact of their
    waste effluents. These plants use a variety of
    physical, chemical and biological processes to
    remove pollutants from wastewater before
    discharging it to waterways or reusing it elsewhere
    in the refinery.

    info@chemklub.com
    The main sources of wastewater in petroleum refineries
    are as follows:

    Refrigeration of equipment and machinery.


    Washing of tanks and other equipment.
    Processing of crude oil and other materials.
    Wastewater may also contain by-products of the
    refining process, such as sludge, which require
    further treatment and disposal.

    The pollutants that appear in this type of discharges


    usually contain important concentrations of
    hydrocarbons, oils and greases, which produce a high
    COD and, therefore, a deficit of O2 in the water.

    info@chemklub.com
    Wastewater treatment plants

    Preliminary treatment: In this phase, solids and


    oversized wastewater residues such as rocks, gravel and
    large pieces of equipment are removed from the
    wastewater. Screens, desanders and sedimentation tanks
    are often used for this purpose.
    Primary treatment: this phase consists of removing
    suspended solids and part of the organic matter from the
    wastewater. For this purpose, hydrocarbon separators,
    dissolved air flotation (DAF) systems, or sedimentation
    tanks, where the solids float to the surface to be
    separated as sludge, are usually used.
    Secondary treatment: consists of removing dissolved
    organic matter and other pollutants from wastewater.
    Biological treatment processes, such as activated sludge,
    trickling filters, or MBR systems, which use
    microorganisms to break down pollutants, are generally
    used for this purpose.
    Tertiary treatment: in this phase an advanced treatment
    of the effluent is carried out, with the objective of
    achieving the necessary quality to discharge or to be able
    to reuse the water. This is where the most sophisticated
    technologies are applied, such as filtration at different
    levels (micro/ ultra/ nano), including reverse osmosis, ion
    exchange resins, or evaporation for the most demanding
    waters.

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    Effluent sterilization: prior to final discharge,
    effluents are usually subjected to sterilization
    treatment, either by oxidizers or UV radiation.
    Sludge treatment: Sludge generated in the various
    stages of preliminary and primary treatment is
    generally treated separately from the wastewater.
    This sludge can be thickened and dewatered,
    followed by further treatment such as digestion,
    composting or incineration. Sludge from biological
    treatment is usually treated separately (digestion,
    mechanical or thermal drying).

    info@chemklub.com
    Physical Chemical Properties

    info@chemklub.com

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