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Treatment of petrochemical wastewater by rotating biological contactor.
Environ Technol. 2005 Dec; 26(12):1317-26.ET

Abstract

A laboratory scale study has been conducted to assess the efficiency of rotating biological contactor (RBC) to treat the synthetic wastewater from a petrochemical industry producing acrylonitrile. The attached biomass was acclimatised by gradually increasing cyanide concentration from 5 to 40 mg l(-1) with simultaneous increase in the concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N). During acclimatization COD removal varied between 80-88 percent (%) while cyanide removal was more than 99%. The RBC was operated at varying hydraulic loading rates from 0.011 to 0.027 m3 m(-2) d(-1). The performance of the RBC was monitored for various parameters like COD, 5-day biochemical oxygen demand at 20-degree centigrade (degrees C) [BOD5], cyanide, ammonium nitrogen etc., for all hydraulic loadings. At all hydraulic loadings the cyanide removal remained more than 99%. The removals obtained in terms of percentage, for cyanide, COD, BOD5 and NH4+-N were greater than (>) 99, 95.2, 99.1 and 77, respectively at hydraulic loading of 0.011 m3 m(-2) d(-1). The effect of substrate/cyanide ratio on the performance of the process at five different ratios, 100/1, 80/1, 60/1, 40/1 and 20/1, showed more than 99% cyanide removal at ratio 20/1. The effect of COD/nitrogen (N) ratio was studied at four different ratios, 12/1, 10/1, 8/1 and 6/1, showed cyanide removal remained unaffected. The variation of biomass concentration within the system was also studied.

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Kubsad V
Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India.
Gupta SK
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Chaudhari S
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MeSH

BioreactorsCyanidesIndustrial WasteNitrogenOrganic ChemicalsOxygenPetroleumWaste Disposal, FluidWaste ManagementWater Purification

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16372566

Citation

Kubsad, V, et al. "Treatment of Petrochemical Wastewater By Rotating Biological Contactor." Environmental Technology, vol. 26, no. 12, 2005, pp. 1317-26.
Kubsad V, Gupta SK, Chaudhari S. Treatment of petrochemical wastewater by rotating biological contactor. Environ Technol. 2005;26(12):1317-26.
Kubsad, V., Gupta, S. K., & Chaudhari, S. (2005). Treatment of petrochemical wastewater by rotating biological contactor. Environmental Technology, 26(12), 1317-26.
Kubsad V, Gupta SK, Chaudhari S. Treatment of Petrochemical Wastewater By Rotating Biological Contactor. Environ Technol. 2005;26(12):1317-26. PubMed PMID: 16372566.
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