Biological surfaces plus carbon upgrade plant water treatment

Journal Article · Mon Jan 09 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5152794

Dehnert, J F ^[1]; Weisberg, E

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1. Tosco Corp.

A $5.3 million waste-treatment facility, completed by Jacobs Engineering Co. at Tosco Corp.'s Avon refinery, Calif., is the result of a Phillips Petroleum Co. research program which was started in 1972. The facility, which processes 4.5 million gal/day of wastewater, combines a rotating biological surface (RBS) system with an activated-carbon storage and dispensing system, a pair of clarifier settling tanks, and a mixed-media granular filter. After removal of free oil, free-floating solids, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia, biological treatment begins in a 20 acre aerated surge pond from which the effluent is pumped to the RBS facility, which provides 1.7 million sq ft of rotating-disk surface. Each disk is exposed alternatively to oxygen and wastewater and gradually accumulates a biological growth (biomass), which falls off in the form of a sludge. The process reduced COD, BOD (from 150 to 15 mg/l.), and phenol (from 15 ppm to 0.02 ppm), and the wastewater complies with the latest discharge requirements of the EPA and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.

• OSTI ID: 5152794
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 76:2; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020800* -- Petroleum-- Waste Management
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
AERATION
AMMONIA
AROMATICS
BIODEGRADATION
CARBON
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
FILTRATION
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN SULFIDES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PHENOL
PHENOLS
PROCESSING
REGULATIONS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SLUDGES
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
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