The treatability of wastewaters produced during oil shale retorting
Pilot-scale field treatability studies on real-time oil shale wastewaters from Occidential in-situ MIS retorts demonstrated that retort water had high concentrations of ammonia, TKN, alkalinity, dissolved organics, phenols, sulfide, and TDS; and gas condensate had high concentrations of ammonia, TKN, dissolved organics, alkalinity, phenols, and sulfide. Steam stripping was effective in removing ammonia and alkalinity from the retort water. Steam stripping, activated sludge treatment - both conventional and PAC, sand filtration, and GAC adsorption were effective in removing ammonia, alkalinity, TKN, nitrate, soluble COD, soluble BOD/sub 5/, DOC, phenols, sulfide, and TSS from the gas condensate. Pollutant removal efficiencies across individual treatment units for retort water and gas condensate treatment schemes are presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 5196091
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-830434-
- Journal Information:
- Oil Shale Symp. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Shale Symp. Proc.; (United States); ISSN OSSPD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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040900* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Waste management
ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
ADSORPTION
AMMONIA
AROMATICS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONDENSATES
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FILTRATION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS CONDENSATES
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
LIQUID WASTES
LIQUIDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MODIFIED IN-SITU PROCESSES
NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PHENOLS
PROCESSING
REMOVAL
RETORTING
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SORPTION
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER CHEMISTRY
WATER TREATMENT