Anaerobic biological treatment of in-situ retort water
Anaerobic fermentation was successfully used in a laboratory-scale batch digester to remove soluble organics from retort water. Required pretreatment includes reduction of ammonia levels to 360 mg-N/l, pH adjustment to 7.0, sulfide control, and the addition of the nutrients, calcium, magnesium, and phoshorus. If the prescribed pretreatment is used, BOD/sub 5/ and COD removal efficiencies of 89 to 90% and 65 to 70% are achieved, respectively.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5279035
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-10481
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040900* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Waste management
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
AMMONIA
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BACTERIA
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
BIOCONVERSION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CALCIUM
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
DATA
DIGESTION
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INFORMATION
LIQUID WASTES
MAGNESIUM
MANAGEMENT
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PHOSPHORUS
PROCESSING
REMOVAL
RETORTING
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT
040900* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Waste management
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
AMMONIA
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
BACTERIA
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
BIOCONVERSION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CALCIUM
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
DATA
DIGESTION
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
INFORMATION
LIQUID WASTES
MAGNESIUM
MANAGEMENT
METALS
MICROORGANISMS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PHOSPHORUS
PROCESSING
REMOVAL
RETORTING
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT