Tough wastes treated at Olin's DOE run plant

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:5586802

Olin Corp. and the consulting engineering firm of Malcolm Pirnie Inc. designed a combined waste treatment system (with separate pretreatment) for two types of wastewater, one with, and the other without, propylene oxide, which are generated at Olin's DOE Run, Ky., chemical plant. The activated sludge procedure treats 6.1 million gal/day of water, which is returned to the Ohio River after treatment. Wastewater characteristics include moderately high-strength organics (BOD/sub 5/ of 700 mg/l.), very high temperatures (170-180/sup 0/F), high pH levels (11-12), and high calcium chloride (3.25%). Carbon dioxide produced as a by-product at the plant is used to neutralize the basicity and remove calcium chloride as calcium carbonate prior to the activated sludge treatment.

• OSTI ID: 5586802
• Journal Information: Power; (United States), Vol. 123:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
CALCIUM CHLORIDES
REMOVAL
CHEMICAL PLANTS
WASTE WATER
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
WATER TREATMENT
CALCIUM CARBONATES
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
PH VALUE
PROPYLENE
SYNTHESIS
WASTE PROCESSING
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKENES
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM HALIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONATES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
020800* - Petroleum- Waste Management
520200 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)