Use of granular acivated carbon to remove trace organics from the effluent of a Class-B refinery: a case study

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6088378

Flotard, R D; Ford, D L; Harrison, W

A recent study by Raphaelian and Harrison (1978) at SOHIO's Toledo refinery demonstrated that the activated sludge biological treatment system reduced concentrations of trace organic compounds in the waste water by over 99%. Addition of a pilot-scale mixed media filter and granular activated carbon (GAC) filter produced additional removals ranging from 12 to 98% for those compounds that could be quantified. The estimated cost of adding a full-scale GAC system to the SOHIO refinery is $6,800,000. The yearly operational cost for an 8.6 MGD flow is $1,720,000, including amortization, and the annual energy requirement is estimated at 12.775 x 10/sup 6/ kwh(e); this is equivalent to 2.2 x 10/sup 4/ bbl crude oil, or 0.0503% of average annual refinery throughput.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6088378
• Report Number(s): CONF-7906120-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTIVATED CARBON
ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
ADSORBENTS
AROMATICS
CARBON
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
COST
ELEMENTS
FILTERS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
NONMETALS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL