Contemporary plan for a biochemical purification facility for phenolic effluents

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Coke Chem., USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6155282

Grigoruk, N O; Pushkarev, G P; Bashkirova, M V

This article describes the basic decisions embodied in the plan for a biochemical purification facility at the carbonization plant of the Magnitogorsk I and SW. The microbial purification method on which the plan is based, dictated by the high toxicity of the effluents, rests on the oxidation of phenols and thiocyanates by specially bred phenol- and thiocyanate-decomposing microbial cultures (these microbes were bred by N.T. Putilina of the Kiev Scientific-Research Institute of General and Community Hygiene). Use of these microbes permits independent purification of highly concentrated effluents. Among the requisite conditions for microbe vital activity, necessary to ensure high-efficiency effluent purification, are preliminary removal of tars and oils from the phenolic effluents, a constant pollutant composition, a pH within the range 7 to 9, a temperature of 25 to 35/sup 0/C, and the presence of phosphorus and iron in the effluents.

• OSTI ID: 6155282
• Journal Information: Coke Chem., USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Coke Chem., USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN COKCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
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COKE OVENS
DECOMPOSITION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHENOLS
THIOCYANATES
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WASTES
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