Treatment of Wastewaters from Chemical Industries

Yung-Tse Hung, Breoni J Turner

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    Abstract

    Chemical industry wastewaters are diverse in composition ranging from pharmaceutical products, polymers, petrochemicals, intermediates, and fertilizers. The wastewaters from these industries contain both organic and inorganic materials. They are further characterized by an abundant organics content and they can contain traces of toxic pollutants as well. As such, care must be taken when handling and treating these wastewaters. Additionally, pretreatment techniques are utilized to separate inorganic matter. Common methods used for treating chemical industry wastewater are trickling filters, rotating biological contactor (RBC), activated sludge, or lagoons. Several case studies will be investigated throughout this paper to discuss various methods for treating these types of wastewaters.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Environmental Engineering: Integrated Natural Resources Research
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 22 2021

    Keywords

    • Oxidation
    • Anaerobic treatment
    • Aerobic treatment
    • Pretreatment
    • Chemical industry wastewater treatment
    • Biological treatment

    Disciplines

    • Environmental Engineering

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