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Refinery wastewater treatment via a multistage enhanced biochemical process.

ABSTRACT: Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRWW) that contains recalcitrant components as the major portion of constituents is difficult to treat by conventional biological processes. An effective and economical biological treatment process was established to treat industrial PRWW with an influent COD of over 2500 mg L^-1 in this research. This process is mainly composed of internal circulation biological aerated filter (ICBAF), hydrolysis acidfication (HA), two anaerobic-aerobic (A/O) units, a membrane biological reactor (MBR), and ozone-activated carbon (O₃-AC) units. The results showed that, overall, this system removed over 94% of the COD, BOD_5, ammonia nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) and phosphorus in the influent, with the ICBAF unit accounting for 54.6% of COD removal and 83.6% of BOD₅ removal, and the two A/O units accounting for 33.3% of COD removal and 9.4% of BOD₅ removal. The degradation processes of eight organic pollutants and their removal via treatment were also analyzed. Furthermore, 26 bacteria were identified in this system, with Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria being the most dominant. Ultimately, the treatment process exhibited good performance in degrading complex organic pollutants in the PRWW.

SUBMITTER: Wang C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119716 | biostudies-literature |

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