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Treatment of olive mill wastewaters by ozonation, aerobic degradation and the combination of both treatments
Author(s) -
Benitez F Javier,
BeltranHeredia Jesus,
Torregrosa Joaquin,
Acero Juan L
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4660(199907)74:7<639::aid-jctb92>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - chemical oxygen demand , chemistry , degradation (telecommunications) , effluent , pulp and paper industry , wastewater , organic matter , pollutant , reaction rate constant , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , environmental science , kinetics , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering
The degradation of the pollutant organic matter present in olive oil mill wastewaters (OMW) is carried out by a single ozonation, a single aerobic degradation, and the combination of two successives steps: an ozonation followed by an aerobic degradation, and an aerobic degradation followed by an ozonation. In both single processes, the removal of this contaminant load is followed by means of global parameters which are directly related to the concentration of organic compounds in those effluents: chemical oxygen demand and total aromatic and phenolic contents. In the ozonation, an approximate kinetic study is performed which leads to the evaluation of the apparent kinetic constants for the aromatic reduction, k A . In the aerobic degradation, the kinetic study is conducted by using the Grau model, which is applied to the experimental data, and leads to the determination of the kinetic parameters of this model, K 2 and n . In the combined processes, a higher COD global reduction is obtained by the successive stages, and an improvement in the removal of the organic material during the second treatment of both processes due to the pretreatment conducted is also observed. This enhancement is shown by an increase of the kinetic parameters ( K 2 and n in the aerobic degradation of the pre‐ozonated wastewaters; the apparent constant k A in the ozonation of the wastewaters preliminary fermented aerobically), in relation to the values obtained for them in the single processes carried out at the same operating conditions. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry