Treatment of Vegetable Oil Industry Wastewaters with Coagulation-flocculation Methods

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate potential use of environment-friendly treatment technologies in treatment of vegetable oil industry wastewaters containing various pollutants at high concentrations and compounds resistant to biodegradation. Within the scope of the study, coagulation-flocculation processes were experimented. Various configurations were tried to achieve optimum removal efficiencies. In coagulation-flocculation experiments with Al2(SO4)3.18H2O coagulant, the highest COD (92%) and Oil-Grease (89%) removal efficiencies were achieved at 800 mg Al+3/L coagulant dose. In experiments with FeCl3.6H2O coagulant, the highest COD (88%) and Oil-Grease (89%) removal efficiencies were achieved at 600 mg Fe+3/L coagulant dose.

Keywords

• Wastewater treatment
• vegetable oil industry wastewaters
• coagulation-flocculation

Bitkisel Yağ Sanayii Atıksularının Koagülasyon- Flokülasyon Yöntemleriyle Arıtılması

Öz

This study was conducted to investigate potential use of environment-friendly treatment technologies in treatment of vegetable oil industry wastewaters containing various pollutants at high concentrations and compounds resistant to biodegradation. Within the scope of the study, coagulation-flocculation processes were experimented. Various configurations were tried to achieve optimum removal efficiencies. In coagulation-flocculation experiments with Al2(SO4)3.18H2O coagulant, the highest COD (92%) and Oil-Grease (89%) removal efficiencies were achieved at 800 mg Al+3/L coagulant dose. In experiments with FeCl3.6H2O coagulant, the highest COD (88%) and Oil-Grease (89%) removal efficiencies were achieved at 600 mg Fe+3/L coagulant dose.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Atıksu arıtımı
• bitkisel yağ sanayii atıksuları
• koagulasyon-flokülasyon

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