Research Article
Elmolla ES
Abstract
The lube oil wastewater is produced from Lube Oil Bending Facilities (LOBF) located in Egypt. Currently the lube oil wastewater is treated by oil separator followed by Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) system. Unfortunately, DAFTreated Lube Oil Wastewater (DTLOWW) contains high concentration of the soluble COD. The first part of this work examined the treatability of DAF-Treated Lube Oil Wastewater (DTLOWW) using bench-scale Fenton process. Effects of H2O2, Fe2+ doses at different reaction time and wastewater strength have been studied. Optimum H2O2 dose was 0.8 g/l for normal DTLOWW strength (sCOD<2000 mg/l) and 1.2 g/l for high DTLOWW strength (sCOD>2000 mg/l). Optimum H2O2/FeSO4 ratio of 3 was achieved for the normal and high strength DTLOWW at pH 3.5. The Second part of this work studied the performance of Pilot-scale Fenton process. Pilot scale Fenton reactor was installed in the field and conducted under the optimum H2O2/FeSO4 ratio that achieved from the bench scale work. The reactor was operating in batch basis at 8 hour cycle period divided in six phases. The results showed that residual sCOD was 788 ± 56 mg/l with sCOD removal of 53.6% which amply met with the local discharge Standards for discharging the industrial wastewater to the municipal sewage network. The Fenton process could be used for treatment of the DTLOWW with daily chemicals cost of 1.25-1.50 $/m3.