Petroleum refinery secondary effluent polishing using freezing processes - Toxicity and organic contaminant removal

Water Environment Research

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-523

  Gao, W ^a   Smith, D W ^b   Habib, M ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic contaminants; Freezing treatment; Microtox toxicity; Refinery secondary effluent

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FREEZING; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REFINING; REMOVAL; TOXICITY; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; FREEZING TEMPERATURES; FREEZING TREATMENTS; MICROTOX TOXICITY; REFINERY SECONDARY EFFLUENT; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

EFFLUENTS;

PETROLEUM;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; FREEZING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FREEZING; MELTING POINT; MICROTOX TOXICITY TESTING; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPRAY FREEZING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TESTING; UNIDIRECTIONAL DOWNWARD FREEZING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 46449130542     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X266814     Document Type: Article

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