Wet air oxidation treatment of spent caustic in petroleum refineries

NPRA Annual Meeting Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 49-67

  Kumfer, Bryan ^a   Felch, Chad ^a   Maugans, Clay ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid neutralization; Biodegradability; Naphthenic acid; Oxidation; Phenol; Refinery wastewater; Spent caustic; Wet air oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958459827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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