| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L17412/01 |
| Title: |
TREATMENT OF FACTORY WASTE OILY WATER USING NOVEL IN- SITU REGENERATIVE CARBON SEPERATION |
| Principal Investigator: |
Crittenden, Professor B |
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| Department: |
Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Bath |
| Scheme: |
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| Starts: |
01 October 1996 |
Ends: |
30 September 1999 |
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135,544
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Factory waste water from engineering workshop sources typically contains oil and organic chemical contaminants due to metal cutting, washing, flushing and cleaning operations. Much of this effluent represents a pollution hazard as it, typically, can be considered to be between 80 to 98% by volume of water with the reminder being lubricating oil, cutting oil, cleaning solvents and agents. Whilst techniques exist for the treatment of free and emulsified oil they require careful selection and optimisation for the treatment of specific streams. The key area for which there is no adequate solution is the treatment of soluble oil contaminated water. The proposed project will address this requirement by developing a low cost on-site waste treatment system for soluble oils by using a novel controlled macro structure synthetic carbon filter that can be regenerated in-situ. An innovative regeneration process will be the key to the low cost and success of this system. The first specific objective is to develop a carbon capable of adsorbing dissolved oil and organic chemicals from pre-treated waste water, and capable of being regenerated in situ. The second is to design and build an integrated system capable of treating all factory oily waste water, and consisting of pre-treatment stages and a final regenerative carbon stage to remove soluble contaminants.
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http://www.bath.ac.uk |