Efficient removal of COD, BOD, oil & grease, and turbidity from oil-field produced water via electrocoagulation treatment.

BOD COD Electrocoagulation Monopolar-bipolar electrode configuration Oil & grease

Journal

Environmental science and pollution research international

ISSN: 1614-7499

Titre abrégé: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Pays: Germany

ID NLM: 9441769

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Date de publication:
14 Oct 2024

Historique:

received: 25 06 2024

accepted: 08 10 2024

medline: 14 10 2024

pubmed: 14 10 2024

entrez: 13 10 2024

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The simple design, compactness, simultaneous treatment of multiple contaminants, absence of chemical usage, minimal sludge formation (reducing secondary pollution), low maintenance cost, and versatility to operate in both batch and continuous modes make electrocoagulation (EC) a promising choice for treating various types of industrial wastewater. In this study, EC was employed in batch mode to treat produced water obtained from an oil drilling site, to reuse it for injection purposes in the reservoir. Produced water typically contains high levels of total dissolved solids (TDS), turbidity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), and oil & grease (O&G) contaminants. High-performing aluminum (Al) electrodes were chosen due to their stability, conductivity, and, most significantly, their high capacity for generating aluminum hydroxide ([Al(OH)₃]ₙ) flocs, which serve as carriers for contaminant capture. This compound has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in trapping the aforementioned contaminants from produced water under various operating conditions, including the number of electrodes, supplied current, and electrode configuration (bipolar and monopolar). The impact of several factors, including the number of electrodes (varying from 4 to 8), current density (varying as 16, 79, 158 A/m

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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-35294-3 PMID: 39397238

pubmed: 39397238

doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-35294-3

pii: 10.1007/s11356-024-35294-3

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