scholarly journals Lab-scale Evaluation of Two Biotechnologies to Treat VOC Air Emissions: Comparison with a Pilot Unit Installed in the Plastic Coating Sector

10.5772/17234 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Javier ◽  
Feliu Sempere ◽  
Marta Izquierdo ◽  
Carmen Gabald
Keyword(s):  
Air Emissions ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Pilot Unit ◽  
Plastic Coating

scholarly journals Winter Maintenance Wash-Water Heavy Metal Removal Pilot Scale Evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Miller ◽  
William H. Schneider IV ◽  
Mufuta J. Tshimanga ◽  
Philip Custer
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Removal ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Wash Water ◽  
Metal Concentrations ◽  
Winter Maintenance ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Heavy Metal Concentrations ◽  
Pilot Unit ◽  
Copper Zinc

To encourage sustainable engineering practices, departments of transportation are interested in reusing winter maintenance truck wash water as part of their brine production and future road application. Traffic-related metals in the wash water, however, could limit this option. The objective of this work was to conduct a pilot scale evaluation of heavy metal (copper, zinc, iron, and lead) removal in a filtration unit (maximum flow rate of 45 L/minute) containing proprietary (MAR Systems Sorbster®) media. Three different trials were conducted and approximately 10,000 L of wash water collected from a winter maintenance facility in Ohio was treated with the pilot unit. Lab studies were also performed on six wash-water samples from multiple facilities to assess particle size removal and estimate settling time as a potential removal mechanism during wash-water storage. Pilot unit total metal removal efficiencies were 79%, 77%, 63%, and 94% for copper, zinc, iron, and lead, respectively. Particle settling calculation estimates for copper and zinc show that 10 hours in storage can also effectively reduce heavy metal concentrations in winter maintenance wash water in excess of 70%. These pilot scale results show promise for reducing heavy metal concentrations to an acceptable level for reuse.

scholarly journals Control of VOCs from printing press air emissions by anaerobic bioscrubber: Performance and microbial community of an on-site pilot unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 287-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bravo ◽  
P. Ferrero ◽  
J.M. Penya-roja ◽  
F.J. Álvarez-Hornos ◽  
C. Gabaldón
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Printing Press ◽  
Air Emissions ◽  
Pilot Unit

There Reduction of alkali loss in an ash leaching system

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 383-391
Author(s):  
CARLA CÉLIA ROSA MEDEIROS ◽  
FLÁVIA AZEVEDO SILVA ◽  
SAULO GODOY PIGNATON ◽  
ESTANISLAU VICTOR ZUTAUTAS ◽  
KLEVERSON FIGUEIREDO
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Air Emissions ◽  
Recovery Cycle ◽  
Chloride Level ◽  
Control Loops ◽  
Kraft Mill ◽  
Recovery Boiler ◽  
Ash Leaching

There are many points in a kraft mill where the alkaline compounds are purged from the process. Several effluents, solid waste, and air emissions contain alkali, which leads to the necessity of chemical makeups to maintain the liquor balance. The main loss of alkali at the Veracel mill is present in the wastewater from the recovery boiler; more precisely, it is from the ash leaching system, which represents 80% of the total losses. To minimize the alkaline losses while keeping the chloride level in the recovery cycle under control, a project was developed at Veracel. Key actions were taken by adjusting the control loops of the ash leaching system, mainly on the slurry density and purge control. These adjustments led to a decrease in alkali losses and to an increase of treated ash, and kept the chloride level of the recovery boiler dust at 2.6%.

A rapid small scale evaluation of ultrafiltration performance for surface water treatment at Alcantarilha's water treatment works (Algarve, Portugal)

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
M. Ribau Teixeira ◽  
H. Lucas ◽  
M.J. Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Conventional Treatment ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydraulic Permeability ◽  
Scale Evaluation ◽  
Surface Water Treatment ◽  
Drinking Water Production ◽  
Pre Treatment

A rapid small-scale evaluation of ultrafiltration (UF) performance with and without physical–chemical pre-treatment was performed to up-grade the conventional treatment used for drinking water production in Alcantarilha's water treatment works, Algarve, Portugal. Direct UF and pre-ozonation/coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation/UF (O/C/F/S/UF) were evaluated using polysulphone membranes of different apparent molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) (15–47 kDa). The results indicated that (i) UF is an effective barrier against microorganisms, including virus larger than 80 nm; (ii) for surface waters with low to moderate SUVA values, direct UF performance is equivalent or better than the conventional treatment in terms of residual turbidity, while UV254 nm and TOC residuals require the use of O/C/F/S/UF; (iii) the permeate quality improves with the membrane apparent MWCO decrease, especially for the direct UF, although the conventional treatment performance is never reached using UF; (iv) membrane fouling and adsorption phenomena are more severe in direct UF than in O/C/F/S/UF sequence (pre-ozonation decreases the membrane foulants by decreasing their hydrophobicity) and these phenomena increase with the membrane hydraulic permeability and, particularly, with the membrane apparent MWCO.

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