Currently at Ford Motor Company, oily wastewater is batch treated by chemical deemulsification whose performance depends on determining optimum chemical dosages and is occaisonally inconsistent because of influent fluctuations. Therefore, a pilot study was conducted at the Ford Romeo Engine Plant, Romeo, Michigan, to study treatment of raw oila wastewater and skim oil (from chemical deemulsification) using commercially available UF (ultrafiltration) systems as an alternative to chemical deemulsification. The study found that most UF membranes performed consistently and reliably, producing average permeate O&G (oil and grease) concentrations of less than 100 mg/L, a typical discharge limit for an automotive plant. In addition, tubular membranes typically outperformed spiral-wound membranes in permeate flux and washing frequency. While all UF systems performed consistently well for removing O&G, the treated effluent still had a COD (chemical oxygen demand) of 100 to 2000 mg/L, which is comparable to that found in typical chemically treated wastewater. This indicates that many dissolved organics are not removed by either chemical or UF treatment. Metals (such as copper or zinc) were found to be effectively removed by UF when pH was greater than 8. Most membranes used a s a second stage produced retentate with O&G of more than 40 %. All attempts at UF skim oil treatment were unsuccessful because of high oil viscosity, which made pumping it through a membrane system almost impossible. Chemical reactions during the chemical deemulsification process might have been responsible for the high viscosity.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of commercial ultrafiltration systems for treating automotive oily wastewater


    Additional title:

    Die Behandlung von öl- und fetthaltigen Abwässern aus der Automobilherstellung mit Ultrafiltration


    Contributors:
    Kim, B.R. (author) / Kalis, E.M. (author) / Florkey, D.L. (author) / Swatsenbarg, S.L. (author) / Luciw, L. (author) / Bailey, C.H. (author) / Gaines, W.A. (author) / Phillips, J.H. (author) / Kosokowsky, G.B. (author)

    Published in:

    Water Environment Research ; 70 , 7 ; 1280-1289


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    10 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 25 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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