Reducing the Organic Load of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater using Chemical and Biological Treatment Method
Hanieh Mirbolooki
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Ariamen Ghavidel
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Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR), Rasht, Iran
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Keywords: Olive oil mill wastewater, COD, Chemical treatment, Biological treatment,
Abstract :
Contaminant effluent from olive oil production industry, due to high pollution load is a serious ecological challenge. The amount of chemical oxygen demand (COD) is very high in this wastewater and is very resistant to biodegradation due to phenol compounds. In the present experimental- applied work, the chemical coagulation and flocculation treatment method was used to reduce the toxicity of wastewater and then, for complementary treatment procedures and detoxification the final residues, biological treatmen was used for anaerobic and aerobic processes. the results of the laboratory studies showed that chemical method removed more than 50% of wastewater's organic and toxic load and ultimately, the COD removal rate of the effluent from the biological treatment process reached 1100 mg/L, meeting the requirements for discharge into the municipal wastewater treatment plant. Accordingly, the conducted research presents an appropriate solution for addressing the environmental challenges arising from olive processing industries.
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