Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

MILP synthesis of separation processes for waste oil-in-water emulsions treatment

  • Research Article
  • Published:
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This paper presents a novel synthesis method for designing integrated processes for oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions treatment. General superstructure involving alternative separation technologies is developed and modelled as a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model for maximum annual profit. Separation processes in the superstructure are divided into three main sections of which the pretreatment and final treatment are limited to the selection of one alternative (or bypass) only, while within the intermediate section various combinations of different technologies in series can be selected. Integrated processes composed of selected separation techniques for given ranges of input chemical oxygen demand (COD) can be proposed by applying parametric analyses within the superstructure approach. This approach has been applied to an existing industrial case study for deriving optimal combinations of technologies for treating diverse oil-inwater emulsions within the range of input COD values between 1000 mg∙L‒1 and 145000 mg∙L‒1. The optimal solution represents a flexible and profitable process for reducing the COD values below maximal allowable limits for discharging effluent into surface water.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Cheng C, Phipps D, Alkhaddar R M. Treatment of spent metalworking fluids. Water Research, 2005, 39(17): 4051–4063

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Marinescu I D, Rowe W B, Dimitrov B, Ohmori H. Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes. Oxford: Elsevier, 2013, 441–482

    Book  Google Scholar 

  3. Benito J M, Cambiella A, Lobo A, Coca J, Gutiérrez G, Pazos C. Formulation, characterization and treatment of metalworking oil-inwater emulsions. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2010, 12(1): 31–41

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Jamaly S, Giwa A, Hasan S W. Recent improvements in oily wastewater treatment: Progress, challenges, and future opportunities. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 2015, 37: 15–30

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Cañizares P, Martínez F, Jiménez C, Sáez C, Rodrigo M A. Coagulation and electrocoagulation of oil-in-water emulsions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008, 151(1): 44–51

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Gutiérrez G, Lobo A, Allende D, Cambiella A, Pazos C, Coca J, Benito J M. Influence of coagulant salt addition on the treatment of oil-in-water emulsions by centrifugation, ultrafiltration, and vacuum evaporation. Separation Science and Technology, 2008, 43(7): 1884–1895

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Vatai G N, Krstic D M, Korisa A K, Gáspára I L, Tekic M N. Ultrafiltration of oil-in-water emulsion: Comparison of ceramic and polymeric membranes. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2009, 3 (1-3): 162–168

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Vasanth D, Pugazhenthi G, Uppaluri R. Performance of low cost ceramic microfiltration membranes for the treatment of oil-in-water emulsions. Separation Science and Technology, 2013, 48(6): 849–858

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Karimnezhad H, Rajabi L, Salehi E, Derakhshan A A, Azimi S. Novel nanocomposite Kevlar fabric membranes: Fabrication, characterization, and performance in oil/water separation. Applied Surface Science, 2014, 293: 275–286

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Vibhandik A D, Marathe K V. Removal of Ni(II) ions from wastewater by micellar enhanced ultrafiltration using mixed surfactants. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2014, 8(1): 79–86

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Mahmudov R, Chen C, Huang C P. Functionalized activated carbon for the adsorptive removal of perchlorate from water solutions. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2015, 9(2): 194–208

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Twaiq F, Nasser M S, Onaizi S A. Effect of the degree of template removal from mesoporous silicate materials on their adsorption of heavy oil from aqueous solution. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2014, 8(4): 488–497

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Chachou L, Gueraini Y, Bouhalouane Y, Poncin S, Li H Z, Bensadok K. Application of the electro-Fenton process for cutting fluid mineralization. Environmental Technology, 2015, 36(15): 1924–1932

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Benito J M, Ríos G, Ortea E, Fernández E, Cambiella A, Pazos C, Coca J. Design and construction of a modular pilot plant for the treatment of oil-containing wastewaters. Desalination, 2002, 147(1-3): 5–10

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Moulai M N, Tir M. Coupling flocculation with electroflotation for waste oil/water emulsion treatment. Optimization of the operating conditions. Desalination, 2004, 161(2): 115–121

    Google Scholar 

  16. Bensadok K, Belkacem M, Nezzal G. Treatment of cutting oil/water emulsion by coupling coagulation and dissolved air flotation. Desalination, 2007, 206(1-3): 440–448

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Gutiérrez G, Lobo A, Benito J M, Coca J, Pazos C. Treatment of a waste oil-in-water emulsion from a copper-rolling process by ultrafiltration and vacuum evaporation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 185(2-3): 1569–1574

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Santo C E, Vilar V J P, Botelho C M S, Bhatnagar A, Kumar E, Boaventura R A R. Optimization of coagulation-flocculation and flotation parameters for the treatment of a petroleum refinery effluent from a Portuguese plant. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012, 183: 117–123

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Jagadevan S, Dobson P, Thompson I P. Harmonisation of chemical and biological process in development of a hybrid technology for treatment of recalcitrant metalworking fluid. Bioresource Technology, 2011, 102(19): 8783–8789

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Matos M, Garcia C F, Suarez M A, Pazos C, Benito J M. Treatment of oil-in-water emulsions by a destabilization/ultrafiltration hybrid process: Statistical analysis of operating parameters. Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2015

    Google Scholar 

  21. Rodrigues Pires da Silva J, Merçon F, Firmino da Silva L, Cerqueira A A, Ximango P B, Marques M R C. Evaluation of electrocoagulation as pre-treatment of oil emulsions, followed by reverse osmosis. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2015, 8: 126–135

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Kobya M, Demirbas E, Bayramoglu M, Sensoy M T. Optimization of electrocoagulation process for the treatment of metal cutting wastewaters with response surface methodology. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2011, 215(1-4): 399–410

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Jianzhong S, Xiuqing W, Xiaoyin W. Optimizing oily wastewater treatment via wet peroxide oxidation using response surface methodology. Journal of the Korean Chemical Society, 2014, 58(1): 80–84

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Yeber M, Paul E, Soto C. Chemical and biological treatments to clean oily wastewater: Optimization of the photocatalytic process using experimental design. Desalination andWater Treatment, 2012, 47(1-3): 295–299

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Ramin B, Behrooz M. Modeling and optimization of cross-flow ultrafiltration using hybrid neural network-genetic algorithm approach. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2014, 20(2): 528–543

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Jing L, Chen B, Zhang B, Li P. Process simulation and dynamic control for marine oily wastewater treatment using UV irradiation. Water Research, 2015, 81: 101–112

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Gallan B, Grossmann I E. Optimal design of real world industrial wastewater treatment networks. Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, 2011, 29: 1251–1255

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Sueviriyapan N, Siemanond K, Quaglia A, Gani R, Suriyapraphadilok U. The optimization-based design and synthesis of water network for water management in an industrial process: Refinery effluent treatment plant. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2014, 39: 133–138

    Google Scholar 

  29. Government of the Republic of Slovenia, Decree on the emission of substances and heat in the discharge of wastewater into waters and public sewage system. Ljubljana: Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, 2012, No. 64/2012

  30. Rosenthal R E. GAMS—A user’s guide. Washington: GAMS Development Corporation, 2015

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova ulica 17, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Zorka N. Pintarič & Zdravko Kravanja

  2. EKOLID, Ekološko svetovanje, Raziskave in razvoj, Ruška cesta 55, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia

    Gorazd P. Škof

Authors
  1. Zorka N. Pintarič
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Gorazd P. Škof
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zdravko Kravanja
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Zdravko Kravanja.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Pintarič, Z.N., Škof, G.P. & Kravanja, Z. MILP synthesis of separation processes for waste oil-in-water emulsions treatment. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 10, 120–130 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-016-1559-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-016-1559-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation