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Chemical industry wastewaters are diverse in composition ranging from pharmaceutical products, polymers, petrochemicals, intermediates, and fertilizers. The wastewaters from these industries contain both organic and inorganic materials. They are further characterized by an abundant organics content and they can contain traces of toxic pollutants as well. As such, care must be taken when handling and treating these wastewaters. Additionally, pretreatment techniques are utilized to separate inorganic matter. Common methods used for treating chemical industry wastewater are trickling filters, rotating biological contactor (RBC), activated sludge, or lagoons. Several case studies will be investigated throughout this paper to discuss various methods for treating these types of wastewaters.
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- Aerobic treatment
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A biological process that uses oxygen to break down organic contaminants and other pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorous.
- Anaerobic treatment
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A biological process where microorganisms degrade organic contaminants in the absence of oxygen.
- Biological treatment
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Biological treatment (or biotreatment) processes are those which remove dissolved and suspended organic chemical constituents through biodegradation, as well as suspended matter through physical separation.
- Chemical industry
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The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals.
- Oxidation
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Any chemical reaction that involves the moving of electrons.
- Pharmaceutical products
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Fundamental component of both modern and traditional medicine.
- Pretreatment
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Any treatment received before some other process.
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Hung, YT., Turner, B. (2021). Treatment of Wastewaters from Chemical Industries. In: Wang, L.K., Wang, MH.S., Hung, YT. (eds) Integrated Natural Resources Research. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61002-9_3
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