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Treatment and reclamation of hydrocarbon-bearing oily wastewater as a hazardous pollutant by different processes and technologies: a state-of-the-art review

  • Partha Kundu received his PhD (2016) and MTech degree (2011) from Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. He obtained his BTech (2009) in Chemical Engineering from Calcutta University, India. At present, he is a post-doctoral fellow at University of Regina, Canada. His research interest includes colloid and interfacial science, separation processes, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering, wastewater treatment and hydrocarbon processing.

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    Indra M. Mishra has served as a Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Dean at IIT Roorkee. At present, he is serving as Professor & Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. He obtained his PhD (1977) degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT (B.H.U) Varanasi and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Hannover, Germany (1980–1982). He specializes in the areas of chemical, hydrocarbon engineering, environmental engineering, energy engineering, and transport phenomena.

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Abstract

Hydrocarbon-containing oily wastewater generated by various industries creates a major environmental problem all over the world since petroleum products are commonly used as energy sources and raw materials in various industries. In case of offshore/coastal oil recovery operations, produced water is discharged through either shore side outfalls or coastal rim releases. In many cases, current disposal practices leads to severe environmental pollution by contamination of petroleum hydrocarbon to the surface, ground, and coastal waterways. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the performance of various processes for the recovery of petroleum hydrocarbons from wastewater. In this paper, a detailed review on the different separation/treatment processes of oily wastewater is presented. Previous and recent research works are reviewed in the area of oil-water separation from wastewater and also highlight the new developments in these areas. Various separation processes and technologies such as gravity separation, flotation process, membrane process, adsorption process, biological treatment, freeze/thaw process, and photocatalytic oxidation process (PoPs)/advanced oxidation processes (AoPs) are discussed and reviewed. The adsorption properties of a wide variety of porous sorbent materials in oily wastewater treatment, particularly in the area of oil spill cleanup, are also reviewed. The advantages and disadvantages of each process are critically discussed and compared.

About the authors

Partha Kundu

Partha Kundu received his PhD (2016) and MTech degree (2011) from Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. He obtained his BTech (2009) in Chemical Engineering from Calcutta University, India. At present, he is a post-doctoral fellow at University of Regina, Canada. His research interest includes colloid and interfacial science, separation processes, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering, wastewater treatment and hydrocarbon processing.

Indra M. Mishra

Indra M. Mishra has served as a Professor of Chemical Engineering, and Dean at IIT Roorkee. At present, he is serving as Professor & Head of Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad. He obtained his PhD (1977) degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT (B.H.U) Varanasi and carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Hannover, Germany (1980–1982). He specializes in the areas of chemical, hydrocarbon engineering, environmental engineering, energy engineering, and transport phenomena.

Acknowledgments

We thankfully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, for carrying out this study. The authors are grateful to the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, for providing the support to study and do research on the present work. One of the author (P.K) also extended thanks to Mr. Soumitra Maiti for meaningful discussions and input.

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Received: 2017-04-21
Accepted: 2017-10-09
Published Online: 2018-01-19
Published in Print: 2018-12-19

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