Title | Degradation of naphthenic acids in Athabasca oil sands process-affected water using ozone |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Fu, H. |
Pagination | 102 pages |
Publisher | University of Alberta Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Place Published | Edmonton, AB |
Publication Language | eng |
Keywords | naphthenic acids, tailings water, UofA, wastewater / wastewater treatment |
Abstract | In order to determine the degradation of Naphthenic Acids (NAs) in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), a series of semi-batch ozonation experiments have been conducted resulting in a maximum reduction of NAs greater than 99%. Compared to the high NAs removal, the reduction of both COD and DOC was much lower under the same conditions. Following ozone treatments of approx. 80 mg/L, the cBOD5 and cBOD5/COD tripled as compared to original OSPW measurements, suggesting ozone-treated OSPW has a higher biodegradability. The ozone treatments also detoxified the OSPW; with an ozone treatment of approx. 100 mg/L, the treated OSPW showed no toxicity using the Mircotox® bioassay. Additionally, the coke-treated OSPW, treated using a coke/water slurry process, was found to be non-toxic with an ozone treatment of approx. 20 mg/L. The results obtained during this study shows the great potential ozonation may offer as a possible water treatment application for oil sands water management. |
URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1771 |
Locational Keywords | Alberta oil sands, Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) |
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Group | OSEMB |
Citation Key | 51976 |