NAPHTHA REMOVAL FROM PETROLEUM INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT

The Purpose of this research is treat the industrial wastewater flow generated from El Nasr Petroleum Company to the accepted quality before discharging it into Suez Gulf. A series of bench scale experiments, were conducted in order to determine the best treatment process for such kind of industrial flow. This research succeeded to remove the phenolic compounds (naphtha) from the industrial effluent to the level stated in Law 4/1994. The optimum doses of both Fe2+ and H2O2 were determined using jar test to remove color, odor and COD constituents from the industrial effluent. The experimental results indicated that the optimum doses of 0.8 and 20 ml/l for Fe2+ and H2O2 respectively reduced COD concentration from 8200 to 500 mg/l in 30 minutes reaction time