Sequential treatment of olive oil mill wastewater with adsorption and biological and photo-Fenton oxidation

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2013 May;20(5):3060-7. doi: 10.1007/s11356-012-1212-6. Epub 2012 Oct 3.

Abstract

Olive oil mill wastewater (OMWW), a recalcitrant pollutant, has features including high phenolic content and dark color; thereby, several chemical or physical treatments or biological processes were not able to remediate it. In this study, the treatment efficiencies of three treatments, including adsorption, biological application, and photo-Fenton oxidation were sequentially evaluated for OMWW. Adsorption, biological treatment, and photo-Fenton caused decreasing phenolic contents of 48.69 %, 59.40 %, and 95 %, respectively. However, after three sequential treatments were performed, higher reduction percentages in phenolic (total 99 %) and organic contents (90 %) were observed. Although the studied fungus has not induced significant color reduction, photo-Fenton oxidation was considered to be an attractive solution, especially for color reduction. Besides, toxicity of OMWW treatment was significantly reduced.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Aliivibrio fischeri / drug effects
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry*
  • Industrial Waste / analysis
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Luminescence
  • Olive Oil
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Plant Oils / chemistry*
  • Plant Oils / metabolism*
  • Plant Oils / toxicity
  • Trametes / metabolism*
  • Turkey
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / chemistry*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / metabolism*
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical / toxicity

Substances

  • Fenton's reagent
  • Industrial Waste
  • Olive Oil
  • Plant Oils
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Iron