| Title: | Toxicity-directed approach of polyester manufacturing industry wastewater provides useful information for conducting treatability studies |
| Author(s): | Caffaro-Filho RA; Morita DM; Wagner R; Durrant LR; |
| Address: | "Food Sciences Department, Faculty of Food Engineering, State University of Campinas, Brazil. caffaro.filho@gmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.063 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0304-3894 (Print) 0304-3894 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A broader characterization of industrial wastewaters, especially in respect to hazardous compounds and their potential toxicity, is often necessary in order to determine the best practical treatment (or pretreatment) technology available to reduce the discharge of harmful pollutants to the environment or publicly owned treatment works. Using a toxicity-directed approach, this paper sets the base for a rational treatability study of polyester resin manufacturing. Relevant physical and chemical characteristics were determined. Respirometry was used for toxicity reduction evaluation after physical and chemical effluent fractionation. Of all the procedures investigated, only air stripping was significantly effective in reducing wastewater toxicity. Air stripping in pH 7 reduced toxicity in 18.2%, while in pH 11 a toxicity reduction of 62.5% was observed. Results indicated that toxicants responsible for the most significant fraction of the effluent's instantaneous toxic effect to unadapted activated sludge were organic compounds poorly or not volatilized in acid conditions. These results led to useful directions for conducting treatability studies which will be grounded on actual effluent properties rather than empirical or based on the rare specific data on this kind of industrial wastewater" |
| Keywords: | "Industrial Waste/adverse effects/*analysis Polyesters/*chemical synthesis Waste Disposal, Fluid/*methods Water Pollutants, Chemical/*isolation & purification/*toxicity;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCaffaro-Filho, Roberto A Morita, Dione M Wagner, Roger Durrant, Lucia R eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2008/08/08 J Hazard Mater. 2009 Apr 15; 163(1):92-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.063. Epub 2008 Jun 26" |
