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In this study, an internal circulation biological aerated filter (ICBAF) reactor was applied to pretreat refinery wastewater containing large amounts of organic pollutants. According to the composition change of inlet-and-outlet water, the main organic pollutants, including micromolecular organic-acids, aldehydes, ketones, phenols, and so forth, degraded well in ICBAF unit. The concentration of organic acids, alcohols, and esters changed from 648 to 90 mg/L, 130 to 90 mg/L, and 158 to 228 mg/L, respectively. The average removal efficiencies of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biological oxygen demand (BOD5) reached 54.62% and 83.64%, respectively. It was clear that the concentration of effluent organic acids in the ICBAF unit decreased significantly. The degradation process of organic acids, alcohols, and esters (among others) and the degradation pathway of organic acids were also discussed. Straight chain organic acids and naphthenic acids were degraded by α-oxidation, β-oxidation, α- and β-combined oxidation, or aromatization. The study demonstrates the potential of the ICBAF as an alternative for the high-efficiency pretreatment of refinery wastewater.
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This work was supported by the Program for Innovative Research Team of Huizhou University, the Special Fund for Guangdong Science and Technology Innovation Strategy of Huizhou (No.2019SC0301036), the Huizhou Science and Technology Program (2016X0419034).
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Wang, C., Peng, Z., Feng, K. et al. A study on the treatment efficiency of internal circulation biological aerated filters for refinery wastewater and the transformation of main organic pollutants. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 22902–22912 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08602-w
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