Chemical Oxidation for Oil Separation from Oilfield-Produced Water / Homogeneous Process by Batch Technique

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Ruya Y. Saber
Nagham O. Karim
Mohammed J. Alatabe

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Water production is vital in environmental pollution because it contains many harmful contaminants to the environment and human health, such as oils, suspended solids, dissolved substances, and many other pollutants. The present study examined the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to purify the produced water from the Al Khabaz oilfield in the north of Iraq - Kirkuk province from oil content. Because of AOPs’ ease of use, performance, and low price, it is a popular method for purifying this type of wastewater. This work used Photocatalytic homogeneous processes (Photo-Fenton (H2O2+Fe+2+UV), Fenton (H2O2+Fe+2) and Ultra Violet (UV)only) in the batch system under the best conditions (Time= 120 min, pH= 2.5, H2O2=20 ml in photo-Fenton process, H2O2= 80 ml in Fenton process, 2 UV lamps (capacity of each one=8 watt) in photo-Fenton, 10 UV lamps in direct UV process, and Fe+2=18 mg in photo-Fenton & Fenton processes). The present work studied the impact of H2O2 & Fe+2 dosages, irradiation time, pH value, and intensity of UV on the oil removal effectiveness. It was found that the highest efficiency percentage in the Photo-Fenton process was 85.68, the percentage in Fenton was 75.01, and in the direct UV Photolysis was 56.64 percent. Therefore, it was concluded that the photo-Fenton process is the best approach to remove oil from produced water.

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Nagham O. Karim, Environmental Engineering, Engineering College, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq.

 

 

Mohammed J. Alatabe, Environmental Engineering, Engineering College, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq.

 

 

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