Contaminants removal processes

Contaminant removal processes depend on the type and source of secondary fiber to be pulped. Mill paper waste can be easily repulped with minimal contaminant removal. Recycled postconsumer newspaper, on the other hand, may require extensive contaminant removal, including deinking, prior to reuse. Secondary fiber is typically used in lower-quality applications such as multiply paper-board or corrugating paper. 

SegaU BA, BraeU CJ. (1992). Electroosmotic contaminant-removal processes. Journal of Environmental Engineering 118 84-100. 

Lack of rational design accounting for the fundamental contaminant removal processes... 

It is estimated that the total world market for filtration and sedimentation equipment in 2(X)7 will be in the region of US 38 billions, expanding at a rate comfortably in excess of that of the global economy. The business is dominated by liquid processing, which makes up about 84% of the world market, and similarly by clarification duties, which are close to 70% of the market - so that the contamination removal process, the prime topic of this book, represents more than two-thirds of the business of filtration and sedimentation. 

Gas purification processes fall into three categories the removal of gaseous impurities, the removal of particulate impurities, and ultrafine cleaning. The extra expense of the last process is only justified by the nature of the subsequent operations or the need to produce a pure gas stream. Because there are many variables in gas treating, several factors must be considered (/) the types and concentrations of contaminants in the gas (2) the degree of contaminant removal desired (J) the selectivity of acid gas removal required (4) the temperature, pressure, volume, and composition of the gas to be processed (5) the carbon dioxide-to-hydrogen sulfide ratio in the gas and (6) the desirabiUty of sulfur recovery on account of process economics or environmental issues. 

Process condensate from reforming operations is commonly treated by steam stripping. The stripper is operated at a sufficiently high pressure to allow the overhead stripping steam to be used as part of the reformer steam requirement (71). Contaminants removed from the process condensate are reformed to extinction, so disposal to the environment is thereby avoided. This system not only reduces atmospheric emissions, but contributes to the overall efficiency of the process by recovering condensate suitable for boiler feedwater make-up because the process is a net water consumer. 

Capability of systems for fully automatic, unattended operation Capability to remove gaseous or vapor contaminants from process streams to extremely low levels... 

Maybe used to produce vacuum to remove contaminants from process Disadvantages... 

For organic contaminant removal from surface water packed-tower aeration, granular activated carbon (GAC), powdered activated carbon (PAC), diffused aeration, advanced oxidation processes, and reverse osmosis (RO). 

Chemical pretreatment is often used to improve the performance of contaminant removal. The use of chemical flocculants is based on system efficiency, the specific DAF application and cost. Commonly used chemicals include trivalent metallic salts of iron, such as FeClj or FeSO or aluminum, such as AISO. Organic and inorganic polymers (cationic or anionic) are generally used to enhance the DAF process. 

Contaminant removal from the indoor space and associated processes... 

Deposition is the atmospheric removal process by which gaseous and particulate contaminants are transferred from the atmosphere to surface receptors - soil, vegetation, and surface waters (22,27,28, 32). This process has been conveniently separated into two categories dry and wet deposition. Dry deposition is a direct transfer process that removes contaminants from the atmosphere without the intervention of precipitation, and therefore may occur continuously. Wet deposition involves the removal of contaminants from the atmosphere in an aqueous form and is therefore dependent on the precipitation events of rain, snow, or fog. 

We recently demonstrated that photocatalyzed destruction rates of low quantum efficiency contaminant compoimds in air can be promoted substantially by addition of a high quantum efficiency contaminant, trichloroethylene (TCE), in a single pass fixed bed illuminated catalyst, using a residence time of several milliseconds [1-3]. Perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloropropene (TCP) were also shown to promote contaminant conversion [2]. These results establish a novel potential process approach to cost-effective photocatalytic air treatment for contaminant removal. 

Sulfide ores usually contain small amounts of mercury, arsenic, selenium, and tellurium, and these impurities volatilize during the ore treatment. All the volatilized impurities, with the exception of mercury, are collected in the dust recovery systems. On account of its being present in low concentrations, mercury is not removed by such a system and passes out with the exit gases. The problem of mercury contamination is particularly pertinent to zinc plants since the sulfidic ores of zinc contain traces of mercury (20-300 ppm). The mercury traces in zinc sulfide concentrates volatilize during roasting and contaminate the sulfuric acid that is made from the sulfur dioxide produced. If the acid is then used to produce phosphatic fertilizers, this may lead to mercury entering the food chain as a contaminant. Several processes have been developed for the removal of mercury, but these are not yet widely adopted. 

The fourth factor is the current density. At an inert anode and for 100% Faradaic efficiency for water oxidation, the density of the current controls the flux of H+ ions. The cathodic current density and the species available in its vicinity establish the efficiency of the reduction processes (Pb2+ —> Pb). These vary to a greater extent than the anode process, because the pH and the species reaching the cathode vary with processing time. Thus, control of the current density is critical to ensure optimal EO efficiency and contaminant removal. 

Contaminant mass transport in an air stripper is schematically shown in Figure 18.12. The removal process can be described mathematically by a mass balance for the contaminant assuming that there is no change in the accumulated contaminant in the stripper under steady-state conditions ... 

To meet the specified standard,4 wastewaters are often subjected to a series of treatment processes before they are discharged into the environment, particularly, water bodies. The treatment processes include physical, chemical, and biological processes that may be applied singly or collectively. The collective application of the processes can be employed in a variety of systems classified as primary, secondary, and tertiary wastewater treatment, to achieve different levels of contaminants removal.2... 

Manufacturing Processes Flow charts for production steps, controls for contamination, removal of impurities, purification steps, in-process tests, and batch records... 

In addition, certain PhCs (like ketoprofen and diclofenac) can also be eliminated from aquatic environments by the photodegradation processes that take place in surface flow systems [70, 91]. The photo-and biodegradation reactions involved in contaminant removal are promoted by high hydraulic retention times. 

Mercury captation should he carried out as far upstream as possible in order to avoid contamination of process internals regeneration of organomercury compounds after steam cracking and the need to have a mercury removal unit on all of the process effluent streams. 

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