Treatability tests assistance

A comparison of the two tests applied on different fluxes of petrochemical wastewater has been made [26], showing a quite good adjustment between the results (Fig. 16). This method, very interesting, might be carefully validated for other types of industrial wastewater, before being used extensively. 

Another approach can be proposed in order to try to avoid the experimental step of degradation. Based on the relation between the light absorption of a substance and its chemical properties (see Chapter 1), the exploitation of the Shape Factor (presented in Chapter 2) is chosen for the purpose. 

The Shape Factor has been defined, for a peak, from the product of the ratio between the second derivative and the absorbance by the half width of the peak, as you may recall from Chapter 2. As this parameter does not take into account the position of the peak, the relative Shape Factor (RSF or SF ) is defined as follows  

This approach shows that the prediction estimation of wastewater treatability seems to be possible from the direct study of UV spectra [26,28], 

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This treatability testing technology is commercially available. Soil Technology, Inc., was founded in 1990 and is an environmental geotechnical laboratory that assists customers in determining the best course of action for cleanup using soil washing. 

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