Industrial-scale electron beam purification of chemically polluted wastewaters

First results obtained in the pilot run of an ELV-8 electron accelerator-based technological complex designed for purification of chemically polluted waste effluents from petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants are reported. To provide the effective treatment of the effluents, favorable conditions for the removal of hydrogen sulfide and salt ammonia were found-the initial acidity of pH(0) less than or equal to 7.5 and pH(0) greater than or equal to 9.5, respectively. With phenols taken as an example, it was shown that the purification of multicomponent effluents requires a substantially higher power input than in the case of one-component solutions.