An investigation on the capability of magnetically separable Fe3O4/mordenite zeolite for refinery oily wastewater purification. (1st July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hesas, Roozbeh Hoseinzadeh; Baei, Mazyar Sharifzadeh; Rostami, Hadi; Gardy, Jabbar; Hassanpour, Ali
• Is Part Of: Journal of environmental management. Volume 241(2019)
• Page Start: 525
• Page End: 534
• Publication Date: 2019-07-01
• Subjects: Oily wastewater purification -- Oil refinery wastewater treatment -- Fe3O4/mordenite zeolite -- COD -- BOD -- NTU; Environmental policy -- Periodicals; Environmental management -- Periodicals; Environment -- Periodicals; Ecology -- Periodicals; 363.705
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0301-4797

Abstract

Abstract: Damage to the water resources and environment as a consequence of oil production and use of fossil fuels, has increased the need for applying various technologies and developing effective materials to remove contaminates from oily wastewaters resources. One of the challenges for an economic industrial wastewater treatment is separation and reusability of the developed purifying agents. Development of magnetic materials could potentially facilitate easier and more economic separation of purifying agents. Therefore, herein we have synthesised an efficient and easily recyclable Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite using a hydrothermal process to investigate its purification capability for wastewater from Kermanshah oil refinery. The synthesised Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite was characterised using XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDX, XRF and BET analysis. XRD result showed that the synthesised Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite comprised sodium aluminium silicate hydrate phase [01-072-7919, Na8 (Al6 Si30 O72 )(H2 O)9.04 ] and cubic iron oxide phase [04-013-9808, Fe3 O4 ]. Response Surface Method (RSM) combined with Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to identify the optimum operation parameters of the pollutant removal process. The effect of pH, contact time and Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite amount on the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) were investigated. It was found that pH was the most significant factor influencing COD and BOD removal but the quantity of Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite was the most influential factor on the turbidity removal capacity. The optimum removal process conditions were identified to be pH of 7.81, contact time of 15.8 min and Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite amount of 0.52% w/w. The results show that the regenerated Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite can be reused for five consecutive cycles in purification of petroleum wastes. Graphical abstract: Image Highlights: Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite particles was synthesised and characterised. We examined the capability of Fe3 O4 /mordenite zeolite for oily wastewater purification. The response surface methodology was used to optimise the adsorption parameters. The magnetic particles can be re-used multiple times without loss of activity.