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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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IHE Delft PhD Thesis Ser |
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IHE Delft PhD Thesis Ser
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Summary; Samenvatting; Ch. 1: General Introduction; 1.1. Background of the study; 1.2 The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), Kaduna; 1.3 Problem statement; 1.4. Research objectives of the thesis; 1.4.1. General objectives; 1.4.2. Specific objectives; 1.5. Research questions; 1.6. Significance of the study; 1.7. Outline of the thesis; 1.8. References; Ch. 2: Constructed wetlands to treat wastewater generated in conventional petroleum refining industry: a review; Abbreviations and notations |
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2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Petroleum refining wastewater types; 2.1.2 Petroleum contaminants; 2.2. Constructed wetlands for treatment of petroleum refining wastewater; 2.2.1. Conventional treatment technologies; 2.2.2 Constructed wetland design; 2.3. Removal pathways in constructed wetlands; 2.4. Components of constructed wetland treatment; 2.4.1 The macrophyte component; 2.4.2 Microorganisms; 2.4.3 Role of substrate media of constructed wetlands; 2.5. Capital, operation and maintenance costs; 2.6. Conclusions; 2.7. Acknowledgement; 2.8. References |
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Ch. 3: Characterization of secondary treated refinery effluent3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Petroleum effluents; 3.2 Materials and methods; 3.2.1 Description of experimental study site; 3.2.2 Physical and chemical quality characterization; 3.2.3 Data analysis; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Characterization of secondary refinery wastewater; 3.3.2. Heavy metal concentrations in secondary refinery wastewater; 3.3.3. Special organic contaminant concentrations in secondary refinery wastewater; 3.3.4 M-K test; 3.4. Discussion |
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3.4.1 Implication of the discharge of secondary treated refinery wastewater into the environment3.4.2. Heavy metal content in the secondary oil refinery wastewater; 3.4.3 Organic contarninants; 3.5 Conclusions; 3.6 Acknowledgernent; 3.7 References; Ch. 4: Vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands for polishing secondary Kaduna refinery wastewater in Nigeria; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Materials and methods; 4.2.1 Description of experimental study site; 4.2.2 Refinery effluent sampling; 4.2.3 Constructed wetland design and operation; 4.2.4 Bacteriological sampling and analysis |
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4.2.5 Data analysis4.3 Results; 4.3.1 Treatment efficiencies of the VSF -- CWs; 4.3.2 Properties of bacterial isolates in wastewater, gravel and root media; 4.4 Discussion; 4.4.1 Vertical subsurface flow CW for petroleum secondary effiuent treatment; 4.4.2 Bacteriological analysis of subsurface flow constructed wetlands; 4.5 Conclusions; 4.6 Acknowledgement; 4.7 References; Ch. 5: Optimization of petroleum refinery wastewater treatment by vertical flow constructed wetlands under tropical conditions: plant species selection and polishing by a horizontal flow constructed wetlands |
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5.1 Introduction |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Petroleum waste -- Purification.
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Petroleum refineries -- Environmental aspects
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Sewage -- Purification.
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Petroleum refineries -- Environmental aspects
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Petroleum waste -- Purification
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Sewage -- Purification
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429835162 |
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0429835167 |
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