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| Author: | Guerin, T. F. |
| Title: | Heavy equipment maintenance wastes and environmental management in the mining industry |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2002 : OCT, VOL. 66:2, p. 185-200 |
| Index terms: | MAINTENANCE MINING INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT OIL POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Treatment technologies and practices for managing oily wastewater, used across the broader mining industry in the Asia-Pacific region, were also identified. Key findings from the study were: (1) primary treatment is required to remove grease oil contamination and to protect secondary oily wastewater treatment systems from being overloaded; (2) selection of an effective secondary treatment system is dependent on influent oil droplet size and concentration, suspended solids concentration, flow rates, environmental conditions, maintenance schedules and effectiveness, treatment targets and costs; and (3) oily wastewater treatment systems, based on mechanical separation, are favored over those that are chemically based, as they simplify operational requirements. |
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