Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Performance on Saline Produced Water (Upstream Oil & Gas) at Very Low Hydraulic Retention Time
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Produced Water Characterization
2.2. Pilot Unit Description
2.3. Experimental Set-Up
2.4. Analytical Methods
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- Acute toxicity test “Microtox®” (NF EN ISO 11348-3). This test is based on the determination of the inhibition of the bioluminescence emitted by a marine bacterium called Vibrio fischeri. It allows for the determination of the sample concentration that inhibits 50% of the bacterial luminescence after 5, 15 or 30 min of exposure. It was selected due to its high sensitivity compared to other bioassays (Abbas et al., 2018) [17].
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- Acute toxicity test with marine copepods (ISO 14669). This test aims to determine the sample concentration that kills 50% of the population of Artemia salina after 24 h and 48 h.
3. Results
3.1. Characterization of Feed Water
3.2. Performance of the Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Unit
3.3. Moving Bed Biofilm Bioreactor (MBBR) and Polishing Treatment Performance
3.3.1. Acclimation of Biocarriers and Their Impact on Bioreactor Performance
3.3.2. MBBR Performance as a Function of Residence Time
3.3.3. The Impact on Metals as They Go through the BIOMEM Pilot Unit
3.3.4. The Impact on Organic Micropollutants as They Go through the BIOMEM Pilot Unit
3.3.5. Impact of the BIOMEM Unit on Toxicity Reduction
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
List of Abbreviations
COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand |
TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
PW | Produced Water |
OSPAR | Oslo PARis Convention |
WEA | Whole Effluent Assessment |
TDS | Total Dissolved Solids |
TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
SBR | Sequencing Batch Reactor |
HRT | Hydraulic Retention Time |
MBBR | Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor |
BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, EthylBenzene, Xylene |
PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
API | American Petroleum Institute (design rules) |
DAF | Dissolved Air Floatation |
GAC | Granular Activated Carbon |
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Parameters | Method |
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Onsite analyses | |
Dispersed Hydrocarbon | Internal method CR EXP 006 |
Ammonium NH4 | Micromethod |
Nitrate NO3− | Micromethod |
Chemical Oxygen Demand (soluble and total) | Micromethod |
Total Suspended Solids | Filter + oven 105 °C |
Conductivity & Salinity | Multiparameter probe |
pH | Multiparameter probe |
Temperature | Multiparameter probe |
ReDox potential | Multiparameter probe |
Phenol | Micromethod |
External analyses | |
Inorganics | |
Orthophosphate | |
Ca, Mg, Fe | NF EN ISO 11885 |
V, As, Al, Ba, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni; Plomb (Pb); Zinc (Zn) | NF EN ISO 17294-2 |
Mercure (Hg) | Méthode Interne selon NF EN ISO 17852 |
Chrome VI | NF T 90-043 |
NH4, NTK, NO2, NO3 | External lab internal method |
PO4 | External lab internal method |
Sulfates (SO4) | NF ISO 15923-1 |
Fluorures | NF T 90-004 |
Chloride | NF ISO 15923-1 |
Salinity | External lab internal method |
Organics | |
Total Hydrocarbon (C10-C40) | NF EN ISO 9377-2 |
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) | NF EN 1484 |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) | NF EN 1899-1 |
Phenol | NF EN ISO 14402 |
4-n-nonylphénol | External lab internal method |
PAHs (16 substances) BTEX | External lab internal method External lab internal method |
Parameters | Mean Value | Standard Deviation |
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pH | 6.5 | 0.1 |
Conductivity (mS/cm) | 148 | 8 |
Salinity (g/kg water) | 97 | 6 |
Chloride (g/L) | 57 | 3 |
Temperature (°C) | 29.5 | 1 |
Parameters | Abiotic Phase Removal (DAF + MBBR + Separator) | Removal after Injection of Acclimated Biocarriers (DAF + MBBR + Separator) | ||||
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DAF Inlet (µg/L) | MBBR + Separator Outlet (µg/L) | Removal Rate (%) | DAF Inlet (µg/L) | MBBR + Separator Outlet (µg/L) | Removal Rate (%) | |
BTEX | 1616 | 28 | 98.3 | 1645 | 7.5 | 99.6 |
PAHs | 13.0 | 4 | 69.3 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 87.9 |
Phenol | 2000 | 1900 | 5.0 | 2230 | 816 | 63.4 |
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Jacob, M.; Segues, B.; Lot, M.-C.; Ndiaye, E.h.I.; Sambusiti, C.; Baldoni-Andrey, P.; Perie, F. Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Performance on Saline Produced Water (Upstream Oil & Gas) at Very Low Hydraulic Retention Time. Waste 2023, 1, 295-312. https://doi.org/10.3390/waste1010020
Jacob M, Segues B, Lot M-C, Ndiaye EhI, Sambusiti C, Baldoni-Andrey P, Perie F. Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Performance on Saline Produced Water (Upstream Oil & Gas) at Very Low Hydraulic Retention Time. Waste. 2023; 1(1):295-312. https://doi.org/10.3390/waste1010020
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacob, Matthieu, Bertrand Segues, Marie-Claire Lot, El hadji Ibrahima Ndiaye, Cecilia Sambusiti, Patrick Baldoni-Andrey, and Frédéric Perie. 2023. "Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor Performance on Saline Produced Water (Upstream Oil & Gas) at Very Low Hydraulic Retention Time" Waste 1, no. 1: 295-312. https://doi.org/10.3390/waste1010020