TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of metallurgical industry wastewater for organic contaminant removal in China
T2 - Status, challenges, and perspectives
AU - Wu, Peng
AU - Jiang, Lan Ying
AU - He, Zhen
AU - Song, Yang
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Metallurgy is essential for socioeconomic development, and the process discharges waste containing a variety of toxic and hazardous compounds. Robust disposal technologies and processes for treating metallurgical industry wastewater are urgently researched by scientific and industrial communities to meet the increasingly stringent environmental rules and regulations. This paper aims to provide a timely review on the status of metallurgical wastewater treatment in China with a focus on the removal of organics. The primary sources of organic contaminants in the metallurgical industry are coke quenching, steel rolling, solvent extraction, and electroplating. The characteristics of these pollutants are specific to technologies and work flows in the respective process in terms of their structure, physicochemical nature and concentrations. This situation necessitates tailor-made treatment/disposal methods that are the highlights of this review and discussed with regard to their pros and cons. Although this paper focuses on the R&D efforts in China, the information and experiences can certainly be applied to other nations' metallurgical wastewater treatment. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017.
AB - Metallurgy is essential for socioeconomic development, and the process discharges waste containing a variety of toxic and hazardous compounds. Robust disposal technologies and processes for treating metallurgical industry wastewater are urgently researched by scientific and industrial communities to meet the increasingly stringent environmental rules and regulations. This paper aims to provide a timely review on the status of metallurgical wastewater treatment in China with a focus on the removal of organics. The primary sources of organic contaminants in the metallurgical industry are coke quenching, steel rolling, solvent extraction, and electroplating. The characteristics of these pollutants are specific to technologies and work flows in the respective process in terms of their structure, physicochemical nature and concentrations. This situation necessitates tailor-made treatment/disposal methods that are the highlights of this review and discussed with regard to their pros and cons. Although this paper focuses on the R&D efforts in China, the information and experiences can certainly be applied to other nations' metallurgical wastewater treatment. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85032644218
U2 - 10.1039/c7ew00097a
DO - 10.1039/c7ew00097a
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85032644218
SN - 2053-1400
VL - 3
SP - 1015
EP - 1031
JO - Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology
JF - Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology
IS - 6
ER -