Main Title |
Field and laboratory studies for the development of effluent standards for the steam electric power industry / |
Author |
Mesich, Frank G. ;
Owen, Milton L.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Radian Corp., Austin, TX.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; National Technical Information Service [distributor, |
Year Published |
1978 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/7-78-209; EPA-68-02-2608 |
Stock Number |
PB-299 097 |
OCLC Number |
08353311 |
Subjects |
Water--Pollution--United States--Measurement ;
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--United States
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Additional Subjects |
Water pollution control ;
Inorganic compounds ;
Organic compounds ;
Field tests ;
Electric power plants ;
Industrial wastes ;
Carbon ;
Chemical analysis ;
Water analysis ;
Performance evaluation ;
Samples ;
Osmosis ;
Activated carbon ;
Absorption ;
Precipitation(Chemistry) ;
Distillation ;
Technology ;
Reverse osmosis
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 600-7-78-209 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
07/24/2014 |
EKBD |
EPA-600/7-78-209 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
12/12/2003 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-7-78-209 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-7-78-209 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB-299 097 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
The report gives results of an evaluation of carbon absorption, chemical precipitation, reverse osmosis, and vapor compression distillation (VCD) as removal technologies for priority pollutants from wastewater streams of utility power plants. All but VCD were bench-scale tested for the removal of low concentration (1-50 ppb) pollutants from cooling tower blowdown and ash pond effluents at three coal-fired plants. The removal of organic pollutants (by activated carbon and reverse osmosis) and inorganic pollutants (by chemical precipitation and reverse osmosis) were evaluated at these plants. An operational VCD unit handling a combined waste stream was tested for the removal of both organic and inorganic pollutants at a fourth coal-fired plant. Samples of plant make-up water, cooling tower blowdown, ash pond effluent, and effluent waters from the treatment technologies were analyzed for priority organic and inorganic pollutants. Only eight pollutants were measured in concentrations greater than 10 ppb; none of these were common to all the plants studied. Carbon absorption and reverse osmosis removed priority pollutants, but low concentrations prevented definitive conclusions on their removal effectiveness. Chemical precipitation, reverse osmosis, and VCD effectively reduced low concentration inorganic compounds, including arsenic, copper, and lead, all of which were present in significant concentrations in at least one wastewater stream. |
Notes |
"Radian Corporation." "November 1978." Includes bibliographical references (p. 91). "Contract no. 68-02-2608, task no. 22, program element no. EHE624A." |