Within the petrochemical and chemical sectors, industrial wastewater treatment technologies are central to ensuring sustainable production and environmental compliance. Wastewater from these industries typically exhibits complex compositions, containing high concentrations of organic matter, salts, and specific chemicals, necessitating highly customized treatment solutions. The latest industrial wastewater treatment technical specifications provide a clear framework for the engineering design, operation, and management of such effluents. An effective industrial wastewater treatment technology system is rarely a single method but rather a deep integration of physical, chemical, and biological approaches. For instance, advanced oxidation processes are increasingly common as pretreatment for high-concentration organic wastewater, breaking down large, recalcitrant organic molecules to prepare the effluent for subsequent biological treatment. A professional industrial wastewater treatment plant flexibly adjusts the coordination of multiple technical units based on fluctuations in influent quality, ensuring the final effluent consistently meets regulatory standards or stringent reuse criteria.
Deep treatment and reuse technology for refinery wastewater is a combined process designed to recycle treated effluent into circulating cooling water systems. This technology typically incorporates multiple stages, including aerated biological filtration, coagulation sedimentation, advanced oxidation, fiber filtration, and activated carbon filtration. Its core objective is not merely discharge but achieving internal water circulation within the plant premises, which is crucial for refining enterprises in water-scarce regions. In practical operation, an industrial wastewater treatment plant equipped with this technology can consistently maintain the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of reclaimed water at approximately 30 mg/L and ammonia nitrogen at around 2 mg/L. Achieving this effect hinges on meticulous process control. For instance, real-time water quality monitoring via intelligent water management systems dynamically adjusts chemical dosing. This data-driven, closed-loop control significantly enhances system stability while mitigating human operational risks. The ultimate goal of applying such industrial wastewater treatment technologies is to significantly reduce a company's fresh water consumption while meeting stringent refinery water treatment standards.
The integrated zero liquid discharge and resource recovery technology for high-salinity coal chemical wastewater represents the advanced stage of current industrial wastewater treatment. Its objective is to recover all water and salts from the wastewater, achieving near-zero liquid discharge. The challenge lies in the fact that coal chemical wastewater not only has high salt content but also contains scaling ions like calcium, magnesium, silicon, and fluoride, along with difficult-to-degrade organic matter. Therefore, a successful industrial wastewater treatment approach must integrate highly efficient pretreatment units. First, synergistic removal technology is required to simultaneously eliminate these scaling ions and low-concentration organic matter, which is essential for ensuring the safe and stable operation of subsequent core membrane components. The pretreated wastewater then enters a salt separation and concentration system composed of membrane processes such as nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and electrodialysis. The objective is to separate and concentrate different salts like sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. Finally, the concentrated brine enters an evaporation crystallization unit to produce industrial-grade crystalline salt. Practical experience demonstrates that industrial wastewater treatment plants employing such integrated processes can achieve overall wastewater recovery rates exceeding 97%, while simultaneously recovering salt by-products of varying qualities. This fully demonstrates that modern industrial wastewater treatment technology has shifted from simple purification to resource recovery.
Catalytic microelectrolysis is a pretreatment technology primarily used for high-concentration, refractory organic wastewater. Its principle involves utilizing specific fillers to form countless micro-galvanic cells within the wastewater. Through electrochemical action, these cells break down the molecular structures of complex organic compounds, enhancing their biodegradability while simultaneously removing portions of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and color. In industrial wastewater treatment plants across petrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors, this technology is often positioned before biological treatment units to create favorable conditions for subsequent microbial processing. Its advantages include relatively mild reaction conditions, high equipment modularity, and effective adaptation to water quality fluctuations. Operational experience indicates that the efficacy of catalytic micro-electrolysis is closely related to wastewater pH, retention time, and media activity, requiring precise parameter adjustment based on influent quality. When coupled with subsequent biochemical or advanced oxidation processes, it enables the construction of highly efficient deep purification systems with relatively controllable costs. Thus, as a critical component of combined treatment processes, this industrial wastewater treatment technology offers a practical and effective solution for tackling the persistent challenge of treating refractory wastewater, making it a preferred choice for the pretreatment stage in many industrial wastewater treatment plants.