The new wastewater treatment pilot plants will boost environment protection efforts, Fajr Petrochemical R&D center director Azim Mojarrad said.
FARS News Agency cited Mojarrad as saying in the oil ministry’s website that: "In this pilot plant, all industrial as well as health wastewaters could be analyzed. Moreover, all petrochemical plants producing industrial wastewater can utilize this pilot plant for assessing and analyzing the wastewater.
The pilot plant, which has a capacity of cubic meter per hour, will treat wastewater from the Fajr Petrochemical Company in five biological processes integrated for that purpose.
"It means that all processes which should normally be assessed in separate pilot plants have been integrated in this pilot plan with considering all technical and theoretical aspects. This project significantly reduces construction costs.
Being constructed on 224 square meters of land, the project will increase the capacity of wastewater treatment units while providing better conditions for the treatment of wastewater.
"The technical knowledge for integrating five biological wastewater treatment units in a single pilot plant is the main innovate aspect of this project," Mojarrad said.
"Furthermore, testing and optimization of domestically produced chemicals, reduction of pilot construction costs for access to technology and optimization of process are other innovative aspects of this pilot."
