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ArticleBioresources and bioprocessing2024

Produced water treatment by semi-continuous sequential bioreactor and microalgae photobioreactor.

Nur Farahah Mohd Khairuddin, Nadeem Khan, Saravanan Sankaran, Wasif Farooq, Irshad Ahmad, Isam H Aljundi

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Article in Bioresources and bioprocessing, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nur Farahah Mohd KhairuddinMembranes and Water Security IRC, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. n.khairuddin@kfupm.edu.sa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-7453
Nadeem KhanMembranes and Water Security IRC, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Saravanan SankaranBioengineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Wasif FarooqMembranes and Water Security IRC, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Irshad AhmadBioengineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Isam H AljundiMembranes and Water Security IRC, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals INMW2304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Produced water (PW) from oil and gas exploration adversely affects aquatic life and living organisms, necessitating treatment before discharge to meet effluent permissible limits. This study first used activated sludge to pretreat PW in a sequential batch reactor (SBR). The pretreated PW then entered a 13 L photobioreactor (PBR) containing Scenedesmus obliquus microalgae culture. Initially, 10% of the PW mixed with 90% microalgae culture in the PBR. After the exponential growth of the microalgae, an additional 25% of PW was added to the PBR without extra nutrients. This study reported the growth performance of microalgae in the PBR as well as the reduction in effluent's total organic carbon (TOC), total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity (EC), and heavy metals content. The results demonstrated removal efficiencies of 64% for TOC, 49.8% for TDS, and 49.1% for EC. The results also showed reductions in barium, iron, and manganese in the effluent by 95, 76, and 52%, respectively.

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Activated sludgePhotobioreactorProduced waterScenedesmus obliquusSequential batch reactorWastewater treatment

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PMID38825667
PMCPMC11144686

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