Olive mill wastewater integrated purification through pre-treatments using coagulants and biological methods: experimental, modelling and scale-up
In the Mediterranean countries, olive oil production is considered as an important economic activity among agro-industrial production, at the same time, discharge of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMWW) is also a severe problem in these regions. In any industry involving water and wastewater treatment processes, optimization is important for the development of new or enhancement of existing ones regarding economical and efficiency attributes and the like. In this work, the optimization of coagulation and flocculation was performed focusing on the effect of different pH and coagulant dosage values.