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Characteristics of Wastewater from the Pulp.Paper Industry and its Biological Treatment Technologies  

Abn, Ji-Whan (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Lim, Mi-Hee (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Resources Recycling / v.18, no.2, 2009 , pp. 16-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes characteristics of pollutants in wastewater from the pulp and paper industry and biological technologies for the wastewater treatment. The wastewater from the pulp and paper industry contains high concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) and shows high toxicity and strong black-brown color. In particular, organic chlorinated compounds such as dioxins and furans may be formed by the chlorination of lignin in wood chips. Thus the pulp and paper industry is recently trending toward total chlorine-free (TCF) bleaching processes. All biological technologies for pulp and paper wastewater treatment are based on the contact between wastewater and bacteria, which feed on organic materials in the wastewater, thus they reduce BOD concentration in it. Both aerobic and anaerobic treatments were found to be effective for the wastewater treatment. Furthermore, advanced technologies such as fungal application and combined biological-filtration process have been also introduced to the wastewater treatment field. These technologies would be useful for water recycling to reduce water consumption throughout pulp and paper making process.
Keywords
Pulp and Paper; Wastewater; Biological Treatment; Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD); Chlorine Bleaching;
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