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    CoastGuard Bilgewater

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    PAPER Davie. Woytowich 48 Envranment Group, the Sanford, Menaota arses art W.Dolymgte Hyotois Englewood, Colac wit omore Geup and Recovery Cor. env, Coteaeo ‘Myron 8. Betton Unversity of Manitoba ‘Winnipeg, Manoa Ganaea Electrocoagulation (CURE) Treatment of Ship Bilgewater for the U.S, Coast Guard in Alaska ABSTRACT A wide variety of mtaminants (ue, heavy ‘metals, suspended solids, colloids, ov!) have been successfully removed from wastewater using various dlectrocoagulation systems. An ‘innovative electrocoagulation system developed by Cleanup and Recovery (CURE) Corporation 48 described. The results ofa field study forthe US. Coast Guard (USCG) 10 treat 176,200 liters of bilgewater from two abandoned ships, La Pocena and Incentive, are presented. The CURE process was effective in removing ol and heavy metals (oduminum, boron, tron, and 2inc) with removal efficiencies ranging between 71 and 69 percent. The mobility ofthe CURE equipment eliminated the need to trans ort the ship bilgewater for treatment aff the ‘sland, when resulted in an estimated 90 per- cent (US. $185,000) cost savings INTRODUCTION ne ofthe most important physiochemical junit operations used in water and waste- ‘water treatment isthe coagulation process Coagulation is a process used to deseribe the destabilization and aggregstion of smaller part- ‘les into larger particles, Wastewater contri rants such as ions (heavy metals) and colloids (organic and organic) are priarly held in solution by the electric charges. Schulze in 1682, showed that colloidal systems could be destabilized by the addition of ions having & ‘charge opposite to that of the colloid (Benefekd ‘etal, 1962), The destabilized coloids can be ‘aggregated and subsequenty removed by sedl- mentation and/or ftration. ‘Coagulation can be achieved by chem ‘ator electrical means. Chemical coagulation is becoming leas acceptable today because of the higher costs associated with chemical teat rents (eg, the large volumes of sludge generat- ted), Electrocoagulation processes use electrical ‘current (ae oF de) to neutralize fon and coloid ‘charges and can replace andr reduce the wse fof chemical agents (metal salts, polyme). ‘New equipment (CURE Electo- ‘coagulation Tubes) used to treat ship bilge- ‘water by the electrocoagulation process is described. A novel feature of the CURE sytem. isthe unique patented geometry (concentric ‘anode and cathode tubes), which allows max ‘mum removal ofthe contaminants by optimizing ‘The results of afield investigation to west 176,200 ters of bilgewater forthe U.S. Coast Guard from two abandoned ships, La Pocena and Incentive, at Kodiak Island (nese Anchorage, Alaska) are presented. The mobile ‘CURE unit was operated for a20 day period (august 10 t0 30, 1902), BACKGROUND Description of CURE Process A wide variety of contaminants (cations, anions, dissolved and suspended solids) have been removed from wastewaters (Table 1) using different electrocoagulation sys- tems (Renk, 1989), These contaminants include heavy metals, such as cadmium, chromium, lead, and zinc; colloids, such as bacteria, ol, lays, carbon black, and silica; and other pollutants, such as phosphates, Various system geometries {or he snode and cathode have been used, Including plates, balls, uldized-bed spheres, wire mesh, and rods (igure 1), Identified dlsad vantages of these systems include higher capital nd operating (power) costs and lower rates of fow. ‘The patented geometry (igure 2) developed by Cleanup and Recovery (CURE) Corporation maxitnizesliqld surface contact between the anode and eathode (concentric) slectrocoagulation tubes and minimizes the power requireinents for efficient operation (Renk, 1989). The CURE system allows the ‘wastewater to flow continuously through the cathode tube (negative voiage) causing direct current flow to pass uniformly through the FIGURE 1. Parova of ttl etroeum hyrocartons NOsnon-detetdie TABLE). Contaminant emoval means ar omereetroonaquaton stars (Re, 1969), Perl comaninent Aferece fw Anarene heat Disohe aos ‘aun es 1975 oot ° Caan F078 wt * Sacmum Fa, 578 no" rom tenors cont ® Mtns tal, s677

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