Hydrocarbon sewage treatment and recovery of water and hydrocarbon materials

Title : Hydrocarbon sewage treatment and recovery of water and hydrocarbon materials

Abstract:

Hydrocarbon-contaminated sewage presents both an environmental risk and a resource recovery opportunity. This study examines the treatment of hydrocarbon sewage through distillation, emphasizing the dual benefits of pollution control and material recovery. Distillation enables efficient separation of water and hydrocarbon fractions, with the hydrocarbons phase recovered for reuse as raw material and the water phase purified for recycling or safe discharge. Operating under controlled conditions, the process provides reliable separation efficiency, reduces environmental hazards, and minimizes waste generation. By integrating wastewater treatment with resource recovery, vacuum distillation offers a sustainable and technically robust solution for managing hydrocarbon-laden effuents across oil, gas, petrochemical, marine, and industrial sectors. In this method, based on the experiments conducted, complete separation of water and hydrocarbon materials was achieved, resulting in 62% water and 38% hydrocarbon materials, with the solid mineral content of the hydrocarbons measured at 13%

Biography:

Reza Zahedi is 52 years old, and earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Pollution from the Faculty of Environment, Damavand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran, on November 1, 2020. His doctoral research, titled “Preparation of Modified Carbon Molecular Sieve with Burnt Oil for Carbon Dioxide and Methane Separation,” resulted in several related publications. For nearly 15 years, he has served as the CEO of Pavan Mohit Pak Company, which operates in the fields of environmental pollution management, waste treatment, and related standards. His research interests primarily focus on the removal and adsorption of pollutants from water, soil, and air. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the Persian-language Environment and Tourism Journal.