Photographic Processing Interpretation Facility Wastewater Conceptual Treatment Design.
Abstract
The Air Force maintains and operates self-contained, mobile photographic processing and interpretation units in support of air reconnaissance. Should the need arise, these units could be deployed to forward operating areas where there may be no waste treatment facilities available. Hence, an equally deployable treatment system would have to be coupled to the processing unit. To fulfill this need for mobile treatment, a study was undertaken to characterize the wastewater from the Air Force's photographic processing unit (WS430B), investigate treatment alternatives, and develop pilot plant design criteria. A literature search revealed that of the 11,000 photo processing installations in the U.S., only 20 are direct dischargers of treated waste effluent. Their treatment methods were evaluated and the following were chosen for bench scale testing: chemical precipitation and settling, chemical oxidation, air stripping, carbon adsorption, biological oxidations, and reverse osmosis. The effluent parameters of primary concern for the study were chemical oxygen demand (COD), total dissolved solids (TDS), heavy metals, and ammonia.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA128231
Entities
People
- Eugene J. Donovan Jr.
- Gary R. Gray
- O. Karl Scheible