ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Biodegradation of Used Metalworking Fluids
in Wastewater Treatment
A. Muszyński*, M. Łebkowska
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Institute of Environmental Engineering Systems, Warsaw University of Technology,
Nowowiejska 20, 00-653 Warsaw, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2005;14(1):73-79
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ABSTRACT
A biotechnological method for metalworking fluids (MWF) wastewater treatment was developed. The
research, conducted in a lab-scale bioreactor, proved that the process of eliminating pollutants from MWF
wastewater proceeds effectively when the following are applied: multiple reinoculating of biomass by adding
active microorganisms into the bioreactor, immobilizing microorganisms on the PVC foam carrier, and carrying
out the process in the anoxic/aerobic conditions at phase durations of 0.5 and 5.5 hours, respectively.
The above parameters allowed us to obtain the following eliminations: 87% of chemical oxygen demand
(COD), 97% of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), 98% of petroleum ether extractable organic
(PEEO) and more than 96% of total content of hydrocarbons determined by infrared (IR) spectrophotometry.
The chromatographic analyses showed almost complete reduction of oily hydrocarbons contained in
the used MWF.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.