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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1990
Riccardo Rausa, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Vincenzo Calemma, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Roberto Menicagli, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Eniricerche S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method for reducing industrial or urban effluent COD is described, comprising treating said effluents with an aqueous solution of alkaline and/or ammonium salts or humic acids perpared by the dry oxidation of coal with oxygen or oxygen/nitrogen mixtures at a temperture of between 120 and 350.degree. C. at an oxygen partial pressure of between 0.1 and 10 ata for a contact time of between 15 and 600 minutes, followed by extraction of the crude oxidation product with an alkaline and/or ammoniacal solution, characterised in that said aqueous solution is fed into effluent, the pH of which has been previously adjusted to between 1 and 3.5, to the extent that the humic acid salts which exhibit flocculating action are in a concentration of less than or equal to 2000 mg/1 of effluent.