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  • Master Thesis
    The Use of Vetiveria Zizanioides (l) Nash and Cyperus Alternifolius L. by Floating Wetland Treatment To Improve Water Quality
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018) Yücel, Arzu; Sofuoğlu, Aysun; Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil
    The olive mill wastewater (OMW), arises during the production process of olive oil, is an important problem in all Mediterranean countries. OMW shows seasonality, and contain high organic pollutant. Eventhough various methods have been studied for the treatment, olive oil producers neither can afford the cost of these methods, nor it can provide the discharge standards. The capacity of phytoremediation of Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash (vetiver) and Cyperus alternifolius L. (umbrella palm) species was evaulated in the treatment of OMW by floating treatment wetland (FTW) method. The 5 and 15% concentrations of OMW (OMW-5 and OMW-15) were remediated by these plants, and unplanted sets as triplicates for 67 days to determine their organic and nitrogen reduction. Therefore, total organic carbon (TOC), total phenol and total nitrogen (TN) in the OMW were measured. The amount of biomass at the beginning of the experiment were 2.5 and 4.0 kg OMW-5 and OMW-15 respectively. The highest biomass growth rate (149%) and total phenol accumulation in plant (439%) were observed in umbrella palm. The results showed that umbrella palm achieved 95%, 99%, 82% removal in TOC, total phenol, TN while these removals were 85%, 93%, 40% in vetiver planted OMW-5 tanks. Similarly, the removal in OMW-15 were comparable with 90, 97, 41 percentages with umbrella palm and 79, 92, and 21 percentages for vetiver respectively. As a result, it seems that umbrella palm and vetiver have potential in diluted OMW treatment by FTW for future.
  • Master Thesis
    Mineralization of Olive Mill Wastewater Under Hydrothermal Conditions
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Ersanlı, Çağlar; Yüksel Özşen, Aslı
    The purpose of this study is to reduce the total organic carbon (TOC) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentrations, color, the concentration of total phenolic compounds of olive mill wastewater (OMW) by hydrothermal degradation in subcritical water medium with and without using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). In addition to this, investigation of effect of reaction temperature, reaction time and H2O2 concentration on the reduction of TOC, COD, color and total phenolic content; and controlling the generation of secondary pollutants during the reactions are other objectives of this study. Hydrothermal degradation reactions were performed at 150-250 ºC of reaction temperature, 30-120 minutes of reaction duration with 0-100 mM H2O2. Experimental design and statistical analysis (ANOVA) were carried out by Minitab. The main product of partial mineralization of OMW was acetic acid. Increase in the reaction temperature and time resulted in increasing TOC reduction rates significantly. On the other hand, presence of H2O2 did not affect the removal efficiency of TOC concentration significantly because of competition of hydroxyl free radicals by H2O2 and target molecule (OMW). The best yield (31.65%) of TOC reduction was achieved with a reaction at 250 ºC, 120 min and without using H2O2.