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Treatment of blast furnace wastewater

  • US 4,366,064 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1981
  • Issued: 12/28/1982
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method of treating blast furnace and other wastewater containing ammonia, cyanide and phenol by breakpoint chlorination comprising chlorinating said wastewater maintained at a pH of about 8.5 to about 10 in an initial vessel by the addition of a chlorinating compound in response to the redox potential measured in a second vessel, flowing said wastewater from said initial vessel to said second vessel, mixing said wastewater, and maintaining the pH in the second vessel from about 6 to about 8, and the redox potential of the second vessel at a value of from about +625 millivolts to about +750 millivolts.

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