treatment of wastewater containing polyacrylamide using in saudi arabia

treatment of wastewater containing polyacrylamide using in saudi arabia
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  • What is water soluble polyacrylamide (PAM)?
  • 1. Introduction Water-soluble polyacrylamide (PAM) is used in various industries as a displacement agent, drilling mud additive, and sewage treatment agent (Bao et al., 2010, Sojka et al., 2007). It is also widely used in the oil recovery industry in China, resulting in large amounts of PAM-polluted wastewater.
  • How is partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide wastewater treated?
  • Yongrui, P., et al. Treatment of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide wastewater by combined Fenton oxidation and anaerobic biological processes. Chem. Eng. J. 273, 1–6 (2015).
  • What is polyacrylamide (PAM) used for?
  • npj Clean Water 1, Article number: 17 ( 2018 ) Cite this article High molecular weight (10 6 –3 × 10 7 Da) polyacrylamide (PAM) is commonly used as a flocculant in water and wastewater treatment, as a soil conditioner, and as a viscosity modifier and friction reducer in both enhanced oil recovery and high volume hydraulic fracturing.
  • Why is sewage treatment a problem in Saudi Arabia?
  • In Saudi Arabia, the major problem in treating the sewage is the scanty supply of modern wastewater treatment plants and the lack of proper connectivity in the existing sewage system. Wastewater treatment in Saudi Arabia is substandard when compared with other surrounding Gulf countries ( Rabah and Darwish, 2012 ).