Data are reported on the results of tests to determine the range of acceptable construction materials for all unit operations of a chemical plant waste disposal facility. The investigation presented illustrates the corrosion problems encountered in the biological treatment of chemical wastes, stream pollution abatement. The tests were conducted in a pilot plant installed to study the manner in which wastes could be treated on a continuous basis. This activated sludge plant and oxidation pond handled the liquid wastes from a major chemical plant along with those from an oil refinery, zinc plant, casting plant metals reclaiming operation, rubber reclaiming plant, fertilizer plant and domestic sewage. The corrosion study, directed toward criterion requirements for the design and economical maintenance of a full scale, operational secondary waste treatment plant, concludes with recommendations for construction materials. 2.3.8
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November 1961
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November 01 1961
Materials of Construction Tested For Chemical Plant Waste Disposal Facilities⋆
Oliver W. Siebert
Oliver W. Siebert
O. W. SIEBERT is Materials Engineering Specialist, Monsanto Chemical Company, Monsanto, Illinois. He has a BS in mechanical engineering from Washington University and did his graduate work in metallurgy at Sever Institute of Technology. On the staff at Washington University he has classes in Engineering Materials and Metallurgy of Iron and Steel. Mr. Siebert is a member of several NACE Technical Committees, Vice Chairman of T-5A, a past chairman of the St. Louis Section and current section Trustee to the North Central Region. He is a member of ASM, ASME, the Research Society of America, and is a registered professional engineer (Missouri).
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CORROSION (1961) 17 (11): 91–97.
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March 14 1961
