A method for treating polluted material by wet oxidation

摘要

A method for treating polluted material such as industrial waste water or polluted water from other sources, sewage or sewage sludge or other forms of sludge, or polluted soil, to degrade oxidizable substances therein, comprising subjecting the polluted material to a wet oxidation process in a reactor so as to decompose and / or modify oxidizable substances therein and optionally improve the filterability of solids when present in the material, the material optionally being pretreated so as to facilitate the wet oxidation process, the wet oxidation process being performed to such an extent, optionally with subsequent substantial removal of heavy metals, that the decomposed and / or modified substances remaining after the wet oxidation and the optional removal of heavy metals are substantially biodegradable, if necessary separating the material into a solid and a liquid phase, and optionally subjecting the material or the liquid phase to a biodegradation process.