TY - BOOK AU - Aidan, Ghazi TI - Research on ways of improving design and reducing operational expenses of refinery wastewater treatment systems. En : Proceedings of the symposium on the outlook for energy in the third world U1 - 333.79 PY - 1983/// CY - Tehran PB - Ministry of Energy KW - REFINERIAS DE PETROLEO KW - AGUAS RESIDUALES KW - AGUAS DE ALBAÑAL KW - IRAN KW - CONGRESOS Y CONFERENCIAS KW - IR N1 - 05713 N2 - In power plants and petroleum refineries, water is of exceptional importance, only second to fuel. In most refineries, for instance, the rate of water consumtion equals the rate of refinery feed. Approximately, 70 percent of this water will turn into wastewater, containing oily, soluble inorganic, organic, and suspended matter. In order to alleviate water shortage, and prevent environmental pollution, wastewater treatment units have been, or are being installed on the iranian refineries. These units will make possible the re - use of refineries wastewater either in cooling towers, or as irrigation water ER -