System for treatment and disinfection of industrial effluents

A system for treatment and disinfection of at least organic pollutants in water effluent comprising:

• an aqueous suspension by mixing the effluent with a hydrophobic carbon-based sorbent in powder form capable of absorbing the organic pollutants;
• a carbon-based sorbent that absorbs at least some of the organic pollutants to form a pollutant-laden carbon-based sorbent;
• a filter that separates solid particles, including the pollutant-laden carbon-based sorbent, from water in the effluent by filtering the aqueous suspension through a volume of rubber-based hydrophobic sorbent to, thereby, produce treated water that is substantially free of organic pollutants,
• wherein the filter is arranged to absorb at least some of the organic pollutants on the rubber-based sorbent to form pollutant-laden rubber-based sorbent;
• means for pyrolytically decomposing, free of oxygen, the pollutant-laden carbon-based sorbent and the pollutant-laden rubber based sorbent to synthesis gas comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen;
• means for performing froth flotation to generate a foam, including adding hydrogen peroxide to the treated water in presence of a metal catalyst so as to allow absorbing of organic pollutants;
• non-sacrificial carbon or metal electrodes, and sacrificial metal electrodes that perform electrocoagulation on the treated water;
• means for performing water disinfection by electrocavitation, which is formed by high-voltage discharges in a medium of iron and copper particles, or alloys based upon iron and copper particles, with disintegrating titanium electrodes;
• means for performing further oxidation of organic matter in the treated water based on organic matter oxidation, decomposition of the organic matter being performed thereby in a continuous manner in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and iron, titanium, copper, sodium, or other metal atoms with calcium oxide (CaO) and activated carbon in a high pressure reactor;
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• means for filtering water on a precoat filter under pressure to remove solid and colloidal particles of more than 5 microns from water, wherein a substrate of the filter comprises kieselguhr and the filter includes a precoat membrane having at least one of aluminum, titanium, copper, and sodium,
• wherein ions are removed from the treated water by an electrodialysis step, and
• wherein the treated water is filtered through an activated carbon filter.