Pollution characteristic analysis during the recycling process of waste methanol

According to the directory of hazardous waste, Waste methanol belongs to the hazardous waste. Production of methanol will produce ethers, ketones and other impurities. During the distillation for waste methanol, high concentrations of distillation waste will be produced. In this paper, waste methanol recovery process in a southern chemical plant was adopted as the research object. Methanol and distillation waste were sampled and analyzed, combined with domestic research findings about waste methanol and other organic pollutants, the emission and pollution characteristics of waste methanol were discussed. The results show that Ethers and ketones are the main contaminants of methanol; it has potential hazards for products with such methanol as raw materials. The distillation waste has high COD concentration, containes methanol, mixed alcohol and other toxic substances, which has the risks for environmental pollution and human health.