In the current decades, water shortage is well understood as one
of the main limiting factors for oil industry development all over
the world. One of the available and reasonable solutions is reusing
wastewater. The oily wastewater treatment unit of the IKORC oil refinery
provides a portion of the makeup water for cooling towers, applying
physical, biological, and chemical treatments. Ammonia shocks are
the only crisis that disrupts the nitrification process. This condition
eventuates in destroying the microorganisms of aeration basins and
leads to a high ammonia containing effluent. In order to protect the
aeration process, it is mandatory to apply a suitable system for removing
excess ammonia. In this study, at first, ammonia removal history is
reviewed. Then quantity and quality of the oily sewer are investigated.
Because of high volatility of ammonia contamination and high TDS,
a stripping tower with air is selected among diverse solutions. Taking
into account the principles of project econometrics, operating parameters
such as stripping factor, pressure drop, tower volumetric flow rate,
and number of towers are determined. Then, the process is designed
and its environmental survey is conducted. Finally, calculating indices
proved that this project is economically profitable in addition to
its environmental benefits.