The Statistical Representation of Refinery Effluent Quality Data: A Case Example

摘要

The purpose of this report is to describe, in a simple case example, how daily oil-in-water data taken from an actual refinery may be examined statistically to provide a more meaningful appreciation of the data. It is hoped that the report will be of use when discussions on effluent quality take place between groups involved in making decisions on effluent quality. The data represent a single refinery, using only simple gravity separation to treat effluent, and should, of course, not be taken to represent oil-in-water quality for refineries in general.