Terminating pre-ozonation prior to biological activated carbon filtration results in increased formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products upon subsequent chlorination

Chemosphere

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-38

  Chu, Wenhai ^a   Li, Changjun ^a   Gao, Naiyun ^a   Templeton, Michael R ^b   Zhang, Yanshen ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological activated carbon (BAC); Carbonaceous disinfection by products (C DBPs); Nitrogenous disinfection by products (N DBPs); Ozonation; Soluble microbial product (SMP)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; FORMATION POTENTIAL; NITROGENOUS DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; OPERATIONAL BENEFITS; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS;

OZONIZATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BROMIDE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; IODIDE; NITROGEN; WATER; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; OZONE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN; OZONE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; FILTER; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OZONATION; SAND; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; FILTRATION; NITROGEN; OZONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921958985     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.10.059     Document Type: Article

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