Organic Contaminant Abatement in Reclaimed Water by UV/H2O2 and a Combined Process Consisting of O3/H2O2 Followed by UV/H2O2: Prediction of Abatement Efficiency, Energy Consumption, and Byproduct Formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3809-3819

  Lee, Yunho ^a,b   Gerrity, Daniel ^c,d,e   Lee, Minju ^b,f   Gamage, Sujanie ^e   Pisarenko, Aleksey ^d,e   Trenholm, Rebecca A ^e   Canonica, Silvio ^b   Snyder, Shane A ^g   Von Gunten, Urs ^b,f  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^d TRUSSELL TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IMPURITIES; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; OXIDATION; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATE CONSTANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; OXIDATION BY-PRODUCTS; OXIDATION PARAMETERS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; WATER; BROMATE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EFFLUENT; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; KINETICS; OZONATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PREDICTION; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BROMATES; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84964325343     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04904     Document Type: Article

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