Removal of pharmaceuticals and kinetics of mineralization by O3/H2O2 in a biotreated municipal wastewater

Rosal, R. and Rodríguez, A. and Perdigón-Melón, J.A. and Mezcua, M. and Hernando, M.D. and Letón, P. and García-Calvo, E. and Agüera, A. and Fernández-Alba, A.R. (2008) Removal of pharmaceuticals and kinetics of mineralization by O3/H2O2 in a biotreated municipal wastewater. Water Research, 42 (14). pp. 3719-3728. ISSN 00431354

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2008.06.008

Abstract

The ozonation of an effluent from the secondary clarifier of two Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants was performed by using alkaline ozone and a combination of ozone and hydrogen peroxide. Alkaline ozonation achieved only a moderate degree of mineralization, essentially concentrated during the first few minutes; but the addition of hydrogen peroxide eventually led to a complete mineralization. The evolution of total organic carbon (TOC) as a measure of the extent of mineralization and the concentration of dissolved ozone were analyzed and linked in a kinetic model whose parameter represented the product of the exposure to hydroxyl radicals and the kinetic constant of indirect ozonation. This rate parameter yielded the highest values during the first part of O(3)/H(2)O(2) runs. The kinetic constant for the decomposition of ozone at the end of the run was also measured and computed for the non-oxidizable water matrix and yielded essentially the same values regardless of whether or not hydrogen peroxide was used. A group of 33 organic compounds, mainly pharmaceuticals and some relevant metabolites present in the wastewater effluents, were evaluated before and after the ozonation process using a liquid chromatography-hybrid triple-quadrupole linear ion trap system (LC-QqLIT-MS). The results demonstrate that the ozonation degrades these compounds with efficiencies of over 99% in most cases, even under low mineralization conditions in alkaline ozonation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ozonation; Advanced Oxidation Processes; Wastewater; Pharmaceuticals; Water reuse
Subjects: T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Depositing User: José Ángel Gómez Martín
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2013 14:14
Last Modified: 05 Jun 2013 14:14
URI: http://eprints.imdea-agua.org:13000/id/eprint/258

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