Effects of Ozonation and Catalytic Ozonation on the Removal of Natural Organic Matter from Groundwater
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 7
Abstract
This paper presents a comparison of the effects of ozonation [0.4–3.0 mg ozone (DOC)] and titanium dioxide–catalyzed ozonation () (0.4–3.0 mg DOC; 1.0 mg ) at pH 7.46 on the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) from groundwater from the central Banat region (northern Serbia). This groundwater is rich in NOM ( DOC), which is mostly of hydrophobic character (65% fulvic acid, 14% humic acid fraction). Ozonation and resulted in almost identical degrees of DOC content reduction (up to 30%), with the maximum efficacy of both processes achieved with 3.0 mg DOC. The application of oxidation treatments resulted in complete humic acid oxidation, and increased the content of the hydrophilic fraction (up to 72%). The use of did not result in an improvement in the removal of trihalomethane precursors in comparison with ozonation (up to 48%) but produced less brominated species, whereas use of the process resulted in better removal of haloacetonitrile precursors (up to 44% removal) than did ozonation, which had less effect.
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Acknowledgments
This research was financed by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Grants No. III43005 and TR37004).
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 7 • July 2012
Pages: 804 - 808
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: May 18, 2011
Accepted: Dec 18, 2011
Published online: Dec 21, 2011
Published in print: Jul 1, 2012
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