Effect of on UV Photo-Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Wastewater
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 11
Abstract
This study investigates the effect of low levels of hydrogen peroxide () on photo-oxidation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) present in secondary effluent of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Experiments were conducted using two types of flow-through reactor systems: (1) three ultraviolet light (UV) reactors connected in series without a addition, and (2) a UV reactor with a addition. In the first part of this study, 38 PPCPs detected in secondary effluent were examined based on their degradability by UV in the presence and absence of . For the PPCPs that were not degraded to or below their detection level, the pseudo first-order photo-oxidation rate constants, k (), were determined using a mathematical model developed for three continuously stirred tank reactors in series. The second part of the study investigated the kinetics of the selected PPCPs in the reactor. The effect of low concentrations of on the photo-oxidation rate of PPCPs was quantified by the power function expression.
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Acknowledgments
The draft version of the manuscript was prepared during the visiting scholar program under the auspices of Kyoto University.
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Volume 142 • Issue 11 • November 2016
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Received: Oct 27, 2015
Accepted: Feb 23, 2016
Published online: May 27, 2016
Discussion open until: Oct 27, 2016
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