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Emerging investigators series: prediction of trace organic contaminant abatement with UV/H2O2: development and validation of semi-empirical models for municipal wastewater effluents

Gerrity, Daniel
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Lee, Yunho
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Gamage, Sujanie
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2016
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology

Recent evaluations of potable reuse treatment trains suggest that the use of UV and UV/H2O2 may become increasingly common, particularly in systems employing ozone and/or biofiltration. This study provides a summary of photolysis rate constants and (OH)-O-center dot rate constants and demonstrates the applicability of semi-empirical relationships predicting (OH)-O-center dot exposure and trace organic contaminant (TOrC) abatement with UV/H2O2 in matrices with low UV transmittance (e.g., <80%). The data are based on bench-scale experiments with 17 target compounds in 10 laboratory-filtered secondary wastewater effluents. As an alternative to (OH)-O-center dot exposure measurements with probe compounds, three different approaches for considering the impacts of matrix-specific (OH)-O-center dot scavenging on TOrC abatement are proposed: (1) estimation of R-center dot OH,(UV) (i.e., (OH)-O-center dot exposure per UV dose); (2) estimation of k(UV/DOC), the pseudo first order rate constant based on the UV/DOC (dissolved organic carbon) ratio; and (3) assessment of TOrC abatement based on differential UV254 absorbance or fluorescence. The level of laboratory investment varies with each approach, but there is a tradeoff in the accuracy of the predictions and whether they typically overestimate or underestimate actual TOrC abatement.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/c6ew00051g
Web of Science ID

WOS:000376360300004

Author(s)
Gerrity, Daniel
Lee, Yunho
Gamage, Sujanie
Lee, Minju  
Pisarenko, Aleksey N.
Trenholm, Rebecca A.
Von Gunten, Urs  
Snyder, Shane A.
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Royal Soc Chemistry

Published in
Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology
Volume

2

Issue

3

Start page

460

End page

473

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

EPFL units
LTQE  
Available on Infoscience
July 19, 2016
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/127961
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