Use of ozone and hydrogen peroxide in the post-treatment of UASB treated alkaline fruit cannery effluent

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.O. Sigge ◽  
T.J. Britz ◽  
P.C. Fourie ◽  
C.A. Barnardt ◽  
R. Strydom
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Water System ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Legal Limit ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Direct Discharge

UASB treatment of cannery effluents was shown to be feasible. However, the treated effluent still does not allow direct discharge to a water system and a further form of post-treatment is necessary to reduce the COD to lower than the legal limit of 75 mg/l. The use of ozone, hydrogen peroxide and granular activated carbon were used singly or in combination to assess the effectiveness as post-treatment options for the UASB treated alkaline fruit cannery effluent. Colour reduction in the effluent ranged from 15% to 92% and COD reductions of 26-91% were achieved. Combinations of ozone and hydrogen peroxide gave better results than either oxidant singly. The best results were achieved by combining ozone, hydrogen peroxide and granular activated carbon, and COD levels were reduced to levels sufficiently below the 75 mg/l limit.

Combining UASB technology and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to treat food processing wastewaters

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.O. Sigge ◽  
T.J. Britz ◽  
P.C. Fourie ◽  
C.A. Barnardt ◽  
R. Strydom
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Advanced Oxidation Processes ◽  
Water System ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Oxidation Processes ◽  
Legal Limit ◽  
Direct Discharge ◽  
Made In

UASB treatment of fruit cannery and winery effluents was shown to be feasible. However, the treated effluents still have residual COD levels well above the legal limit of 75 mg.L−1 for direct discharge to a water system and a form of post-treatment is necessary to reduce the COD further. Ozone and ozone/hydrogen peroxide were used in combination with a granular activated carbon contacting column to assess the effectiveness as a post-treatment option for the UASB treated fruit cannery and winery effluent. Colour reduction in the effluents ranged from 66 to 90% and COD reductions of 27–55% were achieved. The combination of ozone and hydrogen peroxide gave better results than ozonation alone. Significant progress was thus made in achieving the legal limit of 75 mg.L−1.

scholarly journals Degradation of Metaldehyde in Aqueous Solution by Nano-Sized Photocatalysts and Granular Activated Carbon

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 4505-4508
Author(s):  
Jong Kyu Kim ◽  
Tingting Jiang ◽  
Zhoujun Li ◽  
Suseeladevi Mayadevi ◽  
Kale Bharat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Water System ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Drinking Water System ◽  
Ultraviolet Light Irradiation ◽  
Nitrogen Doped Titanium Dioxide

Metaldehyde has been detected in drinking water system in relatively high concentration exceeding European water quality standard. In order to address this problem, the aim of this project was to treat metaldehyde aqueous solution by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and granular activated carbon (GAC) column. Ten novel materials were tested for degradation rates of metaldehyde under ultraviolet light irradiation (UVC). For treatment of 1 mg/L metaldehyde solution by AOPs, the highest degradation rate is 16.59% under UVC light with the aid of nitrogen doped titanium dioxide coated graphene (NTiO2/Gr). Furthermore, 0.5 mg/L is the optimal concentration for degradation of metaldehyde with N–TiO2/Gr under UVC light. Apart from that, the lifetime of GAC column could be elongated on condition that metaldehyde has been treated by AOPs previously. Hence, combination of AOPs and GAC column is promising in treating water containing metaldehyde.

Quenching H2O2 residuals after UV/H2O2 oxidation using GAC in drinking water treatment

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 1662-1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifeng Huang ◽  
Zhijie Nie ◽  
Chengjin Wang ◽  
Yi Li ◽  
Mindy Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
H2o2 Oxidation

Pilot-scale and lab-scale experiments were performed to evaluate the ability of granular activated carbon (GAC) to quench hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).

scholarly journals Eliminace mikropolutantů z vod kombinací oxidačních a sorpčních procesů v laboratorním měřítku

Entecho ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20
Author(s):  
Tamara Pacholská ◽  
Ivan Karpíšek ◽  
Jana Zuzáková ◽  
Vojtěch Kužel ◽  
Stanislav Gajdoš ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Activated Carbon Adsorption ◽  
Boron Doped Diamond ◽  
Carbon Adsorption ◽  
Wwtp Effluent

Mikropolutanty v životním prostředí působí negativně na vodní ekosystémy a též představují potenciální riziko pro lidské zdraví. Zásadním zdrojem vnosu mikropolutantů do životního prostředí jsou městské ČOV, jejichž konvenční mechanicko-biologická technologie není na odstraňování mikropolutantů navržena. V této práci jsme testovali účinnost odstranění mikropolutantů řadou oxidačních (např. ozonizace, UV/H2O2, Fentonova reakce, borem dopovaná diamantová elektroda) a sorpčních (např. granulované aktivní uhlí GAU, zeolity) procesů. Účinnost odstranění vybraných léčiv (např. erythromycin, sulfamethoxazol, ibuprofen atd.) a metabolitů pesticidů (např. acetochlor ESA, metazachlor ESA) jsme testovali v jednorázových vsádkových testech. S přihlédnutím k ekonomickým i provozním parametrům byla pro následné testování v reálných podmínkách (poloprovozní měřítko) zvolena kombinace oxidace UV/H2O2 a sorpce na GAU. Mikropolutanty v modelové vodě byly úspěšně odstraněny z 91% (suma léčiv) a cca 100% (suma metabolitů pesticidů) při použití optimální dávky H2O2 5 mg/l a intenzity UV záření 4 kJ/m2 s následnou sorpcí na GAU. Tyto velmi slibné výsledky v současné době ověřujeme v pilotní jednotce pro dočištění reálného odtoku z městské ČOV. Abstract (EN) Micropollutants cause harm to aquatic ecosystems and can also negatively affect human health. Major sources of micropollutants input to aquatic environments are wastewater treatment plants due to their insufficient removal during the conventional mechanical-biological process. This study aimed to evaluate potential WWTP effluent post-treatment processes for the removal of selected pharmaceuticals and pesticides using oxidation (e.g., ozonization, UV/H2O2, Fenton, boron-doped diamond electrode) and sorption (e.g. granular activated carbon, zeolite) processes and their combinations. The removal of selected pharmaceuticals (e.g. erythromycin, sulphamethoxazole, ibuprofen) and pesticides (e.g. acetochlor ESA, metazachlor ESA) was tested in batch assays. The combination of UV/H2O2 and activated carbon adsorption was the most favorable in terms of removal efficiency and economic and operational parameters. This combination achieved the removal efficiencies of pharmaceuticals and pesticides of 91 and 100%, respectively, using an optimum H2O2 dose of 5 mg/L and UV intensity of 4 kJ/m2 followed by granular activated carbon adsorption. These promising results are currently adopted in a pilot-scale study for the post-treatment of a real WWTP effluent.

scholarly journals Integrating granular activated carbon in the post-treatment of membrane and settler effluents to improve organic micropollutants removal

2018 ◽  
Vol 345 ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Paredes ◽  
Carolina Alfonsin ◽  
Tomás Allegue ◽  
Francisco Omil ◽  
Marta Carballa
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Organic Micropollutants

Dye removal using low cost adsorbents

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 189-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konduru R. Ramakrishna ◽  
T. Viraraghavan
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Fly Ash ◽  
Dye Removal ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Granular Activated Carbon ◽  
Isotherm Models ◽  
Disperse Dyes ◽  
Acid Dyes ◽  
Column Studies

Dyestuff production units and dyeing units have always had a pressing need for techniques that allow economical pretreatment for color in the effluent. The effectiveness of adsorption for dye removal from wastewaters has made it an ideal alternative to other expensive treatment options. The current paper deals with an investigation on four low-cost adsorbents locally available in Saskatchewan, Canada for dye removal. Peat, steel plant slag, bentonite clay and fly ash were utilized for this study and their performance evaluated against that of granular activated carbon. Batch kinetic and isotherm studies, and column studies were undertaken, and the data evaluated for compliance with the Langmuir, Freundlich and BET isotherm models. Synthetic dye wastewaters prepared from commercial grade acid, basic and disperse dyes were used in this study and the results showed high removals of acid dyes by fly ash and slag while peat and bentonite exhibited high basic dye removals. For the acid and basic dyes, the removals were comparable with that of granular activated carbon, while for the disperse dyes, the performance was much better than that of granular activated carbon. The results obtained point towards viable adsorbents which are both effective as well as economically attractive for color removal from wastewaters.

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