Integrated Pulsed Ultraviolet Systems for water treatment and desinfection
Abstract
In anthropogenically influenced waters, there is the problem of pollution by persistent organic matter. Most of these are present only in low concentration, which is why they are called trace substances or micropollutants. These are u.a. medicines, hormones, pesticides, fluorinated hydrocarbons, anticorrosives or plasticizers. Some of these substances could be detected in effluents from municipal waste water treatment plants, in surface waters and in drinking water as well. Within the scope of this project, a combination of ultrafiltration, AOP and activated carbon filters for the removal of selected drugs from wastewater is being investigated and optimized. Ultrafiltration is intended to improve the effective performance of the downstream AOP by removing specific solutes or particles. The oxidation of the organic trace substances takes place by means of Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) by formation of OH radicals by means of UV and H2O2. A downstream adsorption unit (GAC) is intended to remove the unoxidized substances or their resulting transformation products. The aim of the project is to verify the abovementioned plant combination or the individual plant components with regard to their ability to remove or transform environmentally relevant pollutants in water - represented by diclofenac, carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole.
keywords micropollutants waste water AOP
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Project staff
Roza Allabashi
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Roza Allabashi
roza.allabashi@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81140
Project Leader
01.04.2018 - 31.03.2019