Enhanced vacuum UV-based process (VUV/H2O2/PMS) for the effective removal of ammonia from water : Engineering configuration and mechanistic considerations

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In this work, the VUV, VUV/H2O2, VUV/PMS, and VUV/H2O2/PMS processes were compared with the corresponding UVC-based AOPs under identical experimental conditions for the ammonia removal. Among the examined AOPs, the VUV/H2O2/PMS demonstrated the highest performance in converting NH4+ to N2. A 82.7 % removal of 100 mg/L NH4+, with N2 selectivity over 99 % was obtained in the VUV/H2O2/PMS process within 60 min, operated under near neutral pH. Under these operation conditions, [NO3-] was around 0.5 mg-N/L with [NO2-] remaining below detection. The VUV-mediated generation of SO4•-and HO• with NH4+ had a relative contribution of 37.9 and 62.1 %, respectively. The VUV/H2O2/PMS process operated under a flow-through mode achieved efficient removal of 100 mg/L NH4+ (80.5 %) in a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 40 min. The continuous-flow VUV/H2O2/PMS process efficiently treated a real ammonia-laden groundwater and the concentration of NH4+ decreased from 30 mg/L to around 1 mg/L within 60 min HRT. In summary, the VUV/H2O2/PMS process was effective from the technical and energetical point of view, hence is a viable and promising technique for treating effluent containing high concentrations of ammonia.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:402

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Journal of hazardous materials - 402(2021) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 123789

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Amanollahi, Hawzhin [VerfasserIn]
Moussavi, Gholamreza [VerfasserIn]
Giannakis, Stefanos [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs)
Ammonia nitrogen
Hydroxyl radical
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sulfate radical
VUV

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Date Completed 19.02.2021

Date Revised 19.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123789

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NLM318211629