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Advanced oxidations of chloroacetic acids present in drinking water

  • D. Sun*
  • , W. Cai
  • , C. Shi
  • , X. Mu
  • , Y. Song
  • , H. Qi
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Four oxidation processes involved ozonation (O3), ultraviolet irradiation (UV), O3/UV and TiO2/UV to degrade mono- and tri-chloroacetic acids present in drinking water were compared. The results showed that ozonation was relatively inefficient for the destruction of the chloroacetic acids tested. UV irradiation was much more efficient than ozonation. But the combination of UV with either O3 or TiO2 powder did not make much difference. It was found that fiber-TiO2/UV was the best combination of the four oxidation processes tested, especially in regards to the refractory tri-chloroacetic acids. The TiO2 fiber was highly practical because it is easily separated and recovered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1811-1816
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume35
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Event1st National Conference on environmental Simulation and Pollution Control - Beijing, China
Duration: 4 Nov 19995 Nov 1999

Keywords

  • Chloroacetic acids
  • Drinking water
  • Ozonation
  • TiO
  • UV irradiation

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