TY - JOUR
T1 - Disinfection byproduct formation resulting from settled, filtered, and finished water treated by titanium dioxide photocatalysis
AU - Mayer, Brooke K.
AU - Daugherty, Erin
AU - Abbaszadegan, Morteza
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Water & Environmental Technology Center at Arizona State University and the Arizona Water Institute. All opinions expressed in this paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the policies and views of NSF or Purifics. The authors would like to acknowledge the laboratory assistance and insight provided by Kiril Hristovski, Paul Westerhoff, Chao-An Chin, David Ladner, and Aaron Dotson at Arizona State University. Special thanks are also extended to City of Scottsdale personnel including Susan Butler, Laura McCasland, Kathy Gettens, Carie Wilson, Binga Talabi, and Don Henderson. Finally, we would like to thank Tony Powell of Purifics for his support of the project and use of the Photo-CAT.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study evaluated strategies targeting disinfection byproduct (DBP) mitigation using TiO2 photocatalysis with varying influent water quality. A Purifics Photo-CAT Lab reactor was used to assess total trihalomethane (TTHM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) formation as a function of photocatalytic treatment using water from a conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation process, granular activated carbon filtration, and a DBP hot spot in the water distribution system. Regardless of influent water quality, photocatalysis reduced DBP precursors; however, low-energy limited photocatalysis (<5kWhm-3), exacerbated the production of TTHMs and HAA5s beyond initial levels. Accordingly, limited photocatalysis is not a suitable option when TTHMs and HAA5s are a concern, regardless of the level of pretreatment. Limited photocatalysis yields incomplete oxidation, wherein larger, more aromatic, humic organic compounds are broken into smaller molecular weight, less aromatic, and less humic moieties, which have considerable potential to produce DBPs. More complete mineralization of DBP precursors is obtained using extended photocatalysis (80-160kWhm-3), which substantially decreases DBP precursors as well as TTHM and HAA5 concentrations. In order to balance DBP mitigation, energy, and chemical usage, targeted use of TiO2 photocatalysis is necessary in a water treatment train (e.g., extended photocatalysis at a distribution system hot spot, where the volumetrically high energy requirements may be justifiable).
AB - This study evaluated strategies targeting disinfection byproduct (DBP) mitigation using TiO2 photocatalysis with varying influent water quality. A Purifics Photo-CAT Lab reactor was used to assess total trihalomethane (TTHM) and haloacetic acid (HAA) formation as a function of photocatalytic treatment using water from a conventional coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation process, granular activated carbon filtration, and a DBP hot spot in the water distribution system. Regardless of influent water quality, photocatalysis reduced DBP precursors; however, low-energy limited photocatalysis (<5kWhm-3), exacerbated the production of TTHMs and HAA5s beyond initial levels. Accordingly, limited photocatalysis is not a suitable option when TTHMs and HAA5s are a concern, regardless of the level of pretreatment. Limited photocatalysis yields incomplete oxidation, wherein larger, more aromatic, humic organic compounds are broken into smaller molecular weight, less aromatic, and less humic moieties, which have considerable potential to produce DBPs. More complete mineralization of DBP precursors is obtained using extended photocatalysis (80-160kWhm-3), which substantially decreases DBP precursors as well as TTHM and HAA5 concentrations. In order to balance DBP mitigation, energy, and chemical usage, targeted use of TiO2 photocatalysis is necessary in a water treatment train (e.g., extended photocatalysis at a distribution system hot spot, where the volumetrically high energy requirements may be justifiable).
KW - Advanced oxidation
KW - Disinfection byproduct
KW - Haloacetic acid
KW - Organic matter characterization
KW - Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
KW - Trihalomethane
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.05.073
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.05.073
M3 - Article
C2 - 24972073
AN - SCOPUS:84921969157
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 117
SP - 72
EP - 78
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 1
ER -