A large amount of effluent is generated in textile industries. Dyes used in the dyeing stage of a textile industry is a constant, ardent and keen source of concern to the environmental scientist. This dye effluent cannot be degraded through primary and secondary treatments. Primary treatment involves coagulation and flocculation while secondary treatment encompasses activated sludge process. So...

Nearly 97% of organic chemicals in Hong Kong leachate could be effectively removed by the UASB(upflow anaerobic sludge blanket) process followed by the fenton coagulation. The COD of leachate was lowered from an average of 12,900 mg/L to 1440 mg/L after the USAB treatment, and was further lowered to 394 mg/L after the fenton coagulation. The remaining refractory residues could be further remove...

Seven volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) on the EPA Contaminant Candidate List together with 1,1-dichloropropane were studied for their reaction kinetics and mechanisms with ozone and OH radicals during ozonation and the ozone/ hydrogen peroxide advanced oxidation process (O3/H2O2 AOP) using batch reactors. The three aromatic VOCs demonstrated high reactivity during ozonation and were eliminated...

A novel in-package ozonation device was evaluated for its efficacy in inactivating three microorganisms (viz., Listeria innocua, attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7) on tomatoes and for its effect on fruit quality. The device produced ozone inside sealed film bags, reaching a concentration of 1,000 ppm within 1 min of activation. The three bacterial cultures were in...

The kinetics and mechanism for degradation of omethoate (OMT) by catalytic ozonation with Fe(III)-loaded activated carbon (Fe@AC) were investigated in this study with focus on identification of degradation byproducts. The rate constants of OMT reacting with ozone and hydroxyl radical ((·)OH) were determined to be 0.04 and 5.3×10(8) M(-1) s(-1) at pH 7.5 and 20 °C, respectively. OMT was predomin...

An incipient advanced oxidation process, solar photocatalytic ozonation (SPO), is reviewed in this paper with the aim of clarifying the importance of this process as a more sustainable water technology to remove priority or emerging contaminants from water. The synergism between ozonation and photocatalytic oxidation is well known to increase the oxidation rate of water contaminants, but this h...

This paper provides new insights on the application of the ozonation process for the reduction of the activated sludge production in a sequencing batch reactor (SBR). The study was performed in two identical lab-scale SBRs plant, one for experimental activities (Exp SBR) and one used as control (Control SBR), both fed with domestic sewage. A fraction of the activated sludge collected from the E...

BACKGROUND The herbicide alachlor (2-chloro-2'6'-diethyl-N-methoxymethylacetanilide) has been known as a probable human carcinogen, and the MCL (minimum contamination level) for drinking water has been set at 2 μg L-1. Therefore, the advanced methods for effectively removing it from water are a matter of interest. Catalyzed ozonation is a promising method for refractory organics degradation. Cu...