Research progress of novel adsorption processes in water purification： A review

As an effective, efficient, and economic approach for water purification, adsorbents and adsorption processes have been widely studied and applied in different aspects for a long time. In the recent years, a lot of novel adsorption processes have been developed for enhancing the efficiency of removing the organic and inorganic contaminants from water. This article reviews some new adsorbents and advanced adsorption methods that specialize in their compositions, structures, functions, and characteristics used in water treatment. The review emphasizes adsorption/catalytic oxidation process, adsorption/catalytic reduction process, adsorption coupled with redox process, biomimetic sorbent and its sorption behaviors of POPs, and modified adsorbents and their water purification efficiency.     

Treatment of taste and odor causing compounds 2-methyl isoborneol and geosmin in drinking water: A critical review

Problems due to the taste and odor in drinking water are common in treatment facilities around the world. Taste and odor are perceived by the public as the primary indicators of the safely and acceptability of drinking water and are mainly caused by the presence of two semi-volatile compounds – 2-methyl isoborneol (MIB) and geosmin. A review of these two taste and odor causing compounds in drinking water is presented. The sources for the formation of these compounds in water are discussed alongwith the health and regulatory implications. The recent developments in the analysis of MIB/geosmin in water which have allowed for rapid measurements in the nanogram per liter concentrations are also discussed. This review focuses on the relevant treatment alternatives, that are described in detail with emphasis on their respective advantages and problems associated with their implementation in a fullscale facility. Conventional treatment processes in water treatment plants, such as coagulation, sedimentation and chlorination have been found to be ine ective for removal of MIB/geosmin. Studies have shown powdered activated carbon, ozonation and biofiltration to be e ective in treatment of these two compounds. Although some of these technologies are more e ective and show more promise than the others, much work remains to be done to optimize these technologies so that they can be retrofitted or installed with minimal impact on the overall operation and e ectiveness of the treatment system.     

Changes in different organic matter fractions during conventional treatment and advanced treatment

XAD-8 resin isolation of organic matter in water was used to divide organic matter into the hydrophobic and hydrophilic fractions. A pilot plant was used to investigate the change in both fractions during conventional and advanced treatment processes. The treatment of hydrophobic organics (HPO), rather than hydrophilic organicas (HPI), should carry greater emphasis due to HPO’s higher trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) and haloacetic acid formation potential (HAAFP). The removal of hydrophobic matter and its transmission into hydrophilic matter reduced ultimate DBP yield during the disinfection process. The results showed that sand filtration, ozonation, and biological activated carbon (BAC) filtration had distinct influences on the removal of both organic fractions. Additionally, the combination of processes changed the organic fraction proportions present during treatment. The use of ozonation and BAC maximized organic matter removal e ciency, especially for the hydrophobic fraction. In sum, the combination of pre-ozonation, conventional treatment, and O3-BAC removed 48% of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), 60% of HPO, 30% of HPI, 63% of THMFP, and 85% of HAAFP. The use of conventional treatment and O3-BAC without pre-ozonation had a comparable performance, removing 51% of DOC, 56% of HPO, 45% of HPI, 61% of THMFP, and 72% of HAAFP. The e ectiveness of this analysis method indicated that resin isolation and fractionation should be standardized as an applicable test to help assess water treatment process e ciency.     

Low-temperature conversion of ammonia to nitrogen in water with ozone over composite metal oxide catalyst

As one of the most important water pollutants, ammonia nitrogen emissions have increased year by year, which has attracted people's attention. Catalytic ozonation technology, which involves production of ·OH radical with strong oxidation ability, is widely used in the treatment of organic-containing wastewater. In this work, MgO-Co_3O_4 composite metal oxide catalysts prepared with different fabrication conditions have been systematically evaluated and compared in the catalytic ozonation of ammonia(50 mg/L) in water. In terms of high catalytic activity in ammonia decomposition and high selectivity for gaseous nitrogen, the catalyst with MgO-Co_3O_4 molar ratio 8:2, calcined at 500°C for 3 hr, was the best one among the catalysts we tested, with an ammonia nitrogen removal rate of 85.2% and gaseous nitrogen selectivity of44.8%. In addition, the reaction mechanism of ozonation oxidative decomposition of ammonia nitrogen in water with the metal oxide catalysts was discussed. Moreover, the effect of coexisting anions on the degradation of ammonia was studied, finding that SO_2-4 and HCO-3 could inhibit the catalytic activity while CO_2-3 and Br-could promote it. The presence of coexisting cations had very little effect on the catalytic ozonation of ammonia nitrogen. After five successive reuses, the catalyst remained stable in the catalytic ozonation of ammonia.     

Toxicity-based assessment of the treatment performance of wastewater treatment and reclamation processes

The reclamation and reuse of wastewater is one of the possible ways to relieve the serious fresh water resource crisis in China. Efficient reclamation treatment technologies ensure the safe reuse of reclaimed water. In order to screen out and evaluate technologies appropriate for reclamation treatment, a great deal of efforts have been brought to bear. In the present study, a toxicity-based method including a Photobacterium phosphoreum test for acute toxicity and SOS/umu test for genotoxicity, accompanied by the traditional physicochemical parameters DOC (dissolved organic carbon) and UV₂₅₄ (absorbance at 254 nm), was used to measure the treatment performance of different reclamation processes, including the anaerobic-anoxic-oxic biological process (A²O) and subsequent physical/chemical reclamation processes (ultrafiltration, ozonation, chlorination). It was found that for the secondary effluent after the A²O process, both the toxicity and physicochemical indices had greatly decreased compared with those of the influent. However, chemical reclamation processes such as ozonation and chlorination could possibly raise toxicity levels again. Fortunately, the toxicity elevation could be avoided by optimizing the ozone dosage and using activated carbon after ozonation. It was noted that by increasing the ozone dosage to 10 mg/L and employing activated carbon with more than 10 min hydraulic retention time, toxicity elevation was controlled. Furthermore, it was shown that pre-ozonation before activated carbon and chlorination played an important role in removing organic compounds and reducing the toxicity formation potential. The toxicity test could serve as a valuable tool to evaluate the performance of reclamation processes.     

Reaction mechanism and metal ion transformation in photocatalytic ozonation of phenol and oxalic acid with Ag+/TiO2

Photocatalytic ozonation of phenol and oxalic acid （OA） was conducted with a Ag^＋/TiO2 catalyst and different pathways were found for the degradation of different compounds. Ag^＋ greatly promoted the photocatalytic degradation of contaminants due to its role as an electron scavenger. It also accelerated the removal rate of OA in ozonation and the simultaneous process for its complex reaction with oxalate. Phenol could be degraded both in direct ozonation and photolysis, but the TOC removal rates were much higher in the simultaneous processes due to the oxidation of hydroxyl radicals resulting from synergetic effects. The sequence of photo-illumination and ozone exposure in the combined process showed quite different effects in phenol degradation and TOC removal. The synergetic effects in different combined processes were found to be highly related to the properties of the target pollutants. The color change of the solution and TEM result confirmed that Ag＋ was easily reduced and deposited on the surface of Tit2 under photo-illumination, and dissolved again into solution in the presence of ozone. This simple cycle of enrichment and distribution of Ag^＋ can greatly benefit the design of advanced oxidation processes, in which the sequences of ozone and photo-illumination can be varied according to the needs for catalyst recycling and the different properties of pollutants.     

Recent advances based on the synergetic effect of adsorption for removal of dyes from waste water using photocatalytic process

The problem of textile dye pollution has been addressed by various methods,mainly physical,chemical,biological,and acoustical.These methods mainly separate and/or remove the dye present in water.Recently,advanced oxidation processes(AOP)have been focused for removal of dye from waste water due to their advantages such as ecofriendly,economic and capable to degrade many dyes or organic pollutant present in water.Photocatalysis is one of the advance oxidation processes,mainly carried out under irradiation of light and suitable photocatalytic materials.The photocatalytic activity of the photocatalytic materials mainly depends on the band gap,surface area,and generation of electron–hole pair for degradation dyes present in water.It has been observed that the surface area plays a major role in photocatalytic degradation of dyes,by providing higher surface area,which leads to the higher adsorption of dye molecule on the surface of photocatalyst and enhances the photocatalytic activity.This present review discusses the synergic effect of adsorption of dyes on the photocatalytic efficiency of various nanostructured high surface area photocatalysts.In addition,it also provides the properties of the water polluting dyes,their mechanism and various photocatalytic materials;and their morphology used for the dye degradation under irradiation of light along with the future prospects of highly adsorptive photocatalytic material and their application in photocatalytic removal of dye from waste water.     

Evaluation of mercury speciation and removal through air pollution control devices of a 190 MW boiler

Air pollution control devices (APCDs) are installed at coal-fired power plants for air pollutant regulation. Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems have the co-benefits of air pollutant and mercury removal. Configuration and operational conditions of APCDs and mercury speciation a ect mercury removal e ciently at coal-fired utilities. The Ontario Hydro Method (OHM) recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was used to determine mercury speciation simultaneously at five sampling locations through SCR-ESP-FGD at a 190 MW unit. Chlorine in coal had been suggested as a factor a ecting the mercury speciation in flue gas; and low-chlorine coal was purported to produce less oxidized mercury (Hg2+) and more elemental mercury (Hg0) at the SCR inlet compared to higher chlorine coal. SCR could oxidize elemental mercury into oxidized mercury when SCR was in service, and oxidation e ciency reached 71.0%. Therefore, oxidized mercury removal e ciency was enhanced through a wet FGD system. In the non-ozone season, about 89.5%–96.8% of oxidized mercury was controlled, but only 54.9%–68.8% of the total mercury was captured through wet FGD. Oxidized mercury removal e ciency was 95.9%–98.0%, and there was a big di erence in the total mercury removal e ciencies from 78.0% to 90.2% in the ozone season. Mercury mass balance was evaluated to validate reliability of OHM testing data, and the ratio of mercury input in the coal to mercury output at the stack was from 0.84 to 1.08.     

Degradation of benzophenone in aqueous solution by Mn-Fe-K modified ceramic honeycomb-catalyzed ozonation

Comparative studies of ozonation alone, ceramic honeycomb-catalyzed and Mn-Fe-K modified ceramic honeycomb catalyzed ozonation processes have been undertaken with benzophenone as the model organic pollutant. The experimental results showed that the presence of Mn-Fe-K modified ceramic honeycombs significantly increased the removal rate of benzophenone and TOC compared with that achieved by ozonation alone or ceramic honeycomb-catalyzed ozonation. The electron paramagnetic resonance （EPR） experiments verified that higher benzophenone removal rate was attribute to more hydroxyl radicals generated in the Mn-Fe-K modified ceramic honeycomb-catalyzed ozonation. Under the conditions of this experiment, the degradation rate of all the three ozonation processes are increasing with the amount of catalyst, temperature and value of pH increased in the solution. We also investigated the effects of different process of ozone addition, the optimum conditions for preparing catalyst and influence of the Mn-Fe-K modified ceramic honeycomb after multiple-repeated use.     

Al(III) speciation distribution and transformation in high concentration PACl solutions

Introduction Since water pollution has become a worldwide problem, many countries suffered from lack of quantity of source water to high quality and safe water or both. Increased attention has been paid to the purification of water in recent years. The ef…     

O3/TiO2催化氧化工艺对饮用水中AOC的影响

以陶粒、硅胶和沸石为载体,分别负载二氧化钛（TiO₂）进行臭氧催化氧化去除硝基苯的实验,并对饮用水中生物可同化有机碳（AOC）所代表的小分子有机物(酮、醛、醇和羧酸类物质)的生成情况进行了研究.发现臭氧催化氧化比单纯的臭氧氧化能更彻底地将部分大分子有机物氧化成小分子中间产物,陶粒、硅胶和沸石负载TiO₂ 3种催化剂分别将AOC从大约300　μg·L^-1增加到 674.1　μg·L^-1、847.2　μg·L^-1和882.1　μg·L^-1,并且分别使AOC/TOC从原水的4.68%升高到30.5%、33.21%和46.04%,大大地提高了水中有机物的可生物降解性.如果增加臭氧投量,催化氧化可使小分子有机物部分被氧化,致使水样AOC又略有回降.在这一过程中,AOC-NOX所代表的羧酸类物质急剧增加,达到总AOC的90％以上,取代AOC-P17成为了AOC的主体组成部分.     

臭氧多相催化氧化处理微污染水中试研究

通过中试系统初步比较了非均相催化剂催化臭氧化与传统中间臭氧化在饮用水深度处理中的净化效能.结果表明,对有机物污染宏观指标CODMn、TOC的控制,催化臭氧化具有明显优势,降低了后续处理工艺的有机物负荷;催化臭氧化与中间臭氧化对UV254的去除率相当;催化剂能够强化臭氧氧化,使其进一步去除水中持久性有毒有害有机物,并且显著地提高了臭氧氧化氨氮生成硝酸盐氮的能力,催化剂也强化了臭氧的传质与利用.     

羟基氧化铁催化臭氧氧化对滤后水卤乙酸生成势的影响

考察了滤后水经过单独臭氧氧化和羟基氧化铁(FeOOH)催化臭氧氧化后5种卤乙酸生成势(HAA5FP)的生成情况.研究了氧化时间、溴离子浓度、滤后水pH值、碱度和O3投量对2种氧化方式下HAA5FP的影响规律.发现该滤后水氯化后的HAA种类为二氯乙酸(DCAA)、三氯乙酸(TCAA)及溴离子存在时有二溴乙酸(DBAA).无溴离子存在时,催化臭氧氧化在5～20min内使得HAA5FP比臭氧氧化后的降低9.5%～18.3%.溴离子浓度增加使HAA5FP减少,催化臭氧氧化后HAA5FP也比臭氧氧化后低更多.中性pH时,催化臭氧氧化比臭氧氧化有更明显的控制HAA5FP的优势.重碳酸盐碱度升高使HAA5FP降低,且2种氧化后HAA5FP的差别减小.O₃/TOC比值为0.45～1.43的臭氧投量范围内,催化臭氧氧化后HAA5FP比臭氧氧化后减少11.2%～28.0%.催化臭氧氧化对滤后水HAA5FP的影响与FeOOH催化臭氧生成羟基自由基的特点密切相关.     

羟基氧化铁催化臭氧氧化对滤后水THMs生成势的控制作用

实验比较了滤后水经过单独臭氧氧化和羟基氧化铁催化臭氧氧化后的三卤甲烷生成势(THMFP).考察了不同的溴离子含量、pH值、碱度、O₃/TOC比例、氧化反应时间、催化剂投量时,2种氧化条件下滤后水THMFP的变化规律.发现羟基氧化铁催化氧化后,滤后水的THMFP比单独臭氧氧化后的降低了30.5%.溴离子浓度较高时THMs以溴代产物为主,羟基氧化铁催化氧化后溴代的THMFP是单独臭氧氧化后的45%～65.5%.在滤后水pH值为6.33～9.43、O3/TOC比值为0.65～2.05、氧化时间为2～20min的条件下,羟基氧化铁催化氧化都表现出明显降低THMFP的优势.碱度升高使2种氧化后的THMFP都降低,且使其差值减小.催化剂存在降低THMFP的最佳投量.催化氧化降低滤后水THMFP的原因是比单独臭氧氧化提高了对TOC的去除率,催化产生的羟基自由基进一步氧化降低了水中有机物卤代活性位的数量.     

活性炭催化臭氧氧化扑热息痛的机制研究

采用活性炭催化臭氧处理典型解热镇痛药扑热息痛,研究了活性炭/臭氧体系的协同效应,优化了工艺参数,分析了降解产物并探讨了降解机制.结果表明:在臭氧活性炭体系下,反应60 min后,TOC的去除率为55.11%,效果明显优于臭氧体系的20.22%和活性炭体系的27.39%之和,具有明显的协同作用,并且BOD5/COD比值从反应前的0.086提高到反应后的0.543,可生化性显著提高.研究了pH、臭氧投加量、污染物初始浓度和活性炭投加量等操作参数的作用规律.在此基础上,探讨了臭氧活性炭体系在不同pH下的催化反应机制,发现在酸性条件下是吸附和臭氧直接氧化共同作用,在碱性条件下以活性炭催化臭氧氧化为主.     

超声强化下多相催化臭氧体系处理印染尾水

随着我国对水环境质量要求逐步提高,对于纺织印染废水处理提出了更为严格的排放要求.臭氧(O₃)工艺已常用于纺织印染废水深度处理,但存在臭氧利用率低、氧化不彻底等问题.该研究通过自制陶粒催化剂,构建多相催化臭氧氧化体系,以期改善接触条件,提高处理效率,同时在此基础上引入超声波进一步强化体系处理效率.采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)表征了陶粒催化剂,考察了催化剂投加量、超声波频率对印染尾水的COD_Cr去除率,并通过三维荧光光谱、GC/MS等分析了反应前后尾水中有机物的变化特征.结果表明:①自制陶粒催化剂表面较为粗糙,晶面尺寸在36~50 nm之间,投入后可提高臭氧(O₃)体系对印染尾水的COD_Cr去除率(提高了10%~15%),具有较好的催化效率.②引入超声波可进一步提升体系的氧化效率,当超声频率为200 kHz时,出水ρ(COD_Cr)可达到GB 3838—2002《地表水环境质量标准》Ⅴ类要求.③自制陶粒催化剂与超声波的引入主要促进了芳香性蛋白和溶解性微生物代谢产物的氧化分解,且有效地破坏了长链烷烃、环状烷烃、复杂苯系物等有机物,从而实现印染尾水中ρ(COD_Cr)的进一步降解.研究显示,自制陶粒催化剂协同超声波可提高O₃体系对印染尾水的矿化效率且绿色环保,可为我国水环境敏感区域内纺织印染企业或园区废水深度处理工艺的选择提供参考依据.      

酸活化赤泥催化臭氧氧化降解水中硝基苯的效能研究

以铝工业废物赤泥为原料,采用酸化的方法活化赤泥,提高其在多相催化臭氧氧化除污染体系中的催化活性,并对其催化臭氧除污染效能及机制进行探讨.研究发现,和赤泥原矿相比,酸化赤泥表现出十分显著的催化能力;酸化赤泥(RM6.0)催化臭氧氧化硝基苯的去除率随臭氧浓度的增加而增加;当臭氧浓度由0.4 mg.L-1增加至1.7 mg.L-1时,硝基苯的去除率由45%提高到92%.溶液pH对RM6.0催化体系利用臭氧能力的影响与其催化臭氧氧化降解NB的影响表现出一致的结果.初始pH变化所带来的RM6.0催化活性的变化,主要是由于体系中氢氧根浓度的变化,导致臭氧分解形成羟基自由基所致;过高pH值导致的羟基自由基的猝灭显促使RM6.0催化臭氧氧化NB活性的降低.通过RM6.0对臭氧的利用能力及羟基自由基抑制实验结果发现,RM6.0催化臭氧降解NB的主要作用机制是催化剂表面吸附臭氧,实现臭氧在催化剂表面的富集,进而实现对NB有机污染物的氧化降解.在这个过程中羟基自由基是存在的,主要是在臭氧与硝基苯在界面氧化过程中分解而成,并进一步氧化NB.     

催化臭氧化在水处理中的应用

催化臭氧化是高级氧化技术的一种,本文从均相和非均相催化两方面对催化臭氧化进行了综述,阐述了催化臭氧化的反应机理及影响因素,介绍了近年来催化臭氧化在水处理中的应用,并对今后深入研究的方向进行了展望。     

羟基化锌催化臭氧氧化去除水中痕量磺胺嘧啶

以实验室制备的羟基化锌(ZnOOH)为催化剂,研究了其催化臭氧化去除水中痕量磺胺嘧啶(SD)的效能,通过研究叔丁醇对催化效果的影响,推断了催化反应机理,探讨了臭氧投加量、水质因素、催化剂投加量和使用次数对催化性能的影响因素.结果表明,ZnOOH对臭氧氧化水中的SD有较强的催化活性.催化剂表面结合的羟基基团有利于催化反应.在优化的实验条件下,蒸馏水中反应30min时,催化臭氧化比单独臭氧化对SD的去除率提高了47.7%.催化过程遵循自由基反应机理,SD的去除效果随催化剂投加量的增加而提高,催化剂在重复使用后催化效果基本不变,水中的氯离子可以明显降低催化剂的活性,偏碱性条件下,催化效果更佳.