Wongcharee, Surachai and Aravinthan, Vasantha and Erdei, Laszlo (2020) Removal of natural organic matter and ammonia from dam water by enhanced coagulation combined with adsorption on powdered composite nano-adsorbent. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 17:100557. pp. 1-14.
Abstract
Enhanced coagulation and adsorption were investigated in separate and combined processes to alleviate problems created by high levels of NOM (15 mg L-1) and ammonia (2.5 mg L-1 NH4-N) in dam water. Raw water acidification to pH 6.2 with optimised enhanced coagulation in jar tests achieved effective (68%) DOC reduction and satisfactory residual turbidity, aluminium, and colour, however removed only 5% ammonia. Adsorption on the nano-adsorbent (termed ACZ) led to 45% DOC reduction and excellent 58% ammonia removal in 30 minutes. Concurrent enhanced coagulation and complementary adsorption using only 80 mg L-1 alum and 150 mg L-1 ACZ doses showed high performance with 76% ammonia, 90% DOC, and 95% trihalomethanes formation potential (THMFP) reduction in 20 minutes time. Concurrent treatment can be simply implemented utilising readily available rapid mixers and flocculators, and operated on demand. Pre-adsorption and consecutive enhanced coagulation using the same alum and ACZ doses resulted in slightly better DOC but reduced (61%) ammonia removal. The results showed that concurrent treatment could safely resolve a challenging operational problem. ACZ combines the distinct advantages of zeolite and activated carbon in a single product, and may find additional uses in removing taste and odour, heavy metals, and synthetic organic matter from ground and surface waters.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2020 23:41 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2021 23:22 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Drinking water treatment; Disinfection by-products; Breakpoint chlorination; Nano-adsorbent |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 05 Environmental Sciences > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050205 Environmental Management 09 Engineering > 0907 Environmental Engineering > 090703 Environmental Technologies |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2019.100557 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/37459 |
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