Identification of Oxidation Intermediates in Humic Acid Oxidation

Zhong, Xin; Cui, C; Yu, S

HERO ID

4253326

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2018

Language

English

HERO ID 4253326
In Press No
Year 2018
Title Identification of Oxidation Intermediates in Humic Acid Oxidation
Authors Zhong, Xin; Cui, C; Yu, S
Journal Ozone: Science and Engineering
Volume 40
Issue 2
Page Numbers 93-104
Abstract The effects of using ultraviolet irradiation (UV), ozone (O-3) and the combined O-3-UV advanced oxidation process (AOP) on humic acid (HA), which is regarded as the main disinfection by-products (DBPs) precursor, have been evaluated and compared. In particular, aromatic acids, short-chain aldehydes and carboxylic acids were measured. The purpose of this study was to determine the different classes and yields of oxidation intermediates, compare O-3, UV and O-3-UV for HA removal, as well as investigate the effects of O-3, irradiation time, UV intensity on the mineralization of HA. Based on that, the knowledge gap of DBPs generation was made up. The results showed that by UV irradiation and O-3 oxidation, HA broke down into smaller molecules that were more hydrophilic, namely formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propaldehyde, butyraldehyde, glyoxal, methyl-glyoxal, formic, acetic, fumaric, benzoic, phthalic, protocatechuic and 3-hydroxybenzoic acids. Meanwhile, unsaturated conjugated double bonds in the structure of HA were destroyed, which lead to UV254 a slight decrease. Due to the synergistic effect of O-3-UV, DOC and UV254 significantly decreased and remained stable after the reaction of 10min, indicating that O-3-UV system had stronger potential of mineralization and lower nonselectivity. Besides, the kinds and concentration levels of the intermediates were obviously reduced with light intensity increasing. Hydroxyl radical ((OH)-O-.) could mineralize some organics that could not be mineralized by O-3.
Doi 10.1080/01919512.2017.1392845
Wosid WOS:000424950600003
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Keyword Ozone; DBPs; Humic Acid; Intermediates; Ozone-UV; UV