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Ozone and ozone/hydrogen peroxide treatment to remove gemfibrozil and ibuprofen from treated sewage effluent: Factors influencing bromate formation

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submitted on 2024-09-15, 05:20 and posted on 2024-09-15, 05:22 authored by Hajar Farzaneh, Kavithaa Loganathan, Jayaprakash Saththasivam, Gordon McKay

Reuse of treated sewage effluent is an important option to overcome water scarcity. Conventional wastewater treatment methods are inadequate for the removal of several persistent contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs). In this study the removal of ibuprofen and gemfibrozil by ozonation and ozone/hydrogen peroxide (O3/H2O2) advanced oxidation process (AOP), as well as the formation of bromate were investigated at different temperatures and pH values. Complete removal of gemfibrozil and a maximum of 80% ibuprofen removal were achieved using ozone dosage of 1.5 mg/L with O3:H2O2 ratio of 1:0.25 in the O3/H2O2 process. The effect of temperature on the removal efficiency of these two compounds was found to be negligible from 25 to 40 ᵒC for both processes. pH effect from 6 to 9 was also found to be negligible for gemfibrozil removal, while ibuprofen had relatively lower removal by ozonation at pH 6 compared to higher pH values. Bromate formation was decreased to 0.012 mg/L when the pH was increased to 9. Increasing the temperature to 40 ᵒC also resulted in less bromate formation which was the lowest value obtained in this study at 0.0102 mg/L. Addition of H2O2 did not affect the formation of bromate and in some cases it was found to be slightly higher compared with ozonation treatment.

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Published in: Emerging Contaminants
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2020.06.002

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  • English

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Elsevier

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  • 2020

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  • Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute - HBKU

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