LAPSE:2020.0642
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LAPSE:2020.0642
Investigations on Ozone-Based and UV/US-Assisted Synergistic Digestion Methods for the Determination of Total Dissolved Nitrogen in Waters
Xiaofang Sun, Huixuan Chen, Zhengyu Liu, Mengfei Zhou, Yijun Cai, Haitian Pan, Luyue Xia
June 23, 2020
Over the past two decades, the alkaline persulfate oxidation (PO) with thermal and/or ultraviolet (UV) assisted digestion method has been widely used for digestion of nitrogen containing compounds (N-compounds) in water quality routine analysis in laboratory or on-line analysis, due to its simple principle, high conversion rate, high percent recovery, low-cost. However, this digestion method still has some inevitable problems such as complex operations, high contamination potential, batch N blanks, higher reaction temperature (120−124 °C) and time-consuming (30−60 min). In this study, ozone (O3) was selected as the oxidant for digestion of N-compounds through analysis and comparison firstly. Secondly, we proposed and compared the UV and/or ultrasound (US) combined with ozone (UV/O3, US/O3 and UV/US/O3) synergistic digestion methods based on O3 with sole O3 oxidation method on digestion efficiency (digestion time and conversion rate) of standard N-compounds. Simultaneously, the influence of reaction temperature, pH of water sample, concentration of O3 and mass flow rate, UV intensity, US frequency and power on digestion efficiency were investigated, and then the optimum parameters for digestion system were obtained. Experimental results indicated that UV radiation can effectively induce and promote the decomposition and photolysis of O3 in water to generate hydroxyl radicals (•OH), while US can promote the diffusion and dissolution of O3 in water and intensify the gas-liquid mass transfer process for the reaction system. Meanwhile, results showed that the UV/US/O3 synergistic digestion method had the best digestion efficiency under the optimum conditions: water sample volume, 10 mL; pH of water sample, 11; O3 mass flow rate, 3200 mg/h; reaction temperature, 30 °C; digestion time, 25 min; UV lamp power, 18 W; distance between UV lamp and reactor, 2 cm; US frequency, 20 kHz; US power, 75 W. The conversion rate (CR) of synthetic wastewater samples varied from 99.6% to 101.4% for total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) in the range of 1.0~4.0 mg/L. The UV/US/O3 synergistic digestion method would be an effective and potential alternative for digestion of N-compounds in water quality routine analysis in laboratory or on-line analysis.
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digestion efficiency, digestion method, intensification, ozone, total dissolved nitrogen
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Sun X, Chen H, Liu Z, Zhou M, Cai Y, Pan H, Xia L. Investigations on Ozone-Based and UV/US-Assisted Synergistic Digestion Methods for the Determination of Total Dissolved Nitrogen in Waters. (2020). LAPSE:2020.0642
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Sun X: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Chen H: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Liu Z: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Zhou M: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China [ORCID]
Cai Y: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Pan H: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
Xia L: College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
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4
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E490
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2020
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2020-04-23
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2227-9717
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