Production Tests of the Don Water Purification and Disinfection Technology

Abstract:

One of the promising ways to reduce the content of organic pollutants in natural waters is the use of biological processes in combination with sorption on powdered activated carbon followed by membrane filtration and, as the final stage, disinfection of the obtained permeate by direct electrolysis. The paper presents the results of the efficiency of purification of the Don water, which underwent physicochemical treatment from halogen-organic contaminants in a biosorption-membrane reactor and the dependencies characterizing the disinfection of water by direct electrolysis in a flow-through membraneless electrolyzer. The studies were carried out using powdered active carbon, hollow fiber, and flat plate membranes. An oxide iridium-ruthenium titanium anode (OIRTA) was used as electrodes in a flow-through electrolyzer. As a result of processing the experimental results, the efficiency of removing not only the turbidity and color of water, but also organic substances, which cause high permanganate oxidizability and COD, has been established. The results of experimental studies have shown a high efficiency of purification and disinfection of natural water to the requirements of SanPiN. The efficiency of COD reduction was on average 41.2%, color - 57.3%, permanganate oxidizability - 33.3%.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1052)
• Pages: 454-461
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-0a724x
• Online since: February 2022
• Authors: Igor V. Pchelnikov*, Alexey I. Vergunov, Arkady Y. Cherkesov
• Keywords: Biosorption Membrane Reactor, Direct Electrolysis, Disinfection, Purification of Natural Water, Sodium Hypochlorite

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