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Journal of Environmental Sciences
Vol. 26 No. 6 2014
CONTENTS
Special Issue: Sustainable water management for green infrastructure
Preface · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1213
Fractionation of heavy metals in runoff and discharge of a stormwater management system and its implications for treatment
Marla Maniquiz-Redillas, Lee-Hyung Kim · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1214
Potential bioremediation of mercury-contaminated substrate using filamentous fungi isolated from forest soil
Evi Kurniati, Novi Arfarita, Tsuyoshi Imai, Takaya Higuchi, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Masahiko Sekine · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1223
Is urban development an urban river killer? A case study of Yongding Diversion Channel in Beijing, China
Xi Wang, Junqi Li, Yingxia Li, Zhenyao Shen, Xuan Wang, Zhifeng Yang, Inchio Lou · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1232
Comparison of different disinfection processes in the effective removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes
Junsik Oh, Dennis Espineli Salcedo, Carl Angelo Medriano, Sungpyo Kim · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1238
Genotoxicity removal of reclaimed water during ozonation
Xin Tang, Qianyuan Wu, Yang Yang, Hongying Hu · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1243
Quantifying and managing regional greenhouse gas emissions:Waste sector of Daejeon, Korea
Sora Yi, Heewon Yang, Seung Hoon Lee, Kyoung-Jin An· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1249
Nitrogen mass balance in a constructed wetland treating piggery wastewater effluent
Soyoung Lee, Marla C. Maniquiz-Redillas, Jiyeon Choi, Lee-Hyung Kim · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1260
Ultrasound enhanced heterogeneous activation of peroxydisulfate by bimetallic Fe-Co/GAC catalyst for the degradation
of Acid Orange 7 in water
Chun Cai, Liguo Wang, Hong Gao, Liwei Hou, Hui Zhang · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1267
A comparative study on the alternating mesophilic and thermophilic two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste
Jey-R Sabado Ventura, Jehoon Lee, Deokjin Jahng · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1274
Degradation of dibromophenols by UV irradiation
Keiko Katayama-Hirayama, Naoki Toda, Akihiko Tauchi, Atsushi Fujioka, Tetsuya Akitsu, Hidehiro Kaneko, Kimiaki Hirayama · · · · · · · · · · · · 1284
Anoxic gas recirculation system for fouling control in anoxic membrane reactor
Hansaem Lee, Daeju Lee, Seongwan Hong, Geum Hee Yun, Sungpyo Kim, Jung Ki Hwang, Woojae Lee, Zuwhan Yun · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1289
Simultaneous removal of dissolved organic matter and bromide from drinking water source by anion exchange resins
for controlling disinfection by-products
Athit Phetrak, Jenyuk Lohwacharin, Hiroshi Sakai, Michio Murakami, Kumiko Oguma, Satoshi Takizawa · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1294
Inactivation effect of pressurized carbon dioxide on bacteriophage Qβ and ΦX174 as a novel disinfectant for water treatment
Huy Thanh Vo, Tsuyoshi Imai, Truc Thanh Ho, Masahiko Sekine, Ariyo Kanno, Takaya Higuchi,
Koichi Yamamoto, Hidenori Yamamoto · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1301
Photoassisted Fenton degradation of phthalocyanine dyes from wastewater of printing industry using Fe(II)/γ-Al2 O3
catalyst in up-flow fluidized-bed
Hsuhui Cheng, Shihjie Chou, Shiaoshing Chen, Chiajen Yu · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1307
Evaluation of accuracy of linear regression models in predicting urban stormwater discharge characteristics
Krish J. Madarang, Joo-Hyon Kang · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1313
Non-point source analysis of a railway bridge area using statistical method: Case study of a concrete road-bed
Kyungik Gil, Jiyeol Im · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1321
Effects of ozonation and coagulation on effluent organic matter characteristics and ultrafiltration membrane fouling
Kwon Jeong, Dae-Sung Lee, Do-Gun Kim, Seok-Oh Ko · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1325
Decontamination of alachlor herbicide wastewater by a continuous dosing mode ultrasound/Fe2+ /H2 O2 process
Chikang Wang, Chunghan Liu· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1332
Comparison of biochemical characteristics between PAO and DPAO sludges
Hansaem Lee, Zuwhan Yun· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1340
Fouling distribution in forward osmosis membrane process
Junseok Lee, Bongchul Kim, Seungkwan Hong · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1348
Removal of estrogens by electrochemical oxidation process
Vo Huu Cong, Sota Iwaya, Yutaka Sakakibara · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1355
Delignification of disposable wooden chopsticks waste for fermentative hydrogen production by an enriched culture from a hot spring
Kanthima Phummala, Tsuyoshi Imai, Alissara Reungsang, Prapaipid Chairattanamanokorn, Masahiko Sekine,
Takaya Higuchi, Koichi Yamamoto, Ariyo Kanno · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1361
Characterization of a salt-tolerant bacterium Bacillus sp. from a membrane bioreactor for saline wastewater treatment
Xiaohui Zhang, Jie Gao, Fangbo Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Zhanshuang Li · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1369
Serial parameter: CN 11-2629/X*1989*m*162*en*P*23*2014-6
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Effects of ozonation and coagulation on effluent organic matter characteristics
and ultrafiltration membrane fouling
Kwon Jeong1 , Dae-Sung Lee2 , Do-Gun Kim1 , Seok-Oh Ko1,∗
1. Department of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701, Korea. E-mail: devilgmr@khu.ac.kr
2. Institute of Construction Technology, KUMHO Engineering & Construction, Yongin 449-822, Korea
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Special issue: Sustainable water management for green infrastructure
Effluent organic matter (EfOM) is the major cause of fouling in the low pressure membranes process
for wastewater reuse. Coagulation and oxidation of biological wastewater treatment effluent have
been applied for the fouling control of microfiltration membranes. However, the change in EfOM
structure by pre-treatments has not been clearly identified. The changes of EfOM characteristics
induced by coagulation and ozonation were investigated through size exclusion chromatography,
UV/Vis spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectrophotometry and titrimetric analysis to identify the
mechanisms in the reduction of ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling. The results indicated that
reduction of flux decline by coagulation was due to modified characteristics of dissolved organic
carbon (DOC) content. Total concentration of DOC was not reduced by ozonation. However, the
mass fraction of the molecules with molecular weight larger than 5 kDa, fluorescence intensity,
aromaticity, highly condensed chromophores, average molecular weight and soluble microbial
byproducts decreased greatly after ozonation. These results indicated that EfOM was partially
oxidized by ozonation to low molecular weight, highly charged compounds with abundant electronwithdrawing functional groups, which are favourable for alleviating UF membrane flux decline.
∗ Corresponding
author. E-mail: soko@khu.ac.kr
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Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are generally used for
wastewater reclamation and reuse (Wintgens et al., 2006).
However, deposition and adsorption of soluble and solid
components of the wastewater treatment effluent cause
membrane fouling, which results in the reduction of
productivity and increase in backwashing and membrane
replacement cost (Le-Clech et al., 2006). It is generally known that the less charged macromolecular and/or
colloidal organic components in effluent organic matter
(EfOM) are the major foulants of UF membranes (Shon
et al., 2006; Guo et al., 2011). EfOM is a highly heterogeneous mixture of natural organic matter (NOM) such as
humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA), soluble microbial
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Introduction
products (SMP) and other organic compounds generated
during water use and wastewater treatment (Shon et al.,
2006). The molecular weight (MW) of EfOM especially
increases after aerobic biological treatment by the aggregation of humic substances and SMP, accelerating UF
membrane flux decline (Guo et al., 2011).
Many pre-treatment processes, such as coagulation,
adsorption, prefiltration and oxidation, have been investigated for the removal and/or transformation of EfOM
to prevent fouling (Huang et al., 2009). Among them,
oxidation of EfOM by oxidants (e.g., ozone) has shown
a good potential for the reduction of UF membrane flux
decline by organic foulants (Wu et al., 2011). Genz et
al. (2011) reported that the flux decline of a ceramic UF
membrane was reduced significantly by the ozonation of
EfOM. It was thought that the decreased flux decline could
be attributed to the reduction of MW and aromaticity
of EfOM, which was evidenced partially by analyzing
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DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60607-5
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Keywords:
effluent organic matter
fouling
ultrafiltration
oxidation
molecular weight distribution
acidity
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The RAW, COA and AOP+COA were used as feed water
to investigate the contributions of the pre-treatments to the
flux. For the pre-treatment, coagulant concentration was
2.5 mg/L and O3 concentration varied from 0 to 8 mg/L. A
polyvinylidene difluoride UF membrane with a molecular
weight cutoff of 100 kDa, a nominal pore size of 0.01 µm
and pure water permeability of 0.8 m/hr at 100 kPa was
used (TORAY, Japan). A single hollow fiber module of the
membrane with an active area of 0.03 m2 was used. The
experiments were carried out at (25 ± 1)◦ C, at a constant
pressure of 0.5 and 0.75 bar for filtration and backwashing,
respectively, and with a cycle of 7 min filtration and 1 min
backwashing (10 mg/L NaOCl solution). The permeate
weight was recorded by an electronic balance to obtain the
flux (Fig. 1).
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Backwash water
Inlet
valve
Fig. 1 Schematic of representation of membrane filtration system.
1.3 EfOM characterization
The RAW, COA, AOP and AOP+COA were filtered with
0.45 µm polyvinylidene difluoride filters. Total dissolved
solids (TDS), conductivity, pH, total phosphorus (TP) and
total nitrogen (TN) were measured according to standard
methods (APHA et al., 1998). DOC was measured by
a total organic carbon (TOC) analyzer (TOC-V CPH,
Shimadzu, Japan).
UV/Vis spectra were obtained with an UV/Vis spectrophotometer (UV mini 1240, Shimadzu, Japan) at
wavelengths from 800 to 200 nm. The absorbance at
254, 270, 280 and 400 nm was recorded. Fluorescence
spectra were recorded using a spectrofluorophotometer
(RF5301PC, Shimadzu, Japan). Excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) were obtained at excitation and emission
wavelengths of 220–400 and 280–600 nm, respectively,
and synchronous fluorescence (SF) spectra were obtained
with constant wavelength differences (∆λ) of 21, 32, 44,
66 and 77 nm. The MW distribution was analysed with
a size exclusion chromatography column (Protein Pak
125, Waters, USA), an absorbance detector (UV 730
D, Younglin, Korea), a solvent degasser (SDV 30 Plus,
Younglin, Korea) and a column oven (CTS 30, Younglin,
Korea). The detection wavelength was 254 nm and the
flow rate of the mobile phase was 0.8 mL/min. The mobile
phase was buffered at pH 6.8 by 2 mmol/L NaH2 PO4 .H2 O
and 2 mmol/L Na2 HPO4 to a 0.1 mol/L NaCl solution.
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate standards (Polysciences,
Inc., USA) and acetone were used as standards. The weight
of average molecular weight (MWw ) and the number of
average molecular weight (MWn ) were determined by Eqs.
(1) and (2):
MWw =
N
∑
(hi MWi )
i=1
MWn =
N
∑
i=1
N
/∑
(hi )
(1)
(hi /MWi )
(2)
i=1
(hi )
N
/∑
i=1
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1.2 Membrane filtration experiment
Balance
Drain
valve
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Wastewater treatment effluent was obtained from a local
biological municipal wastewater treatment plant in Kyunggi Province, Korea. The effluent, hereafter designated as
RAW, was pre-treated by coagulation (COA) at 2.5 mg/L
Fe3+ (FeCl3 ), with rapid mixing at 120 r/min for 1 min,
followed by slow mixing at 60 r/min for 4 min or ozonation
with 4 mg/L ozone (AOP), or both of them (AOP+COA).
All reagents in this study were purchased from Aldrich
(USA).
Membrane
module
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1.1 Pre-treatment of wastewater treatment effluent
Permeate
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1 Materials and methods
Regulator
Raw water
dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and spectroscopy. Wu et
al. (2011) reported that the pre-ozonation of municipal
wastewater treatment effluent decreased the specific UV
absorbance at 254 nm (SUVA254 ) from (2.2 ± 0.2) to (0.8
± 0.3) L/(mg·m). DOC was slightly changed from (6.5 ±
1.1) to (6.4 ± 1.3) mg/L. Pisarenko et al. (2011) observed
a decrease in the UV/Vis absorbance at 254 nm and
fluorescence intensity after ozonation of EfOM, but DOC
did not decrease significantly. However, it is necessary to
investigate the relationships between the change in EfOM
characteristics after oxidation and flux decline, based on a
wide range of analytical methods.
Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the EfOM characteristics affected by pre-treatments
such as ozonation and its effects on UF membrane flux.
The characteristics of EfOM were widely evaluated with
size exclusion chromatography, UV/Vis spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectrophotometry; acidity measurements
and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR).
Changes induced by coagulation were also investigated for
comparison.
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where, hi and MWi represent signal height and MW,
respectively (Hur et al., 2006). The MW distribution was
also analysed for the UF membrane filtrates of COA
(COA+UF) and AOP+COA (AOP+COA+UF). The acidity was analysed according to Chi and Amy (2004). The
pH of the samples was adjusted to 3.0 with 0.1 mo/L HCl
and the samples were purged with N2 gas for 30 min. The
0.1 mo/L NaOH solution was added to the samples and the
base consumption was obtained until the pH increased to 8
and 11. For FT-IR analysis, the samples were freeze-dried
and the KBr discs were prepared with 1 mg freeze-dried
sample and 300 mg KBr. The spectra were recorded in
the 450 to 4000 cm−1 range on an FT-IR spectrometer
(Spectrum One, Perkin Elmer, USA).
2 Results and discussion
2.1 Water quality and UV/Vis spectrophotometry
Both COA and AOP did not show any notable change in
pH, TDS and TN. COA showed DOC and TP reductions
of 19.43% and 14.29%, respectively. Only color was
reduced by 51.85% after ozonation (AOP). AOP+COA
showed DOC and TP reductions of 17.63% and 25.00%,
respectively, probably by coagulation, as well as 37.03%
color reduction, probably by ozonation. SUVA254 decreased by 14.29%, 42.86% and 33.33%, and A270 /A400
increased by 44.32%, 86.5% and 31.57%, for COA, AOP
and AOP+COA, respectively (Table 1). SUVA254 is an
indicator of apparent MW and aromaticity (Hur et al.,
2006), while A270 /A400 is a color coefficient (Lipski et
al., 1999). The increase of SUVA254 and the decrease of
A270 /A400 indicate the decrease in aromaticity, MW and the
chromophores with a high degree of conjugation.
The results in Table 1 indicate that a part of EfOM
can be removed by coagulation, and that the organic
compounds with higher MW and high aromaticity are
removed preferentially. However, ozonation did not com-
360
340
320
300
280
260
300 350 400 450 500 550 600
Emission wavelength (nm)
COA
AOP
AOP+COA
7.02
5.623
27
402
820
1.12
3.65
0.021
6.899
6.94
4.482
30
403
822
0.96
3.80
0.018
9.957
6.93
5.859
13
400
815
1.06
3.60
0.012
12.867
7.02
4.582
17
394
804
0.84
3.80
0.014
9.077
pletely mineralize EfOM, but the organic compounds
were partially oxidized to form lower MW and lower
aromaticity products (Wu et al., 2011). In addition, the
high MW, highly condensed, color-forming moities were
transformed into less conjugated molecules, as evidenced
by the decrease in color and SUVA254 , as well as the
increase of A270 /A400 . It has been reported that the products
of NOM oxidation by ozone, Fenton and TiO2 are low
MW compounds showing negligible UV/Vis absorption at
wavelengths less than 300 nm (e.g., alcohols, aldehydes,
ketones and carboxylic acid) (Wu et al., 2011).
2.2 Fluorescence spectrophotometry
The EEM of wastewater effluent showed peaks of HA-like,
FA-like and SMP-like compounds at excitation/emmission
(Ex/Em) wavelengths of 300–350/400–450, 220–250/400–
450 and 250–300/330–380 nm, respectively (Fig. 2a,
Henderson et al., 2009). The fluorescence intensity decreased slightly after COA at all wavelengths in the EEM
and SF spectrum (Figs. 2b and 3). After AOP, the fluorescence intensity decreased greatly, especially for SMP-like
substances (Figs. 2c and 3). The decrease in characteristic
peak intensity for HA-like (Ex/Em 330/430 nm), FA-like
400
b
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
220
RAW
RAW: effluent, COA: effluent pre-treated by coagulation; AOP: effluent
pre-treated by ozonation, DOC: dissolved organic carbon, TDS: total
dissolved solids, SUVA254 : specific UV absorbance at 254 nm.
240
240
220
pH
DOC (mg/L)
Color (Pt-Co)
TDS (mg/L)
Conductivity (µS/cm)
TP (mg/L)
TN (mg/L)
SUVA254
A270 /A400
Excitation wavelength (nm)
380
400
a
Excitation wavelength (nm)
c
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
240
300 350 400 450 500 550 600
Emission wavelength (nm)
220
300 350 400 450 500 550 600
Emission wavelength (nm)
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Fig. 2 Excitation-emissioin matrices (EEMs) of the effluent organic matter (EfOM) of RAW (a), COA (b), and AOP (c) (DOC 1 mg/L).
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Excitation wavelength (nm)
400
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300
400
500
Emission wavelength (nm)
600
700
Fig. 3 Synchronous fluorescence spectra of RAW, COA, AOP, and
AOP+COA (∆λ = 44 nm, DOC 1 mg/L).
(Ex/Em 240/440 nm) and SMP-like (Ex/Em 280/360 nm)
substances were 69%, 65% and 80%, respectively. For
AOP+COA, the EEM (data not shown) and SF spectrum
(Fig. 3) were similar to those of AOP. However, no shift
was observed for COA, AOP or AOP+COA in the EEM
and SF spectra (Figs. 2 and 3).
The significant reduction in the fluorescence intensity
for AOP indicates that electron-withdrawing groups and
the functional groups containing O were increased by the
partial oxidation. It has been reported that EfOM forms
oxidation products with abundant O-containing functional
groups, such as aldehydes and carboxylic acids (Van
Geluwe et al., 2011). The functional groups, such as
aldehydes, carboxylic acids, halogens, nitriles, carbonyls
and nitro and hydroxyl groups, are electron-withdrawing
groups that decrease fluorescence intensity (Senesi, 1990).
Meanwhile, partial oxidation was more significant for
SMP-like substances, which showed the most significant
reduction in fluorescence intensity (Fig. 3) compared to
HA-like or FA-like substances. SMP has a high MW,
which has been reported to consist of 25%–45% of >10
kDa molecules (Jarusutthirak and Amy, 2007). Therefore,
SMP removal by ozonation can contribute much to the
reduction of membrane flux decline.
2.4 Acidity
The total acidity and aromatic acidity of RAW was 6.40
and 2.99 meq/g-DOC, respectively. COA did not show
any notable change in acidity. After AOP, total acidity
and aromatic acidity increased to 8.06 and 4.10 meq/gDOC, respectively, mainly contributed by the increase
of aromatic acidity. It has been reported that ozonation
decreases the MW and increases the acidity of NOM
(Carlson and Silverstein, 1997), due to the increase of
charged functional groups via partial oxidation of aromatic
compounds (Jansen et al., 2006). The charge density of
hydrophobic acidic NOM can be quantified by acidity;
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RAW
COA
AOP
AOP+COA
2.3 Molecular size distribution
Fraction (%)
The MWw , MWn and polydispersity of the wastewater treatment effluent were 3501.55 Da, 143.25 Da and
24.44, respectively. The MWw , MWn and polydispersity decreased slightly after COA, probably by removing
hydrophobic and high MW fractions of EfOM by flocs
(Saminathan et al., 2011). The molecules with >100 kDa
increased for COA, probably by coagulant flocs. Coagulation can contribute to the reduction of membrane flux
decline by preventing pore-blocking (Zhang et al., 2009).
The MWw , MWn and polydispersity decreased greatly
after AOP. Especially, polydispersity decreased to 8.37,
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>100 kDa
50-100 kDa
10-50 kDa
Fig. 4 MW distributions of the molecules of >5 kDa of RAW, COA,
AOP, and AOP+COA (DOC 10 mg/L).
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AOP+COA
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COA
indicating a narrow MW distribution of oxidized EfOM
molecules. For the UF filtrates of COA and AOP+COA,
molecules >50 kDa were completely removed (Table 2).
The molecular size distribution of AOP presented in
Table 2 and Fig. 4 indicates that the decrease of MWw ,
MWn and polydispersity is due to the decrease of high
MW fractions (>5 kDa). Especially, the molecules with
>50 kDa were not detected for AOP. The slight increase
in molecules of 100 Da–5 kDa is regarded as the result of
the generation of lower MW compounds by the partial oxidation of higher MW compounds. High MW molecules of
NOM and EfOM are partially oxidized to form lower MW
molecules by oxidants, rather than completely mineralized.
Wu et al. (2011) and Van Geluwe et al. (2011) reported
that most of the aromatic rings in NOM can be degraded
by ozone, but without a complete mineralization, resulting
in the decrease of average MW. Jansen et al. (2006)
suggested that ozone reacts mainly with small molecules
on the periphery of humic substances molecules, but some
cleavages by oxidation reactions also occur in the stable
core structure with a high degree of condensation, as
indicated by the color decrease. Therefore, it is regarded
that the decrease in high MW molecules is attributed to the
partial oxidation of high MW molecules.
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Table 2 Molecular size distribution
Molecular size
>100 kDa
50–100 kDa
10–50 kDa
5–10 kDa
1–5 kDa
500–1000 Da
100–500 Da
50–100 Da
10–50 Da
<10 Da
MWw (Da)
MWn (Da)
Polydispersity
RAW
COA
AOP
AOP+COA
COA+UF
AOP+COA+UF
0.03
0.59
7.63
1.81
15.74
20.36
32.44
7.05
7.28
7.05
3501.55
143.25
24.44
0.18
0.80
5.48
0.18
6.46
21.88
41.83
7.65
7.88
7.65
3125.17
138.62
22.54
0.00
0.00
3.33
1.51
17.44
22.72
34.21
6.67
7.45
6.67
1235.19
147.62
8.37
0.36
0.39
1.65
2.39
14.14
24.02
38.25
6.20
6.42
6.20
2112.73
147.91
14.28
0.00
0.00
3.83
2.16
10.22
21.79
40.88
6.89
7.36
6.89
1687.48
138.46
12.19
0.00
0.00
1.74
0.01
10.11
28.09
41.15
6.41
6.08
6.41
690.14
143.49
4.81
UF: ultrafiltration, MWw : weight of average molecular weight, MWn : number of average molecular weight.
therefore, the increase in acidity can result in the variation
of the charge interactions between NOM and membrane
surfaces (Zularisam et al., 2007).
2950-2850
1550-1475
3400-3300
RAW
COA
AOP
1170-950
1400-1390
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
Wavelength (nm)
1000
500
Fig. 5 FT-IR spectra of RAW, COA, and AOP.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0
RAW
COA
(O3 0 mg/L, Fe3+
AOP + COA (O3 2 mg/L, Fe3+
AOP + COA (O3 4 mg/L, Fe3+
AOP + COA (O3 8 mg/L, Fe3+
5
10
15
2.5 mg/L)
2.5 mg/L)
2.5 mg/L)
2.5 mg/L)
20
25
Time (min)
30
35
40
Fig. 6 Relative flux of RAW, COA and AOP+COA (0.5 bar).
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attributed to the decrease of aromaticity, the degree of
condensation, SMP, and high MW components, as well as
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As shown in Fig. 6, the flux decline significantly decreased when the feed was coagulated (COA) and further
decreased when ozonated (AOP+COA). After COA, the
little change in EfOM characteristics might not have had
any influence on the decrease in flux decline (Tables 1 and
2, Figs 2 and 3). It is considered that the removal of EfOM
resulted in the decreased flux decline. Also, the removal of
highly condensed chromophores, proven by the increase of
A270 /A400 (Table 1), might contribute to the improvement
in flux.
The great decrease of flux decline for AOP+COA is
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2940-2900
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The FT-IR spectrum of RAW showed peaks at 3400–3300
cm−1 (O–H stretching), 2940–2900 cm−1 (aliphatic C–H
stretching), 2950–2850 cm−1 (aliphatic C–H, C–H2 , C–H3
stretching), 1660–1630 cm−1 (C=O stretching of amide
groups, quinone C=O and/or C=O of H-bonded C=O of
conjugated ketones), 1550–1475 cm−1 (N–O asymmetric
stretching), 1400–1390 cm−1 (OH deformation and C–
O stretching of phenolic OH, C–H deformation of CH2
and CH3 groups, COO– antisymmetric stretching) and
1170–950 cm−1 (C–O stretching of polysaccharide or
polysaccharide-like substances) (Wei et al., 2010). The FTIR spectra of COA and AOP were similar to that of RAW,
but the relative intensity of the peaks at 3400–3300 and
1400–1390 cm−1 decreased and the peaks at 2940–2900
and 2950–2850 cm−1 disappeared (Fig. 5). This indicates
that aliphatic C–H stretchings of EfOM participated in
reactions induced by coagulant or ozone.
Transmittence
2.5 FT-IR
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Research
Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MEST) (No. 2012R1A1B3002152,
2013R1A2A2A03016095).
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The results suggest that coagulation and ozonation can
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EfOM. However, the results of EfOM characterization
showed different mechanisms of flux improvement by
coagulation or ozonation.
The UF membrane flux improved after coagulation.
The average MW, fluorescence intensity and aromaticity decreased slightly, but DOCs decreased notably after
coagulation. This indicates that the improvement in UF
membrane flux is mainly due to EfOM removal. The
UF membrane flux decline decreased more greatly after
ozonation along with coagulation. This was attributed to
the significant decrease of high MW fraction (>5 kDa)
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significant decrease in the SMP-like peak in fluorescence
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