A pilot plant study on reclamation of sewage effluent by radiation treatment

J. Jung; J. H. Yoon; H. H. Chung; M. J. Lee

doi:10.1023/B:JRNC.0000027060.18416.08

A pilot plant study on reclamation of sewage effluent by radiation treatment

J. Jung, J. H. Yoon, H. H. Chung, M. J. Lee

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A pilot plant was developed for the reclamation and reuse of secondary effluent from a sewage treatment plant. The plant system consists of sand filtration, gamma-irradiation, ozonation and ion-exchange. Gamma-irradiation showed effective organic contaminant decomposition and this resulted in the reduction of 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD₅), color, chemical oxygen demand (COD_Cr) and total organic carbon (TOC). Ion-exchange significantly removed inorganic ions, and thus reduced total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). The average reduction in color, COD_Cr, BOD₅, TOC, TN and TP, which was obtained after 12 operations, was 64, 52, 67, 61, 95 and 92%, respectively. Irrespective of applied radiation dose, the treated water fully satisfied the quality requirements of household water that can be used for all home uses except for drinking and human contact uses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-52
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	260
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JRNC.0000027060.18416.08
Publication status	Published - 2004

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Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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