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NAMS 2002 Workshop - ICOM 2008

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Preferential removal of hydrophobic NOM fraction was achieved by GAC<br />

adsorption compared to transphilic and hydrophilic fractions. This is in agreement<br />

with the reported result that the humic fraction (hydrophobic NOM) was<br />

preferentially removed by GAC adsorption to the non-humic fraction (Krasner and<br />

Amy, 1995). A significant difference in NOM removal between coagulation and<br />

the GAC adsorption was found in terms of hydrophobic rejection: less than 30%<br />

by coagulation vs. 80% by GAC adsorption. Also small MW fraction of NOM was<br />

removed by GAC adsorption, while large MW fraction was mostly removed by<br />

membrane filtration. Unlike the coagulation results, medium molecular weight<br />

NOM (1k ~ 3k Da) was also effectively removed by GAC filter, which might be<br />

caused by the sieving mechanism of filter bed. In terms of disinfection by-product<br />

formation potential (DBPFP) removal, both of THMFP (trihalomethane formation<br />

potential) and HAAFP (haloacetic acid formation potential) were more effectively<br />

removed in the GAC column than coagulation or microfiltration membrane.<br />

Especially, the removal of bromide combined DBP (dichlorobromomethane,<br />

dibromo- chloromethane) was achieved only in the GAC adsorption due to the<br />

low molecular weight of their precursors.<br />

When plotting the ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm, correlations appeared<br />

between the dissolved organic carbon concentration and DBPFP. Both of DOC<br />

and THMFP concentration profile showed a similar trend, also the most of<br />

organic carbon and THMFP were preferentially removed by GAC adsorption.<br />

These correlations can be used for the selective operation of post treatment for<br />

microfiltration effluent with high DBPFP. The low R2 value (0.6) of correlation<br />

between UVA254 and DBPFP might be due to the low DOC/UVA value<br />

(22.8~86.7 mg/L/cm-1) of tested water compared to the previously reported<br />

values (Kim et al., 2007). Summarizing the experimental results, coagulation and<br />

GAC adsorption are playing a different role in NOM removal. Coagulation<br />

preferentially removed hydrophilic, large molecular weight, and THMFP related<br />

NOM, while GAC adsorption was responsible for hydrophobic, small molecular<br />

weight, and HAAFP related NOM removal. Therefore, combination of coagulation<br />

and GAC adsorption seemed to be an essential process to minimize the DBP<br />

concentration of treated water in membrane coupled drinking water treatment<br />

process.

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