title: Comparison of advanced oxidation processes in flow-through pilot plants (part I).
abstract: The advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) UV/H2O2, UV/O3 and O3/H2O2 were optimised to achieve a 90% degradation of the micropollutant atrazine in continuous-flow reactors. The experiments were performed with spiked Berlin tap-water. The comparison of mechanistically different oxidation systems needs a non-specific figure-of-merit to avoid influences by system-inherent parameters. The chosen figure-of-merit consists of the electrical energy per order of magnitude in oxidation per m3, EE/o. The combination O3/H2O2 proved to be the most efficient process by means of energy consumption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Water Quality Control, Technical University of Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jekel
mesh_terms: D001280:Atrazine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010126:Ozone / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014872:Water Movements; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D016877:Oxidants; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D010126:Ozone; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D001280:Atrazine