Performance of ozone and peroxone on the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) coupled with cost analysis

2020-08-01
Ölmez Hancı, Tuğba
Dogruel, S.
Emek, A. D. Allar
Yilmazer, C. Eropak
Cinar, S.
Kiraz, O.
Citil, E.
Orhon, A. Koc
Siltu, E.
Gucver, S. M.
Ozgun, O. Karahan
Tanık, Ayşe Gül
Yetiş, Ülkü
Micropollutants such as endocrine disruptors are one of the most important groups of chemicals polluting water resources. Conventional treatment systems may not be effective for the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and the fate of these chemicals should be carefully monitored in the effluent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Additional treatment methods such as advanced oxidation processes can be used for the removal of endocrine disruptors. This study presents the existence of endocrine disruptors in 4 different effluents: (i) municipal WWTP effluent, (ii) textile industry WWTP effluent, (iii) organized industrial zone (OIZ) WWTP effluent and (iv) pharmaceutical industry discharge and also presents their removal efficiencies by ozonation and peroxone oxidation. A broad spectrum of removal efficiencies was observed for the EDCs present in the samples since the oxidation efficiency of wastewaters containing EDCs mainly depends on the wastewater matrix and on the type of the EDCs. Ozonation was found to be a lower-cost option than peroxone oxidation at the investigated conditions.
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Citation Formats
T. Ölmez Hancı et al., “Performance of ozone and peroxone on the removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) coupled with cost analysis,” WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, pp. 640–650, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/56424.