The axial dispersion of an ozone contactor is known to influence Cryptosporidium parvum
oocyst inactivation and bromate formation. While low dispersion is beneficial, an extent of
dispersion is not specifically addressed for the design of a new ozone contactor. C. parvum
oocyst inactivation, residual ozone, CT (i.e. Concentration × Time), and bromate formation
were numerically simulated with diverse dispersion number (d), ranging from 0.01 to 5,
using axial dispersion reactor model and kinetic parameters obtained from sand-filtered
raw water under three pH and three temperature values. C. parvum oocyst inactivation was
affected sensitively by the axial dispersion number especially at the region lower than
0.5. On the contrary, residual ozone, CT, and bromate formation were slightly influenced by
dispersion number. The axial dispersion number of the full-scale ozone reactor with
meandering horizontal flow was obtained with a tracer test. The equation for predicting the
dispersion number of an ozone contactor with horizontal meandering flow was developed
in the manuscript. The experimental axial dispersion number was slightly higher than the
theoretically derived one because of flow disturbance in the channel of the ozone contactor.