Tracking the behaviors of different size fractions of dissolved organic matter in an advanced drinking water treatment plant |
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학술지명 Environmental Science and PollutionResearch
저자 Viet L,허진,최일환
발표일 2015-07-05
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In this study, five different dissolved organic matter(DOM) fractions, defined based on a size exclusion chromatography with simultaneous detection of organic carbon(OCD) and ultraviolet (UVD), were quantitatively tracked with a treatment train of coagulation/flocculation?sand filtration?ozonation?granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration in a full-scale advanced drinking water treatment plant (DWTP). Five DOM samples including raw water were taken after each treatment process in the DWTP every month over the period of three years. A higher abundance of biopolymer (BP) fraction was found in the raw water during spring and winter than in the other seasons, suggesting an influence of algal bloom and/or meltwater on DOM composition. The greater extent of removal was observed upon the coagulation/flocculation for high-molecular-weight fractions including BP and humic substances (HS) and aromatic moieties, while lower sized fractions were preferentially removed by the GAC filtration. Ozone treatment produced the fraction of low-molecularweight neutrals probably resulting from the breakdown of double-bonded carbon structures by ozone oxidation. Coagulation/flocculation was the only process that revealed significant effects of influent DOM composition on the treatment efficiency, as revealed by a high correlation between the DOM removal rate and the relative abundance of HS for the raw water. Our study demonstrated that SEC-OCD-UVD was |