This study compared three different disinfection processes （chlorination, E-beam, and ozone） and the efficacy of three oxidants （H202, S2O8-, and peroxymonosulfate （MPS）） in removing antibiotic resistant bacter...This study compared three different disinfection processes （chlorination, E-beam, and ozone） and the efficacy of three oxidants （H202, S2O8-, and peroxymonosulfate （MPS）） in removing antibiotic resistant bacteria （ARB） and antibiotic resistance genes （ARGs） in a synthetic wastewater. More than 30 mg/L of chlorine was needed to remove over 90% of ARB and ARG. For the E-beam method, only 1 dose （kGy） was needed to remove ARB and ARG, and ozone could reduce ARB and ARG by more than 90% even at 3 mg/L ozone concentration. In the ozone process, CT values （concentration × time） were compared for ozone alone and combined with different catalysts based on the 2-log removal of ARB and ARG. Ozone treatment yielded a value of 31 and 33 （mg·min）/L for ARB and ARGs respectively. On the other hand, ozone with persulfate yielded 15.9 and 18.5 （mg.min）/L while ozone with monopersulfate yielded a value of 12 and 14.5 （mg·min）/L. This implies that the addition of these catalysts significantly reduces the contact time to achieve a 2-log removal, thus enhancing the process in terms of its kinetics.展开更多
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2012-0003505)Korea Ministry of Environment as "Global Top Project" (No. GT-11-B-01-005-1)
文摘This study compared three different disinfection processes （chlorination, E-beam, and ozone） and the efficacy of three oxidants （H202, S2O8-, and peroxymonosulfate （MPS）） in removing antibiotic resistant bacteria （ARB） and antibiotic resistance genes （ARGs） in a synthetic wastewater. More than 30 mg/L of chlorine was needed to remove over 90% of ARB and ARG. For the E-beam method, only 1 dose （kGy） was needed to remove ARB and ARG, and ozone could reduce ARB and ARG by more than 90% even at 3 mg/L ozone concentration. In the ozone process, CT values （concentration × time） were compared for ozone alone and combined with different catalysts based on the 2-log removal of ARB and ARG. Ozone treatment yielded a value of 31 and 33 （mg·min）/L for ARB and ARGs respectively. On the other hand, ozone with persulfate yielded 15.9 and 18.5 （mg.min）/L while ozone with monopersulfate yielded a value of 12 and 14.5 （mg·min）/L. This implies that the addition of these catalysts significantly reduces the contact time to achieve a 2-log removal, thus enhancing the process in terms of its kinetics.
