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Development of Advanced Wastewater Treatment System for Efficient and Complete Degradation of Refractory Chemicals by Combination of Biological Treatment and Ultraviolet Irradiation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06650607
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Civil and environmental engineering
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

FUJITA Masanori  Osaka University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (70029289)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IKE Michihiko  Osaka University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Research Associate, 工学部, 助手 (40222856)
IWAHORI Keisuke  Osaka University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Research Associate, 工学部, 助手 (40183199)
FURUKAWA Kenji  Osaka University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (60029296)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1995)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
KeywordsUltraviolet irradiation / Nonylphenolethoxylate / Pseudomonas sp.TR01 / Dead-end metabolite / Complete degradation / Sterilization / 酸化チタン / アルキルフェニルエトキシレート / 中間代謝物 / pH / 温度 / 懸濁物質
Research Abstract

The feasibility of complete degradation of refractory chemicals in wastewater by combination of biological treatment and ultraviolet irradiation with TiO_2 as a catalyst was investigated. Nonylphenolethoxylate (NPE) was selected as a model chemical and its biodegradation by a isolated bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp.TR01 was investigated first. Although the polyoxyethylene part of NPE was efficiently degraded by strain TR01, dead-end products were accumulated in the culture medium. The metabolite was identified as NPE with short ethoxy-chain (NP2EO,NP3EO) and their carboxylated derivattives (NP2EC,NP3EC). These refractory dead-end metabolites could be degraded by ultraviolet irradiation with TiO_2 being suspended in the reaction mixture without occurence of detectable by-products by HPLC,GC,and GC-MS assays, suggesting complete degradation. The degradation efficiency increased with increase of temperature, but was not affected by pH.Soluble and suspended materials in the reaction mixture lowered the efficiency. These factors should be taken into consideration for constructing real treatment systems.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1995 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1994 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1994-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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