Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Environmental Engineering and Earth Science
Committee Chair/Advisor
Tanju Karanfil
Committee Member
Brian A. Powell
Committee Member
Cindy M. Lee
Committee Member
David A. Ladner
Abstract
Increasing water pollution, scarcity, and seasonal events force water treatment plants to improve existing treatment techniques and/or implement new methods to enhance drinking water treatment and comply with disinfection by-product (DBP) regulations. A limited number of studies examine the pre-chlorination prior to activated carbon (AC) adsorption for the removal of DBP precursors, and there are no comprehensive and representative treatment conditions in current literature. Although many studies investigated photodegradation of individual DBPs by low pressure ultraviolet (UV254) light, there is still lack of information and limited understanding of photodegradation of total organic halogens and practical implications of UV254 under realistic water treatment conditions. The main objective of this dissertation was to comprehend the mechanistic and practical implications of (i) the effects of pre-chlorination on adsorption of DBP precursors, and (ii) the photodegradation and the reformation of DBPs by UV254 in realistic applications of these treatment approaches.
Recommended Citation
Erdem, Cagri Utku, "The Control Strategies of Brominated Organic Disinfection By-Products: Adsorption With Pre-chlorination and Photodegradation" (2022). All Dissertations. 3017.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/3017
Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0002-1600-4407