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Prediction of Trihalomethanes Formation Potential of Dissolved Organic Matter with Various Sources Using Differential Fluorescence 3D-Excitation-Emission Matrix (EEM)

차등 3차원 형광 여기-방출 매트릭스를 이용한 다양한 기원의 용존 유기물질 트리할로메탄 생성능 예측

  • Bae, Kyung Rok (Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University) ;
  • Hur, Jin (Department of Engineering Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics, Sejong University)
  • 배경록 (세종대학교 환경에너지융합학과) ;
  • 허진 (세종대학교 환경에너지공간융합학과)
  • Received : 2021.11.24
  • Accepted : 2022.02.08
  • Published : 2022.03.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to maximize the potential of fluorescence 3D excitation-emission matrix (EEM) for predicting the trihalomethane formation potential (THMFP) of DOM with various sources. Fluorescence spectroscopy is a useful tool for characterizing dissolved organic matter (DOM). In this study, differential spectroscopy was applied to EEM for the prediction of THMFP, in which the difference between the EEM before and after chlorination was taken into account to obtain the differential EEM (DEEM). For characterization of the original EEM or the DEEM, the maximum intensities of several different fluorescence regions in EEM, fluorescence EEM regional integration (FRI), and humification index (HIX) were calculated and used for the surrogates for THMFP prediction. After chlorination, the fluorescence intensity decreased by 77% to 93%. In leaf-derived and effluent DOM, there was a significant decrease in the protein-like peak, while a more pronounced decrease was observed in the humic-like peak of river DOM. In general, leaf-derived and effluent DOM exhibited a relatively lower THMFP than the river DOM. Our results were consistent with the high correlations between humic-like fluorescence and THMFP previously reported. In this study, HIX (r= 0.815, p<0.001), FRI region V (r=0.727, p<0.001), humic-like peak (r= 0.827, p<0.001) from DEEM presented very high correlations with THMF P. When the humic-like peak intensity was converted to a logarithmic scale, a higher correlation was obtained (r= 0.928, p<0.001). This finding suggests that the humic-like peak in DEEM can serve as a universal predictor for THM formation of DOM with various origins.

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본 결과물은 환경부의 재원으로 한국환경산업기술원 수생태계 건강성 확보 기술개발사업의 지원을 받아 연구되었습니다(2020003030005).

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