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http://dx.doi.org/10.17640/KSWST.2018.26.6.109

A Study on Removal of Organic Matter and Chromaticity from Urine Using Chemical Oxidization Process  

Shin, Sung-Hoon (Korea Institute of Safe Drinking Water Research)
Jung, Jong-Tai (Dept. of Environmental Engineering, University of Incheon)
Cho, Yong-Chul (Han-river Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environment Research)
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Journal of Korean Society of Water Science and Technology / v.26, no.6, 2018 , pp. 109-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to solve the water shortage problem by reclaiming urine from homes or public places and using it as cleaning water for toilets. The process used in this experiment is a chemical oxidation process combining ozone, hydrogen peroxide, and UV. We set the key substance that is to be removed as chromaticity and conducted the experiment to remove it. If the quantity or concentration of injected ozone, UV, and hydrogen peroxide is insufficient, then the chromaticity will initially increase due to low oxidizing power, and will later decrease. In addition, the efficiency of removing chromaticity appeared to be higher, depending on the quantity of ozone injected, for medium concentrated urine than highly concentrated urine. However, the absolute quantity of removed chromaticity was about 68% higher for highly concentrated urine, when 16 g/hr of ozone was injected. The higher the pH level, the reaction time and efficiency of removing chromaticity were higher, and in normal conditions, in reference to a pH of 8.55, there was a 6% difference in efficiency between a pH level of 5.05 and a pH level of 10.12. Finally, when processing urine through an ozone-only process, COD decreased steadily over time, but DOC did not decrease. This is because ozone reacts selectively with organic matter.
Keywords
Chemical oxidation; Chromaticity; Toilet flushing; Urine; Water scarcity;
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