Abstract
The anaerobic biodegradability and inhibition potential of ozonation products of four biorefractory aromatic compounds (o-cresol, benzenesulfonic acid, 2,5-dichlorophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol) were evaluated in this study. The ozonation products of all four compounds tested were biodegradable to methane and the biodegradability improved with increasing dose of ozone. Early ozonation products of o-cresol and benzenesulfonic acid were more inhibitory than the initial compounds while ozonation reduced the toxicity of 2,5-dichlorophenol and 2,4-dinitrophenol. Ozonation products formed in the basic pH range were more biodegradable and were less inhibitory than those formed in the acid pH range under the same dose of ozone.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 185-190 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Water Research |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1990 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements--The work on which this report is based was supported, in part, by the United States Department of the Interior, under the provisions of Public Law 98-242, as Project Number 87-03. The author wishes to thank Pin-Chieh Pai and James L. Latchaw for conducting the laboratory work.
Keywords
- acetate
- aromatics
- biodegradability
- inhibition
- methane
- ozonation
- phenol
- toxicity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Water Science and Technology
- Ecological Modeling
- Pollution
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Environmental Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering