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Air Force Institute of Technology

2016

Environmental Engineering

Advanced oxidation processes

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The Effect Of Ph And Pulsed Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diode Duty Cycles On The First Order Rate Constant And Byproduct Profile Of The Advanced Oxidation Of Tartrazine, Brandon M. Stewart Mar 2016

The Effect Of Ph And Pulsed Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diode Duty Cycles On The First Order Rate Constant And Byproduct Profile Of The Advanced Oxidation Of Tartrazine, Brandon M. Stewart

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Water treatment capability is required for military operations, production of drinking water, and industrial wastewater treatment. The Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) is one of many viable steps for treating water; however, it is important to understand the byproducts of the treatment process to avoid creating other constituents more severe than the first. Tartrazine (TAR) was oxidized with pulsed Ultra- Violet (UV) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in combination with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in an AOP at the laboratory scale. The relative concentration of TAR was reduced from 1 to between 1 – 0.75 over pH values between 6 and 9, and …