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Use of advanced oxidation processes in pool water treatment
Trávníček, Jakub ; Pivoda, Bohuslav (referee) ; Biela, Renata (advisor)
The research part of the thesis is focused on the use of advanced oxidation processes in the treatment of swimming pool waters. In the first part, the common disinfection technologies that are used domestically and abroad for the treatment of swimming pool waters are described. In the second part, the research focuses on the basic types of advanced oxidation processes used in swimming pool facilities and other similar laboratory-scale technologies with potential for future use in the spa industry. The practical focus of the thesis consists of two parts. In the first part, data from a questionnaire of selected swimming pool facilities in the Czech Republic are processed, which summarizes what technologies are used in the treatment of swimming pool waters in the Czech Republic. The second part consists of a case study that analyses the effect on the quality of treated water before and after the installation of advanced oxidation processes system in the pool recirculation circuit.
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Removal of organic pollution using advanced oxidation processes
Přibilová, Petra ; Kučerík, Jiří (referee) ; Chýlková, Jaromíra (referee) ; Opatřilová, Radka (advisor)
The presented doctoral thesis deals with the use of advanced oxidation processes combining hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) to produce hydroxyl and sulfur-based radicals. The investigated micropollutants are selected natural estrogens estrone (E1), 17-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3) and synthetic 17-ethinylestradiol (EE2). The theoretical section includes information on the properties of estrogens, their occurrence and effects in the environment on non-target organisms across trophic levels; and list of options for their removal from wastewater. The advanced oxidation processes themselves are also discussed and current knowledge in this area is summarised. In the research section, used analytical methods (LC-MS/MS and spectrophotometry), designs of individual experiments and results of tested processes are described. In addition monitoring the efficiency of different combinations of hydrodynamic cavitation and other agent and the suitability of the materials used on the experimental unit were also investigated. The sorption/desorption onto the surface of selected plastic materials (SBR, EPDM, PTFE, Tygon S3TM, PVDF and PVC) was also evaluated. Based on the results, the material for the unit - on which the degradation experiments were carried out - was selected. The methods chosen for the removal of estrogens from water were HC/H2 O2 , HC/O3, HC/percarbonate, HC/persulfate, hydrodynamic cavitation alone, and H2O2 alone. The design of the experiments was created to minimize the time required to treat the water, ideally one cycle per unit (4 seconds), which corresponds to the flow-through arrangement of the system.
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Removal of antibiotics from wastewater by advanced oxidation technologies
Macsek, Tomáš ; Rusník,, Igor (referee) ; Bodík,, Igor (referee) ; Hlavínek, Petr (advisor)
Antibiotics are substances that inhibit the growth of microorganisms and are widely used in modern medicine. High consumption of antibiotics correlates with their elevated occurence in sewage systems, from where they are further released into the environment. The threat of their occurrence in the environment is in triggering the formation and spread of antibiotic resistance. This thesis focuses on the removal of selected antibiotics and partly on the antibiotic resistance from wastewater by advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). AOPs are based on the creation of highly reactive hydroxyl radicals, which are able to oxidize even highly persistent substances. The thesis focuses on the purification of effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), which are identified as the main source of pharmaceutical pollution in the environment, by AOPs mainly based on ozonation. These processes were tested under laboratory conditions on model water as well as under real conditions as the tertiary stage of the treatment at Brno-Modřice WWTP under various operating states. As the results of the performed experiments show, it could be concluded that the studied AOPs are capable of effective degradation of studied antibiotics from the treated medium. Under real conditions, the antibiotics sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, azithromycin and clarithromycin were monitored. Output concentrations in each operational state were achieved to be below the limit of detection for all four antibiotics. The application of AOPs based on ozonation as the tertiary step of the treatment also had a positive effect on the reduction of microbial contamination and antibiotic resistance. Within the pilot plant experiments, a reduction of up to 4 orders of magnitude of E.coli, coliform microorganisms and a reduction of their resistant strains in the range of 1.4 - 4.0 logs were observed, compared to the effluent from the WWTP.
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Influence of advanced oxidative processess on ecotoxicity of pesticides
Goma, Bernadette ; Procházková, Petra (referee) ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (advisor)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is a study of the influence of advanced oxidation processes on the ecotoxicity of pesticides Metazachlor and Chloridazon. Both herbicides are commonly used to protect crops such as oilseed rape, turnips, chard or fodder beet against whole range of undesirable monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. Application is most often on large areas and therefore pose a high risk to the quality of the environment. The possible influence on the representatives of producers and consumers of the aquatic ecosystem was monitored in the work. Solutions of pesticides, which were subjected to selected methods of treatment using advanced oxidation processes, were tested on aquatic organisms, specifically on crustaceans Daphnia magna and aquatic plant Lemna minor. From the results of individual tests, the ecotoxicological values of EC50 and IC50 were calculated and their ecotoxicity and thus the efficiency of oxidation processes in the removal of pollutants from wastewater were compared.
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Study of degradation of micropolutants in water using advanced oxidation processes
Brož, Tomáš ; Repková, Martina (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the study of pesticide degradation using various advanced oxidation processes. Finding an effective method to degrade these micropollutants is very important with their increasing consumption in the agricultural and other industries, because their adverse effects on non-target organisms and humans are also expected. In this work, the herbicides metazachlor and chloridazon were studied. The first part of this work is conceived theoretically and is focused on a basic description of advanced oxidation processes, including characterization of individual types, description of pesticides and their distribution and a brief description of the used analytical methods. The second part deals with the experiment itself and the evaluation of the results. Three different types of advanced oxidation processes were used for degradation: UV, H2O2, UV/ H2O2. Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS) was used to determine the efficiency of the experiment. It was found that the most effective of the used degradation methods was the use of UV radiation with the addition of H2O2.
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Use of liquid chromatography to analyze caffeine solutions exposed to plasma
Brabcová, Kristýna ; Řezáčová, Veronika (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
This thesis deals with the current problem of increasing concentration of caffeine in water that is connected with caffeine consumption among people. This problem is not that urgent becusase the concentration is not high and for human is not so harmful. The bigger populaton is, the more caffeine people consume and the amount of caffeine in wastewater rises. This fact could be considered as a future problem. An appropriate method effective for elimination of harmful substances are advanced oxidation processes (AOP). Theoretical part describes purine alkaloids with detail desctription of caffeine. Plasma was chosen as a method for caffeine degradation and there are some facts described. There is a chapter about appropriate analytical methods. The samples were picked after periodical time intervals. These samples were analyzed by UHPLC. The results were compared with study dealing with this theme.
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Study of pesticide degradation using advanced oxidation processes
Vlach, Tomáš ; Repková, Martina (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
In the master’s thesis are expleined and described proceses and terms related by problematic degradation of pesticides using advenced oxidation proceses and their possibilities of determinations. The essence of the experimental work was development and validate created method for determination of chosen pesticides. Degradation of this pesticides by advenced oxidation proceses and their determination after degradation. The aim of the work was compare chosen oxidation methods and summary of results for designe of the most appropriate method.
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Removal of selected pharmaceuticals from the treated wastewater by oxidation processes
Novotný, Hana ; Macsek, Tomáš (referee) ; Hlavínek, Petr (advisor)
The aim of the work is research and summarize the currently available information about micropollutants with a focus on drugs and pesticides. The first part deals with the description, occurrence of micropollutants and their effects on organisms. The second part deals with the possibility of removing selected drugs from wastewater and the application of such methods in practice, and evaluates the effectiveness and economic aspects of O3, O3 + H2O2, O3 + UV and O3 + H2O2 + UV.
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Monitoring drug removal efficiency from water by selected adsorbents
Moravčíková, Světlana ; Talašová, Lucie (referee) ; Biela, Renata (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with the efficiency of removal of pharmaceuticals from drinking water by selected adsorption materials. The first part describes sources of pharmaceuticals in drinking water and possible ways of contaminating water by pharmaceuticals. Subsequently, the pharmaceuticals most commonly found in the environment - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, psychiatric drugs and sex hormones - are described in more detail. Next, the thesis describes the processes used for removal of pharmaceuticals. These are activated carbon adsorption, membrane processes and advanced oxidation processes. The last chapter of the theoretical part of the thesis deals with water treatment plants, where the technologies for removing drugs are already in operation. In the practical part of this thesis an experiment was performed and evaluated, for a purpose of comparing the efficiency of selected sorption materials in the removal of diclofenac from water. Filtrasorb F100, Bayoxide E33 and GEH were used.
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Assessment of the effectiveness of advanced oxidation processes via ecotoxicity tests
Procházková, Petra ; Vávrová, Milada (referee) ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (advisor)
Recently, an increasing problem in wastewater treatment is the insufficient removal of organic pollutants. These substances can be toxic to the environment already in a small amount, either acutely or chronically. The goal is therefore to develop of technologies that ensure their effective removal. One possibility is to use advanced oxidation processes. Advanced oxidation processes work on the principle of non-selective oxidation mediated by OH radicals. Several methods such as O3/H2O2 (Peroxone), UV/H2O2 or Fenton´s reaction can be used to generate them. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the effectiveness of the used advanced oxidation processes in wastewater treatment via ekotoxicity tests. Wastewater samples treated with advanced oxidation processes on the pilot unit showed low values of acute toxicity for selected test organisms (D. magna, T. platyurus, S. alba, L. minor). For the sample of waste water that was treated with the UV/H2O2 on AOP laboratory unit, there was an increase in acute toxicity on the testing organism D. magna and L. minor. The similar effect was observer in the tests with the D. magna with the model samples treated with the same method, while the tests on the L. minor showed a reduction in toxicity.
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