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Use of Fenton's Reagent as a Disinfectant
Author(s) -
Selvakumar Ariamalar,
Tuccillo Mary Ellen,
Muthukrishnan Swarna,
Ray Asim B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.20208
Subject(s) - reagent , hydrogen peroxide , chemistry , disinfectant , fenton's reagent , wastewater , sewage , environmental chemistry , pulp and paper industry , nuclear chemistry , waste management , fenton reaction , organic chemistry , engineering
Several compositions of Fenton's Reagent and hydrogen peroxide alone were used to disinfect combined sewage samples from a wastewater treatment facility. The presettled samples contained suspended solids (SS) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) at concentrations of 28 and 290 mg/L, respectively. Disinfection with Fenton's Reagent was carried out at a pH between 5.90 and 6.0 and at a temperature of 25°C. All disinfected samples contained residual oxidants. Under all reaction conditions studied, complete inactivation of E. coli was achieved within one minute of the addition of Fenton's Reagent. Disinfection with hydrogen peroxide alone under similar conditions is incomplete even under much longer contact times. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.