The use of a combination of biological and physicochemical methods is a promising technique to reduce highly concentrated pollutants in livestock wastewater: firstly, biodegradable organic matters, nitrogen and a part of phosphorus should be removed in a biological treatment process and then residual non-biodegradable organic matters, color and phosphorus be eliminated by physicochemical methods. In this study, therefore, the integrations of chemical coagulation, activated carbon adsorption, Fenton oxidation and ozonation were evaluated to provide an appropriate post-treatment process for biologically pre-treated livestock wastewater. With applying a single method such as coagulation and Fenton oxidation, a yellowish brown color and COD still remained. According to the experimental result, the quality of treated wastewater including color was enough to be discharged after chemical coagulation followed by ozonation or Fenton oxidation process. Among these, ozonation was the most effective technology for decolorization. Neither simple biological nor physicochemical process provides an adequate treatability for the sufficient depletion of organics and decolorization when treating livestock wastewater. Considering only the removal efficiency, the integration of Fenton oxidation and ozonation would be an efficient alternative as a post-treatment.
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November 01 2005
Performance evaluation of physicochemical processes for biologically pre-treated livestock wastewater
S.W. Hong;
*Water Environment & Remediation Centre, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650, Korea, (E-mail: swhong@kist.re.kr) School of Civil Urban & Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea, (E-mail: swhong27@snu.ac.kr)
E-mail: swhong@kist.re.kr
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Y.S. Choi;
Y.S. Choi
**Water Environment & Remediation Centre, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650, Korea, (E-mail: yschoi@kist.re.kr; gihank@kist.re.kr)
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G. Kwon;
G. Kwon
**Water Environment & Remediation Centre, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul, 130-650, Korea, (E-mail: yschoi@kist.re.kr; gihank@kist.re.kr)
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K.Y. Park
K.Y. Park
***Dept of Civil and Environmental System Engineering, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-701, Korea, (E-mail: kypark@konkuk.ac.kr)
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Water Sci Technol (2005) 52 (10-11): 107–115.
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S.W. Hong, Y.S. Choi, G. Kwon, K.Y. Park; Performance evaluation of physicochemical processes for biologically pre-treated livestock wastewater. Water Sci Technol 1 November 2005; 52 (10-11): 107–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2005.0684
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