A review of measurement methods for peracetic acid (PAA)

doi:10.1007/s11783-020-1266-5

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2020, Vol. 14

Issue (5) : 87 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1266-5

REVIEW ARTICLE

A review of measurement methods for peracetic acid (PAA)

Chen Cheng¹, Haodong Li¹, Jinling Wang^1,², Hualin Wang^1,², Xuejing Yang^1,²(

)

¹. National Engineering Laboratory for Industrial Wastewater Treatment, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai 200237, China
². State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, ECUST, Shanghai 200237, China

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Abstract

• Physical and chemical properties and application of peracetic acid solution.

• Determination method of high concentration peracetic acid.

• Determination method of residual peracetic acid (low concentration).

Peroxyacetic acid has been widely used in food, medical, and synthetic chemical fields for the past several decades. Recently, peroxyacetic acid has gradually become an effective alternative disinfectant in wastewater disinfection and has strong redox capacity for removing micro-pollutants from drinking water. However, commercial peroxyacetic acid solutions are primarily multi-component mixtures of peroxyacetic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and water. During the process of water treatment, peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) often coexist, which limits further investigation on the properties of peroxyacetic acid. Therefore, analytical methods need to achieve a certain level of selectivity, particularly when peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide coexist. This review summarizes the measurement and detection methods of peroxyacetic acid, comparing the principle, adaptability, and relative merits of these methods.

Keywords Peroxyacetic acid Measurement methods Titration Colorimetric Chromatography NMR

Corresponding Author(s): Xuejing Yang

Issue Date: 11 August 2020

Cite this article:

Chen Cheng,Haodong Li,Jinling Wang, et al. A review of measurement methods for peracetic acid (PAA)[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2020, 14(5): 87.

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Fig.1 Peracetic acid structural formula (a) and chemical bonds and intramolecular hydrogen bond structures (b).

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Fig.5 DPD-PAA oxidation products.

Fig.6 CHEMetric I2020 Unit Analyzer.

Fig.7 Different concentrations of H₂O₂ (PAA concentration maintained at 0.041 mmol/L) were added to a 0.05 mol/L acetate buffer solution (pH 5.4) containing 10.0 mmol/L I^– and 0.010 mmol/L I₃^–, indicating the potential change of the electrode. (a) 0.012 mmol/L, (b) 2.7 mmol/L, and (c) 6.8 mmol/L (H₂O₂), respectively (^{Awad and Ohsaka, (2003)}, Reprint with permission copyright by Clearance Center’s RightsLink® service).

Fig.8 Structure of the ProMinentDulcoTest® CTE Probe Detector.

Tab.1 Summary of PAA measurement methods

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