Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination

doi:10.1007/s11783-023-1725-x

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (10) : 125 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-023-1725-x

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination

Yufeng Liao, Mengmeng Tang, Mengyuan Li, Peng Shi, Aimin Li, Yangyang Zhang(

), Yang Pan(

)

State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

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Abstract

● Effects of AER adsorption and NF on DBP precursors, DBPs, and TOX were examined.

● A treatment approach of resin adsorption followed by nanofiltration was developed.

● Both DOC and Br⁻ could be effectively removed by the sequential approach.

● DBPs, TOX, and cytotoxicity were significantly reduced by the sequential approach.

Disinfection byproducts (DBPs) are emerging pollutants in drinking water with high health risks. Precursor reduction before disinfection is an effective strategy to control the formation of DBPs. In this study, three types of anion exchange resins (AERs) and two types of nanofiltration (NF) membranes were tested for their control effects on DBP precursors, DBPs, and total organic halogen (TOX). The results showed that, for AER adsorption, the removal efficiencies of DBP precursors, DBPs, and TOX increased with the increase of resin dose, and the strong basic macroporous anion exchange resin (M500MB) had the highest removal efficiencies. For NF, the highest removal efficiencies were achieved at an operating pressure of 4 bar, and the membrane (NF90) with a smaller molecular weight cut-off, had a better control efficiency. However, AER adsorption was inefficient in removing dissolved organic carbon (DOC); NF was inefficient in removing Br⁻ resulting in insufficient control of Br-DBPs. Accordingly, a sequential approach of AER (M500MB) adsorption followed by NF (NF90) was developed to enhance the control efficiency of DBPs. Compared with single AER adsorption and single NF, the sequential approach further increased the removal efficiencies of DOC by 19.4%–101.9%, coupled with the high Br⁻ removal efficiency of 92%, and thus improved the reduction of cyclic DBPs and TOX by 3.5%–4.9%, and 2.4%–8.4%, respectively; the sequential approach also reduced the cytotoxicity of the water sample by 66.4%.

Keywords Disinfection byproducts Control Anion exchange resin Nanofiltration Cytotoxicity

Corresponding Author(s): Yangyang Zhang,Yang Pan

Issue Date: 12 May 2023

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Yufeng Liao,Mengmeng Tang,Mengyuan Li, et al. Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(10): 125.

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Fig.1 Effect of M500MB, 1072, and MP62WS resin adsorption on (a) DOC, (b) UV_254, and (c) Br⁻ of the simulated source water.

Fig.2 Effect of M500MB, 1072, and MP62WS resin adsorption on (a) 35 aliphatic DBPs, (b) 40 cyclic DBPs, and (c) TOX.

Fig.3 Effect of NF90 and NF270 on (a) DOC, (b) UV₂₅₄, and (c) Br⁻ of the simulated source water.

Fig.4 Effect of NF90 and NF270 on (a) 35 aliphatic DBPs, (b) 40 cyclic DBPs, and (c) TOX.

Fig.5 Effect of the sequential approach on (a) DOC, (b) UV₂₅₄, and (c) Br⁻ of the simulated source water.

Fig.6 Effect of the sequential approach on (a) 35 aliphatic DBPs, (b) 40 cyclic DBPs, and (c) TOX.

Fig.7 Comparative Hep G2 cell cytotoxicity of the simulated drinking water samples treated with the resin adsorption (M500MB at 10 mL/L), NF (N90 at 4 bar) and their sequential approach.

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