本研究利用高級氧化方法進行預處理(如UV/PS處理及臭氧處理),並結合好氧生物處理來處理不易生物降解的有機物(如EDTA),針對UV/PS及臭氧這兩項程序進行研究,並比較兩項程序對EDTA及金屬-EDTA的去除效率。利用UV對Persulfate (PS)於30分鐘的光催化反應下及相對於100%的理論PS完全氧化EDTA的劑量 (即PS與EDTA莫爾比為17:1),進行光催化處理EDTA及金屬-EDTA廢水,於EDTA、Fe(II)EDTA和CuEDTA的廢水中TOC去除率分別為68.46%、30.97%及94.96%,並將pH調整到7時,銅跟鐵的去除率分別為95.34%及97.61%。然而利用臭氧程序處理EDTA及金屬-EDTA最高的TOC去除率只有10%,銅跟鐵的去除率幾乎為零,由於反應時間太短,導致無法行成氫氧根降解EDTA及金屬-EDTA。 利用UV/PS程序對EDTA及金屬-EDTA進行預處理並結合好氧生物程序進一步處理,在EDTA的廢水中,PS劑量為30%的理論COD、在Fe(II)EDTA的廢水中,PS劑量為10%的理論COD。經由UV/PS進行預處理再用好氧生物處理進一步處理,EDTA廢水及Fe(II)EDTA的TOC去除率皆可達到60%, 將有機負荷率分別控制在1 kg/m3-day 及0.5 kg/m3-day於EDTA及Fe(II)EDTA的廢水。未進行預處理及利用臭氧處理方法進行預處理的TOC去除率僅僅1%,但採用UV/PS進行預處理時,TOC去除效率可以達60%。
In this study, pre-treatment processes such as ozonation and photocatalysis of persulfate (UV/PS), followed by aerobic biological treatment process were employed to treat recalcitrant organic substances, i.e., EDTA and metal-EDTA wastewater. In the UV/PS process, the removal of TOC reached 68.46, 26.75, and 93.16% for EDTA, Fe(II)EDTA, and CuEDTA, respectively, and after adjusting pH to 7 the removal of Cu and Fe was 95.34% and 97.61%, respectively, at PS:EDTA molar ratio of 17:1 corresponding to 100% of the theoretic PS dosage required to oxidize EDTA completely and irradiation time of 30 min. Meanwhile, the highest removal of TOC using ozonation process was only 10% for both EDTA and metal-EDTA and Cu and Fe removal were negligible. It is due to insufficient reaction time for generating enough OH• to degrade EDTA and metal-EDAT. With the UV/PS pre-treatment process using 30% and 10% of the theoretical PS dosage required for complete oxidation of the theoretical COD for EDTA wastewater and Fe(II)EDTA wastewater, respectively. TOC removal was 60% with the organic loading rate of 1 kg/m3-day for EDTA wastewater and removal was 60% with organic loading rate of 0.5 kg/m3-day for the Fe(II)EDTA wastewater. The TOC removal using aerobic process without pre-treatment or using ozone pre-treatment were negligible (∼1%).