Presidential Young Investigators Award: Characterization andRemoval of Recalcitrant Organic Matter From Water

这是一个奖项，以支持研究 表征和从水中去除有机物 污染物难以被去除， 用于处理水的常规水处理工艺 供人类食用。 正在进行的研究 在这个项目中涉及的化学表征 未通过混凝、沉淀去除的有机物 以及使用和不使用臭氧的过滤， 最佳物化工艺系统的确定 用于去除残留的有机物质，包括 可能的臭氧中间处理，先进的 氧化、离子交换和吸附过程。 这位年轻的总统发起的研究 研究者解决了与 处理受污染的地表水和地下水的方法， 使其适合人类食用。 常规 物理和化学处理过程可能无法去除 可能转化为有害物质的有机物质 化学消毒的物质。 成果 研究很可能被用于工程设计， 系统生产的水的质量比 现在可能。

This is an award to support research on the characterization and removal from water of organic pollutants that are recalcitrant to being removed by conventional water treatment processes used to treat water destined for human consumption. Research being conducted in this project involves the chemical characterization of organic matter not removed by coagulation, sedimentation and filtration with and without the use of ozone and determination of the best physical/chemical process-system for removal of the residual organic matter including possible intermediate treatment with ozone, advanced oxidation, ion exchange and adsorption processes. Research being initiated by this Presidential Young Investigator addresses a problem associated with the processes of treating polluted surface and groundwaters to make them acceptable for human consumption. Conventional physical and chemical treatment processes may not remove organic substances that may be converted into harmful substances by chemical disinfection. Results of this research are likely to be utilized in engineering design of systems to produce water of more acceptable quality than is now possible.