Ozonization in treatment of urban waste water for the disposal of emerging pollutants

• Grant number: 19/26725-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2020
• End date: August 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Wanessa Melchert Mattos
• Grantee: Kethlin Flora Curiel
• Supervisor: Vitor Jorge Pais Vilar
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade do Porto (UP), Portugal
• Associated to the scholarship: 18/23384-2 - Degradation of residues generated in the determination of antioxidant activity by the DPPH method, BP.IC

Abstract

Conventional water treatments do not completely degrade emerging pollutants such as perfluoroalkyl, pharmaceuticals and personal care products and the increase of these substances in urban wastewater has been a frequent concern. Given the problems that such substances can cause to the population's health, this project aims to degrade emerging pollutants from urban wastewater. For this, advanced oxidation processes based on ozonation will be employed with the FluHelik photoreactor.(AU)