Improvement of biochemical properties of organics by ozonation

During the process of ozonation, complex chemical reactions occurred between ozone and organics. Pre-ozonation can change the biodegradability of organics in water, so generally BDOC is used as an index to analyze the water after ozonation. Fig. 7. shows the variation tendency of DOC, BDOC and BDOC/DOC in raw water after ozonation. The result indicates that after ozonation, DOC in raw water is seldom removed while BDOC increases obviously, among which the ratio of BDOC/DOC increases from

11.6 % to 26.4 %. After ozonation, the biodegradability of organics in water is highly improved, which enhance the biodegradation of BAC filter bed in the following procedure.