Microcystins （ MCs ） are well known as hepatotoxins produced by blooms of toxic cyanobacteria （blue-green algae） abundant in surface water used as drinking water resource and have drawn attention of environmentalists world over by leading to adverse health effects. A study on efficiency and reaction kinetics of microcystin-LR （ MC-LR ） degradation by CIO2 was performed. Experimental results indicated that MC-LR was removed by CIO2 effectively and the residual concentration of MC-LR could meet the national guideline（GB5749 - 2006） （1.0 μg · L^-1）, the efficiency of removal was in positive correlation to CIO2 dosage and reaction time and in negative correlation to initial concentration of MC-LR and pH value, whereas it was affected by temperature slightly. CIO2 dosage was the most important reaction factor on base of the orthogonal test results. The reaction was second order overall and first order with respect to both CIO2 and MC- LR, and had an activation energy of 78.81 kJ · mo1^-1 . The reaction rate constant was 4.74× 10-^2 L/（mol · min） at 10 ℃. Therefore, oxidation of CIO~ could be taken as an effective technology for removing MC-LR from drinking water resources in traditional drinking water supplies.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute an important group of micropollutants, which are known to be mutagenic, carcinogenic and/or co-carcinogenic and relatively persistent in the environment. The effects of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) on the degradation of anthracene (ANTH), pyrene (PYR) and benzo[a]anthracene (BaA) in aqueous solution were investigated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). In preliminary experiments, it was observed that ClO2 could remove these three PAHs effectively within a short time. Several factors including reaction time, the concentration of ClO2 and pH of the reaction mixture influencing the degradation ratio of PAHs have been studied by batch experiments. The results showed that the degradation ratio of PAHs was affected by reaction time and the concentration of ClO2 instead of pH. The degradation ratio of ANTH, PYR and BaA could reach their maximum as approximately 99.0%, 67.5% and 89.5%, respectively, under the condition as follows: reaction time 30, 60 and 120 min, the concentration of ClO2 0.1, 0.4 and 0.5 mmol·L-1, and pH 7.2. ANTH was selected as the representative to study the reaction mechanism with ClO2. The oxidation products formed in the reaction of ANTH with ClO2 were tentatively identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and the results showed that the main product was 9, 10-anthraquinone, which could be biodegraded more easily and quickly than ANTH. Through analyzing the reaction properties of ANTH and ClO2, the possible pathway for the ANTH-ClO2 reaction was proposed based on the theory of single electron transfer (SET).
LIU Jinquan1, HUANG Junli1, SU Liqiang2, CAO Xiangyu1 & JI Ying1 1. School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
