Kansas City Plant ultraviolet/ozone/hydrogen peroxide groundwater treatment system overview

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10135447

Stites, M E; Hughes, R F

The Kansas City Plant (KCP) has committed to the utilization of a groundwater treatment system, for removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), that discharges a minimal amount of pollutants to the environment. An advanced oxidation process (AOP) system utilizing ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and hydrogen peroxide serves in this capacity. Packed tower aeration and activated carbon filtration are listed as best available technologies (BATs) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the removal of VOCs in water. The disadvantage to these BATs is that they transfer the VOCs from the water medium to the air or carbon media respectively. Operation of the system began in May 1988 at a flow rate of 22.7 liters per minute (lpm) (6 gallons per minute (gpm)). An additional 102.2 lpm (27 gpm) of flow were added in October 1990. Various efforts to optimize and track the treatment unit`s efficiency have been carried out. A maximum influent reading of 26,590 parts per billion (ppb) of total VOCs has been recorded. Following the addition of flows, removal efficiency has averaged approximately 95%. Both air and water effluents are factored into this calculation.

• Research Organization: Allied-Signal Aerospace Co., Kansas City, MO (United States). Kansas City Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00613
• OSTI ID: 10135447
• Report Number(s): KCP--613-4712; CONF-920307--51; ON: DE92010692
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540350
ACTIVATED CARBON
AERATION
AIR POLLUTION
DECONTAMINATION
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
MISSOURI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OZONE
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
WATER POLLUTION
WATER RECLAMATION
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS