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The city of Houghton recently discovered that one of its wells was contaminated with 1 0 0 g L methyl tert butyl ether ( MtBE

The city of Houghton recently discovered that one of its wells was contaminated with 100gL methyl tert butyl ether (MtBE)(molecular weight is 88gmol) because of the gasoline spill from a gas station. Calculate the effluent concentrations of MtBE for H2O2 dosage at 1.0mM(34mgL) if one completely mixed flow reactor is used with 1,000L of volume and two treatment trains (note that each photoreactor has 12 low pressure UV lamps that emit photon at only 254nm wavelength with 15kWh power per each lamp and 30% of power efficiency)(10 points). In addition, calculate the EE/O values for each H2O2 dose and discuss how EE/O and effluent concentrations of MtBE are changed as a function of the H2O2 doses. (10 points).
During normal pumping of the well field, the flow rate is 1.0m3s. The pH, alkalinity and DOC concentrations are 7.0,500mg/L as CaCO3, and 0.5mgCL, respectively. You can assume that HCO3-(molecular weight is 61gmol) is the only species at pH=7.0. You can assume that H2O2(molecular weight is 34gmol) is the major species even though H2O2 dissociates into HO2-in water.
The molar absorptivity of MtBE,HCO3-, and CO32- are negligible but those of H2O2 and NOM are 19.6 and 0.0196Lmolcm. Only quantum yield of H2O2 is used as 0.5 and the quantum yields of other species are zero. The second order rate constants of hydroxyl radicals with MtBE,HCO3,H2O2 and NOM are 1.6109M-1s-1,8.5106M-1s-1,2.7107M-1s-1, and 3.9108Mc-1s-1. The EEO,kWhm3, is calculated as PQlog(CiCr) where P is the power, kW,Q is the flow rate, m3h, and Ci and Cf are the influent and effluent concentrations. You can modify the following initial steady-state concentration of hydroxyl radicals.
where
,P is the lamp power, W,isthelampefficiency,Nav is the Avogadro's number, 6.0231023 molecules ?mol,h= Planck's constant, 6.6210-34J*s,v= frequency of light, s-1. You can assume all lights are absorbed inside the photoreactor.
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