The solution that returns clean water to the ecosystem
During the Wasser 3.0 Open House-event Thomas Greschik from Nouryon and Clara Thege from Van Remmen UV Technology stressed the importance of removing persistent micropollutants, such as pharmaceutical residues, from wastewater streams, as they may have harmful effects on humans, organisms, and the environment. Removing micropollutants is today a practice that most often is lacking at traditional wastewater treatment plants.
The live demonstration covered a sustainable solution that can be implemented to handle micropollutant removal, a technology that can be added as a fourth and final treatment stage at a wastewater treatment plant. Here the MicrOx™ hydrogen peroxide is dispersed into the water stream which then passes through the Advanox™ UV-C reactor - optimized for advanced oxidation. The UV-C light transforms the MicrOx™ hydrogen peroxide in the Advanox™ reactor into powerful oxidative hydroxyl radicals. The hydroxyl radicals have the highest oxidation potential next to the fluorine radical, meaning it is the highest oxidation potential that can be used. Due to its high oxidation potential, it is also highly reactive and can break down key bonds in micropollutants within milliseconds. After potentially removing any remaining hydrogen peroxide the water can be safely discharged or reused.
