Eficiência de um sistema de desinfecção solar de águas residuárias domésticas com adição de diferentes doses de peróxido de hidrogênio

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Thaís Regina [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Águas residuais - Purificação; Peróxido de hidrogênio; Agua - Reutilização; Energia solar na agricultura; Sewage
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/136081; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/04-02-2016/000858286.pdf

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of a solar disinfection system with addition of different doses of hydrogen peroxide to disinfect domestic wastewater for reuse purposes in irrigated agriculture, using as quality parameter the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. Furthermore, the occurrence of bacterial reactivation was analyzed 24 and 48 hours after the disinfection process. Five doses of hydrogen peroxide (25, 50, 75, 100 and 125 mg L-1) were tested plus the control group (0 mg L-1), with six replicates of each in two effluent depths (10 and 20 cm). In four replicates, the samples were taken at intervals of five hours (8:00, 13:00 and 18:00 h). The remaining two replicates, samples were taken at intervals of two hours (8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 18:00 h). A mathematical model for each dose evaluated and a general model for all doses were developed. The results showed a considerable increase in the efficiency of solar disinfection with the addition of hydrogen peroxide greater than 25 mg L-1, with consequent reduction in the exposure time required to obtaining effluent with quality for unrestricted use in irrigated agriculture. For the highest dose evaluated and in the warmer months of the year, the disinfection period remained below one day, depending on environmental conditions and the affluent's characteristic. In the control group, the period was longer than three days. Bacterial reactivation occurred in all groups except for the 125 mg L-1 dose and 10 cm wastewater depth. It may be concluded than, that the use of controlled doses of hydrogen peroxide is capable of considerably increase the efficiency of the disinfection process, especially in the higher dose evaluated. In addition, the effluent of such treatment can be allocated to irrigated agriculture for products that can be eaten uncooked, according to WHO (2006).