Bench-Scale Evaluation of Chlorine and Hydrogen Peroxide Reaction Kinetics for Operational Control at the Valley County Water District
Valley县水区运行控制中氯和过氧化氢反应动力学的实验室规模评估
Bench-scale experiments were conducted to evaluate the reaction kinetics between chlorine and
hydrogen peroxide in effluent from the ultraviolet (UV)/H2O2 advanced oxidative process (AOP) at the
Valley County (Valley County) Water District SA1 Arrow Lante treatment plant in Baldwin Park,
California. A relatively new potassium titanium oxalate method was used for hydrogen peroxide
analysis in the bench experiments. Results from the experiments revealed that the reaction
between chlorine and hydrogen peroxide is complete within approximately three minutes in
UV effluent from Valley County.
The experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that Valley County's difficulty in
maintaining a target chlorine residual in the distribution system is at least partially due to
continued reaction of chlorine with residual hydrogen peroxide downstream of the finished water
chlorine monitoring point. Based on Valley County's chlorine addition and monitoring
configuration (i.e., chlorine analysis approximately 20 seconds after chlorine addition), the
chlorine-hydrogen peroxide reaction is not complete in water sampled by the online chlorine
monitor, explaining the additional drop in chlorine concentration in the distribution system.
Valley County is in the process of moving their chlorine injection point further upstream of their
online chlorine monitor to allow adequate reaction time with H2O2 prior to Cl analysis,
ultimately aiding in process control. Includes 3 references, tables, figures.