Based on the experience during demonstration of different technologies, a decision tool for measures and processes for energy efficient removal of emerging pollutants will be developed. Thereby one key aspect is the reliable prevention of toxic by-products formation from the source water matrix and the assessment of the potential for toxic transformation products formation from emerging pollutants.
This deliverable aims at presenting the reactivity of selected compounds towards the oxidative treatments investigated in Work Area 3, i.e. ozonation and UV photolysis. Therefore, mechanisms of oxidation by molecular ozone and hydroxyl radicals on reactive moieties are first described for a better understanding of oxidants reactivity. Since the reactivity of compounds is finally quantified with kinetic laws and kinetic rate constants, protocols for the determination of reaction rate constants (k-values) are here described and discussed.
