Method for degrading artificial sweeteners from sewage

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PATENT NO 9902637
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15390526

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A method for degrading artificial sweeteners from sewage, the method including: 1) introducing sewage to a secondary sedimentation tank and precipitating sediments; 2) collecting a supernatant from the secondary sedimentation tank, adding a NaOH solution or a perchloric acid solution to regulate the pH; adding an H2O2 solution to the supernatant to adjust a ratio of a molar concentration of H2O2 to a molar concentration of the sweetener in the resulting mixed solution to be between 1:1 and 30:1; transferring the resulting mixed solution to a photoreactor, irradiating the mixed solution by ultraviolet light, and stirring the mixed solution for between 5 and 30 min; and adding a 1.5% w/w aqueous NaNO2 solution to the mixed solution; and 3) collecting and analyzing an effluent obtained from 2), contacting the effluent with ClO2 for reaction in a disinfecting tank, and discharging the product.

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NANJING UNIVERSITY210023 163 XIANLIN ROAD QIXIA DISTRICT NANJING JIANGSU NANJING CITY JIANGSU PROVINCE 210023

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Ding, Lili Nanjing, CN 26 33
Geng, Jinju Nanjing, CN 16 5
Ren, Hongqiang Nanjing, CN 57 25
Ren, Yuhang Nanjing, CN 10 27
Xu, Ke Nanjing, CN 254 720

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