1. Optimization of laboratory treatments in drinking water production
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Gregov, Marija, Valinger, Davor, Ćurko, Josip, Crnek, Vlado, Surać, Lucija, Matošić, Marin, Ujević Bošnjak, Magdalena, Habuda-Stanić, Mirna, Lauš, Ivana, and Šuvak-Pirić, Ivana
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bromate ,process optimization - Abstract
Optimization of the water treatment process is a major challenge given the large number of parameters that influence water quality and the stages of the raw water treatment process. In this work, the influence of three input parameters (preozonation dose, time and main zonation dose) on five outputs (bromates, dissolved manganese, specific ultraviolet absorption, trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids) was studied. The effect of ozone in different combinations of process conditions was investigated by 17 experiments using a Box-Behnken design of experiment, reducing the complexity and financial cost of the research compared to classical research. In addition, the response surface methodology was used to obtain predictive models for all output variables and to obtain graphical representations of the prediction of bromate formation, considering the input parameters with their optimal values and to achieve desired output values.
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- 2022