Inactivation of Fecal coliforms during solar and photocatalytic disinfection by zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles in compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs)

Authors

  • Ahmadreza Yazdanbakhsh Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ayat Rahmani Research Center for Health Sciences and Technologies, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
  • Hasan Rahmani Department Environmental Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
  • Kourosh Rahmani Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Mamasani Higher Eduction Complex for Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
  • Mansour Sarafraz Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Masoumeh Tahmasebizadeh Research Center for Health Sciences and Technologies, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract:

Water samples of 0, 50, and 100 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) spiked with fecal coliforms (107 CFU/ml) were exposed to natural sunshine in 1l quartz glass tubes fitted with rectors’ compound parabolic concentrators CPCS at two forms CPC1 (whit nanoparticle zinc oxide) and CPC2(without nanoparticle zinc oxide). The samples were characterized using the X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). On clear days, the complete inactivation times (more than 7-log unit reduction in bacterial population) in the systems with CPC1, and CPC2 were 15, and 30 min, respectively. The maximum temperatures obtained in the water samples were 80  for CPC1, and 82  for CPC2. The use of CPC1 with hydroxyl radicals (OH•) production significantly improved the efficiency of the old CPCS technique, since these systems (CPC1-2) shortened the exposure times to solar radiation and also minimized the negative effects of turbidity and also regrowth was zero in the disinfected samples. Due to two simultaneous effects of high temperatures and UV, regrowth in most ways of solar disinfection was not seen in these examples. Overall, this technology has been proved to be a good enhancement method to inactivate microorganisms under real conditions and represents a good alternative technique to drinking water treatment.

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volume 9  issue 4

pages  339- 346

publication date 2019-12-01

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