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8.2. ENVIRONMENT
Development of innovative photo-oxidation water treatment technology for removing organic
micropollutants from biologically purified wastewater
ELTE TTK, Cooperative Research Centre For Environmental Sciences
Project code: Project description:
NKVP_16-1-2016-0045 Established in 2004, the ELTE TTK Cooperative Research Centre For Environmen-
tal Sciences employs biologists, chemists, physicists and earth scientists to work on
Project leader institution: task-oriented research projects using the infrastructures of individual departments
ELTE TTK, Cooperative Re- for their research activity. In the project entitled “Development of innovative photo-
search Centre For Environmental oxidation water treatment technology for removing organic micropollutants from
Sciences biologically purified wastewater” (NKVP_16-1-2016-0045, EUR 528,279,556),
ELTE partnered with the MTA TTK Photochemistry Research Group, the VUV-
Project leader: UV radiation source developer Light Tech Ltd and the prototype container manu-
Gyula Záray facturer Inwatech Kft. The project aims at developing LC-MS/MS methods for the
determination of the concentration of organic micropollutants (e.g. pharmaceutical
Project leader’s contacts: residues), necessary for the continued control of technological development, as well
zaray.gyula@okologia.mta.hu as at developing a highly effective photo-oxidation procedure for the treatment of
biologically purified wastewater using a combination of ozone and UV radiation.
Project partners: The project will result in a containerised water purifier suitable for the post-treatment
Inwatech Környezetvédelmi Kft.; of and effective removal of organic micropollutants from purified wastewater dis-
LightTech Lámpatechnológiai charged from water treatment plants of small villages into smaller recipient water
Kft.; MTA TTK bodies (streams). The solution also has the potential to be later used for the decon-
tamination and further purification of drinking water.
Amount of funding:
HUF 528,279,556 Technical description/parameters of the research infrastructure:
• Inductively coupled plasma ion source high-res mass spectrometer for the simulta-
Website: neous elemental analysis of inorganic constituents
https://pak.elte.hu/NVKP_16- • Analyser suitable for the determination of the total organic and inorganic carbon
2016-0045 content
• Microwave-assisted exploratory equipment for the examination of suspended solids
• High pressure ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-
of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC/Q-TOF-MS) for the identification and
quantitative determination of organic micropollutants of biological purified
wastewaters and for the identification of degradation products generated during
photo-oxidation
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