| IAEA-CN-115-6 · Application and Economics of Electron Beam Wastewater Treatment
B. Han, J. Kim, Y. Kim
EB-TECH Co., Ltd., Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Abstract: Radiation processing was found effective in wastewater purification and disinfection, and has been investigated in many countries through laboratory scale and pilot scale facilities. This technology can be applied to the treatment of industrial wastewater from textile dyeing industries, papermill and petrochemical processes, and also for the reclamation of effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plant. The facility throughput can be increased and unit cost of wastewater decreased by improvement of electron beam utilization. Higher process efficiency and lower unit cost can be obtained by implementation of lower dose level. The minimum dose depends on characteristics, specific properties and contamination of certain wastewater. Electron energies more than 1.0 MeV are useful for industrial scale plant, such energy provides enough penetration of accelerated electrons into wastewater at admissible hydrodynamic regimes of wastewater flow.
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